Compelled By Love - Heidi Baker

When I first started reading Compelled by Love I didn’t really know what to expect from it, I didn’t really know Heidi Baker’s story, all I had heard was a few of the stories from the book. It pretty much blew my mind. As I read it I could feel God’s glory was pretty much pouring off the pages, this book is such an incredible testament to what a strong faith grounded firmly in God’s love and His grace can achieve. Heidi herself is such an inspiring woman, she’s so in tune to God’s vision and purpose for her life.

This book focuses on the eight Beatitudes: blessed are the poor in spirit; blessed are those who mourn; blessed are the meek; blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness; blessed are the merciful; blessed are the pure in heart; blessed are the peacemakers and blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness. Each chapter covers one Beatitude, each one filled with Heidi’s own personal experience and stories from her time in Mozambique. The stories are simply written and that simplicity is what makes them so powerful, they are the stories of what can happen when God is completely trusted, when we hand over our own plans for our future and just give our whole lives up to Him.  It’s very reassuring to know that there are people like Heidi and her husband out there, giving up everything to bring the much needed presence of our all-loving, all-powerful daddygod  right into the centre of some of the poorest people in the world’s lives.

I would definitely recommend this book to a friend, it’s easy to read and despite the fact that many of the stories take place in Mozambique you can still apply their incredible messages over to our own lives.