Dancing On My Ashes: Learning to Love the One Who Gives and Takes Away

by Heather Gilion, Holly Snell

There is a time for everything...a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance. Ecclesiastes 3:1,4 It was only supposed to take a few hours to scout out a good canoe route. But when James Brill and Scott Nesbitt weren't back in time for dinner, their wives, sisters Heather and Holly Wall, started to pray. They didn't stop--even when the bodies of their beloved husbands turned up a day later in the rushing river. Dancing On My Ashes is a true story that details the painful passage of two young widows out of the ashes and into their dance with the Almighty God. When tragedy strikes, we often discover that we have been living with a false sense of who God is and begin asking questions like, Can Christ heal my wounds? Can He really take the ashes of my life and make them a source of beauty? Dancing On My Ashes is a call to stop living wounded and accept the presence of God's hand in our lives. Are you ready to dance?

308 pages, Paperback

Published December 15, 2009

Reviews

[Sara Melugin · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a beautiful story of how God holds us and draws us near, even in the worst of times! I am in awe of these women's ability to cling to God through such unimaginable heartbreak.
I recently heard them speak at our local women's conference. The love and joy they have for God exudes off of the sisters. The bond they have with each other is beautiful too.
This book was a fast read, but I needed to take breaks to process part of it. Definitely a must read for anyone who questions God's goodness.