There is something to look forward to, encouragement right around the corner. Maybe all you need is a little hope found in the form of inspiration.
Read this Foreword for the book Princess in Overalls!
Help is on the way.
"It is rare to find a book that combines the refreshing vision of children and the rich wisdom that comes from experience with life. Princess in Overalls combines both. On the one hand, we meet Elllie, the “princess” as she grows from child to mature adult. On the other hand, we meet Carolina Prada, the author, who captures profound lessons from the events in Ellie’s life. We also meet important figures in Ellie’s life, her parents Reuben and Anna, and those who entered her life as the years went by.
Ellie receives many lessons from her parents, lessons structured to her age and experience. These lessons form, as it were, the basic truths about life that a child and adolescent need to learn. Carolina then uses these lessons to examine issues importantfor everyone of whatever age. Most importantly, she presents these lessons from a Christian point of view. Then, in each case, she quotes passages from Scripture to support and to enrich what she has to say.
What does Ellie need to learn as she grows up? So many things! What is fear and how should we conquer it? How do we relate to others our own age? How do we relate to those older than we? How do we react when we encounter people who are unkind and mean? What dreams shall we form for our future? How do we know what our role in life is going to be? What do we do in the face of disappointment? How do we foster relationships? How do we face the end of relationships? How can we recognize that someone is the person we would like to marry? How do we forgive injuries done to us?
Ellie receives answers to these questions and more. Carolina moves us beyond a child’s perspective for these questions. She takes us to a deep level and helps us to see what path will bring us the peace and joy that God wishes us to experience during our lives. She shows us how close God is to us at each moment and how God loves us. She also shows how he longs to help us and how he guides us along our way. We human beings live in a divine milieu: God is with us.
This book might be called one of “self-help.” But a much better description would be: one of divine help. Carolina shows us that it is by the free gift of grace given to us in Jesus Christ that we can move beyond the self and act in a truly Christian way. She guides us to see that Christian courage requires us to be kind, gentle, tenderhearted, and compassionate. She shows that the highest of the Christian values, love, is something far greater and far more challenging than any feeling. Love is a choice made again and again, both when it is easy to love and when it is hard to love. Love constantly offers a challenge to rise above the purely natural, to rise above our instinctive reactions, and to make our response one of kindness and mercy. Carolina shows that to be a Christian is to be someone of courage and valor, someone who insists on the highest level of human behavior, and someone who can envision dreams that become a reality.
This book is a treasure of wisdom for both young and old. In it readers will find many echoes of events in their own lives. They will receive guidance on how to prove worthy of the name of Christian. And they will learn, in their treatment of others, to show the compassionate and loving
face of Jesus Christ."
Dr. Shirley Sullivan, FRSC
Professor Emeritus of Classics
University of British Columbia
You can buy the book "Princess in Overalls" by going to Amazon and typing the name of the book plus the name of the author : Carolina Prada
You can buy the book "Princess in Overalls" by going to Amazon and typing the name of the book plus the name of the author : Carolina Prada
