Destiny – it's a word that plagues Maria Morris. What does God want her to do with her life? Should she go to college or does God have other plans for her? When her parents go missing during a business trip, Maria embarks on a quest that will change her life forever. Trying to fight against an overbearing Milky Way Government, Maria travels to earth in search of a lost prince and some crown jewels. Her faith is tested, however, when a new law is passed. Will Maria be able to find her parents and the crown jewels before it's too late? Is she strong enough to stand up for her faith even if it means never seeing her family again? Most of all, will Maria discover her true Destiny?
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By Vaughn Ohlman
Mar 11, 2012
The Destiny of One Sarah Holman “What does God want her to do with her life?” I am going to take a rather different tack than the previous commentators, and comment not on the general style of the book, or genre, but on the theology. The back cover of the book asks the question of the main character, “What does God want her to do with her life?” and this question is very prescient of the way the book unfolds. Indeed, I wish I could do half as good a job of keeping up a tension/question throughout a book. But I, personally, am very disappointed with the answer that the book provides which seems to boil down to “God will show you what to do.” Hopefully every Christian believes that answer. But, also hopefully, we all realize that that might be a nice, general, conclusion; but it also has a lot of very specific answers, some ways in which God does indeed ‘show us what to do’, that the book leaves out. The specific question the girl is trying to answer (one of two colleges or ‘something... More > else’) is irrelevant to the theology of the issue, but the context is important. First of all, we are talking about a young, unmarried, female (for the beginning of the book I got the impression that she was about 12 to 15, but later chapters showed she was 19… which seemed rather incongruous)in a Christian setting. She is, at least in the beginning of the book, surrounded by Christian counselors… uncle, aunt… presumably elders of her church. And yet, somehow, she never seeks their counsel. Instead they ask her, “What are you going to do?” and, when she answers, “I don’t know,” they do not (both unrealistically and definitely foolishly) give their wise, Godly, counsel. Instead they just parrot “Well, God will show you.” Her own father, who should be actually making this decision, seems among the most passive of the responders… watching his own daughter’s life as if it was a movie. And then, similarly, God’s Word seems to play no part in the decision. College vs wife and motherhood, does Scripture have nothing to say? Perhaps the author thinks it doesn’t. Perhaps that is the problem. Perhaps the author’s theology really is that what ‘God will show you’ means that each of us, for each problem that we face, needs to approach God for an individual, one size fits only one, solution; which much come from a feeling based, or situational based, revelation directly to us. Leaving the theology for a minute, it was a well-written book. Some technical issues (like the author made the same mistake I did and forgot to justify the book)were evident and the author is definetly not ‘matured’ as a writer, but it was enjoyable reading. As a hard sci-fi fan I found the science fiction disappointing (light sabers? Seriously? And a ‘poisonous’ atmosphere on Mars?) and as a guy I found the the ‘action adventure’ bit a bit wimpy, but, for what it is, it was good. Except for the theology…< Less
It took me a while to get to this book, but I couldn't stop reading it. It's fast paced, and has a great message. I'm a lover of Sci/Fi, and Sarah did a great job of keeping it in the genre while also presenting a great message! I'm a real fan of this book, and just ordered the next, which I will be sure to put on the top of my reading list. Great job Sarah!
Let me just start by saying that as soon as I got this book in the mail I started to read it. I even read it while I was making lunch and almost chopped my finger off in the process. (don’t laugh, buy the book and you will see what I mean!) I honestly couldn’t put this book down! I just HAD to keep reading it! I loved the entire story. And for some reason, while I generally very much dislike science fiction I LOVED this book. It kept me on the edge of my seat and I really could relate to Maria in SO many different ways! I loved The Destiny Of One! Every teenager should have a copy on their shelf! (Yes, even you guys!) Keep up the great work Sarah! I can't wait to read the rest of your books! :)
