A Glimpse of Heaven: ??? by Esther Qin (English) Paperback Book

Description: A Glimpse of Heaven by Esther Qin "Jesus said: it is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I havent come to call for the righteous, but the sinners. - Mark 2:17 My soul has been sick to death with the sinful nature inside. If there was only one person in the world that needs salvation, I would be that one person. Thank you, Lord Jesus, for you pulled me out of the water and resurrected my soul.You are my life and my song in the heart. My every breath and heartbeat are due to your grace. I joyfully breathe in your grace, and would like to joyfully breathe out my praise back to you. This small collection of poetry is a sample for that purpose. Words are never enough to paint Gods unfathomable love toward humankind. I just wish these poems could serve as a shadow to help us taste a bit of His goodness and beauty, and therefore will point more thirsty souls back to Him, because human souls can be truly satisfied only in Him!" FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Esther Qin was born in JiangXi Province, China. Due to the nature of her fathers job, the family moved frequently since her childhood, which significantly shaped her personality being lonely and feeling nowhere to belong to. She constantly thought about issues pertained to life and death and purpose of life, and her mind was filled with pessimistic and negative thinking over the years until she came to America for graduate school in her twenties, where she encountered Jesus Christ and finally found the home of her soul. Since then, she started experiencing the life-changing power from above and the decision was made to praise and worship the Lord in spirit and truth. Esther is a biostatistician and lives in Dallas, TX with her husband and two children. Review Excerpt from Clarion Review: Qin succeeds in communicating her love and devotion to Jesus through inspiring poetry.In A Glimpse of Heaven, Esther (Huanying) Qin uses poetry and an essay to express the way her embrace of Christianity transformed her emotional state from pessimism, loneliness, and negativity to joy and happiness. Most importantly, she discovered the purpose in life that she had desperately sought for so many years.In China, where she was born and raised, Qin often thought about death. "You see, death had spread such a shadow in my heart that I lost the happiness a normal child enjoys and lost my appetite for anything good or bad." Even academic study and an interest in philosophy could not provide her with the answers to persistent questions about lifes meaning and purpose.After coming to America to pursue a graduate degree, she was introduced to Christianity and began a relationship with Jesus, changing her whole outlook on life. She realized that her "soul had never received any true spiritual food during those first twenty years and had withered almost to death."Qin offers fifteen poems that provide heartfelt gleanings from both her early years and her life since becoming a Christian. For example, "How grateful I am / For all that happened in my life / For every injury that is just a sign of Your plowing / So that my heart can become good soil." She also includes an essay that gives some essential biographical background and details her faith journey.Qins passion for and happiness about her Christian faith permeates all her writings, and her transformation from hopelessness to a life of purpose and joy is compelling.Excerpt from Kirkus Review: In her debut poetry collection, Qin explores the beauty of finding faith at last. She writes in blank verse and in prose about her journey to Christianity, noting how dark and hopeless her life seemed prior to her discovery of "joy."The intimacy of Qins words highlights her sincere faith with elegant simplicity, as in "Waiting," in which she describes Jesus waiting for the faithful to come to him willingly: "Your yearning was the echo of my heart." These words repeat a theme of hope and love that runs throughout the volume. Qin writes in a style similar to the Psalms or the Song of Solomon as she relates her earnest, trusting, almost romantic longing for faith, and the dark emptiness she felt prior to finding and accepting Jesus. A particularly poignant verse from "Path of Death" says, "If I have to experience separation to touch love / That I would embrace / If I have to walk through the river of death / to reach eternity / There I would go." As a bonus, this slim volume contains an essay detailing Qins lifelong search for meaning and her eventual triumphant finding of religion, which filled a void shed felt throughout her life. Using a lovely metaphor of a kite to represent her aimlessness, she explores the heart of a lonely and depressed young person seeking the happiness that devotion can bring.In subtle, beautiful language, this collection explores the peace of finding faith. Details ISBN1952835291 Author Esther Qin Short Title A Glimpse of Heaven Publisher Book Vine Press Language English Year 2020 ISBN-10 1952835291 ISBN-13 9781952835292 Format Paperback Publication Date 2020-06-25 Subtitle ??? Pages 66 UK Release Date 2020-06-25 Imprint Book Vine Press Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:128483128;

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