Barbara's Reviews > One Light Still Shines: My Life Beyond the Shadow of the Amish Schoolhouse Shooting

First I want to say how can you really put star ratings on someone else's life? Especially with someone's life that has gone through so much. I feel Marie and the Amish deserve five stars just for their forgiveness alone. But, not only have they forgiven, as has Marie, but have been touched by God in so many ways.

I know we are suppose to forgive, but losing all those children for the Amish they must have strength I don't have and wish I did. I have gone through stuff in my life and try to forgive and find strength, but nothing like they have gone through.

What a wonderful community to live in for Marie when she was going through this tragedy which she didn't create. It was at the hands of her husband. I loved how the Amish came to Marie's husband's funeral and made a wall around the gravesite to protect her family from the media.

I've read the Amish book about the shooting and it still amazes me the strength they have from God to forgive.

I really like what was written on page 295 about how God is not the source of any sin but he is the salvation of sin, and that he is with us in our sufferings and helps us heal with his presence. There is more to this and I hope it sounds right here, but there is so much truth in that.

The Amish and in this book as well as Marie has shown the public what it is truly like to be able to forgive. I think God has shown millions of people that forgiveness is what you have to do and pray about it when it's hard. I feel that millions of people were in awe of how the Amish came to the Roberts family and helped them through the tragedy. I do understand this was in no way the fault of Marie's family but that of the hands of her husband. But, for the Amish to step in and help the family when they had lost so many of their own children amazes me.

We are doing this book as our Inspirational book group for Jan. 2014. And, I must say there is a lot of inspirational moments in this book.