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Surrendering Your Isaac on the Altar

A midnight phone call alerted Carol and Gene Kent that their only son, Jason Paul, had been arrested for first degree murder. ?When I Lay My Isaac Down? is the story of their desperate response to this shocking news. Carol is clearly and openly communicates the pain they suffered through this tragedy. Feelings of hurt, shame, guilt, and unspeakable horror left them devastated.

A support group of ?stretcher bearers? surrounded them with prayer, offered words of encouragement words of comfort, and in very real practical way helped, Carol, Gene, Jason Paul, and his wife April work through their sorrow and the sense of bereavement.

Carol?s writing resonates with hope. She shares her story and the stories of others who have also been faced with loss and trauma. These stories vividly portray the message of God?s love, redemption, and the way to reconciliation in times of calamity.

The chapters close with questions for reflection. Responding in writing to these exercises will help the reader interpret the obscurity between the strange providential circumstances allowed by God and what we know of Him theologically or in theory.

Carol urges the reader to change the way we think about personal trials. Eight power principles are presented which will help the reader through process a personal crisis, those circumstances that call for laying your Isaac, as an offering on the altar.

Carol?s compassion, comfort, and caring come through as genuine as Carol communicates her personal struggle with relinquishing her Isaac. ?When I Lay My Isaac Down.? is a poignant and memorable account of triumph in the midst of tragedy.

Reviewed by Richard R. Blake