A couple of months ago, a good friend of mine told me about a book she was reading: Hinds’ Feet on High Places, by Hannah Hurnard. She was really taken with the book, and her enthusiasm for it piqued my interest, too. When she finished it, she let me borrow hers.
It was so interesting! It is a novel, written allegorically about the spiritual journey we all take as we walk with the Lord and grow in our relationship with Him. It tells the story of a young woman named Much Afraid and her pursuit of a life with the Great Shepherd, and how she leaves all that she knows behind in the Valley of Humiliation to seek out the High Places the Shepherd has promised her.
As I was reading it, my analytical mind was going crazy in all of the good ways, picking the allegory apart and running with it. I loved it. Like most allegories, too, it could be read on any number of levels, so if the back story doesn’t appeal to you, you can still read it and enjoy the writing.
Hinds’ Feet on High Places was written in 1955, and it is a gem that has been lost and forgotten as the years have passed. I had never heard of it before my friend mentioned it to me, but I highly recommend digging this one out of the archives.
1 of your thoughts:
I read this book several years ago after receiving it from a friend. It was wonderful, I still pick it up from time to time. Now I will have to read it again!
Sherry
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