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Summary: Picking up the Torch
Review: Like most high school students I was very moved by the Columbine Tragedy last year. But I never fully understood God's hand in this horrible tragedy until May 20, 2000. That day was my high school graduation. Graduation day is memorable for everyone, but it became extra special to me. To my surpirse Beth Nimmo, Rachel Scott's mother, was one of our speakers. As we, the graduates, marched down to "Pomp and Circumstance", Beth Nimmo was so overcome with emotion that she had to excuse herself. I later found out that Rachel would have graduated May 20, 2000 also, from Columbine High School. As Mrs. Nimmo spoke to us about her daughter's life and faith in God, my heart was touched and filled with emotion. I looked back on my own life and remembered times that I didn't always show God's love nor stood up for my faith. Listening to Beth Nimmo's words and love for her daughtor, I decided that on this monumental day in my life, as I recieved my diploma, I was going to take a deeper and stronger stand for Christ than I ever have before. After finishing the book, "Rachel's Tears" I feel such a connection to Rachel and her desire to want to be fully filled with God and His love. Rachel's life is an encouragement and example of going against the crowd and standing up for God. Rachel's martyrdom is just the begining of a new generation, a generation of standing up against Satan and the evil that is so evident and strong in this world as demonstrated on April 20, 1999 at Columbine High School.
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Summary: Extraordinary Girl
Review: After I read this book, I felt a combination of great sorrow and profound joy. On one hand, Rachel should still be alive, not cruelly gunned down by teenagers who had no right to take her life. On the other hand, she would be so pleased that her mission in life is being carried out. Her parents present her as a regular teenager who battles the feelings that everyone, even adults, feel. Thank you so much, Darrell and Beth! We are all so lucky to know just a little bit about this extraordinary girl.
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Summary: Thought Provoking Spiritual Message About God And His Grace
Review: I was deeply affected by the Columbine tragedy for several reasons. After the one year aniversary, I wanted to read a book about it so I could better understand what happened and the grief that the community of Littleton, CO went through. I wanted to read a book that had a real message behind it, and that is exactly what Rachel's Tears contains. Rachel comes across as a beautiful and enthusiastic but otherwise average teen who struggled with the same problems that every boy or girl her age must face. The two things that helped her cope are her never ending faith in God and her ability to relate to those who were different from her. These two wonderful and rare qualities allowed Rachel to face her killers with the same courage that won her all of her friends and admirers during her special but brief life. Rachel died so God could share this message with you.
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Summary: she was not killed for her faith
Review: Lies, lies and more lies. No one at columbine was killed for their faith. Haven't these people made enough money yet? What, Rachels family didn't like seeing Cassie's family make money from the lies, they needed a piece of the pie too?
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Summary: Rachel's Tears
Review: Young or old, anyone who struggles with their relationship with God should read this book. It will challenge your understanding of the true depths of God's grace and love. Thank God Rachel's parents have shared this story with the world. Rachel's honest and straight forward relationship with God during her life is something we all should strive to achieve. Her story is humbling and will have you crying tears of sadness and joy. Her testimony for God in her journals has ignited the chain reaction she wanted. This book is thought provoking and it will change your life.
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Summary: Simple, honest account of a life
Review: I am not a religious person. I read Rachel's Tears out of curiosity for how people deal with such loss and to try and get a handle on this senseless violence. Rachel's parents have written a book that deals very honestly with her character, her religion and the circumstances of her death. From the book it is clear that whatever relationship she had with God, it was not an instructed relationship. It was dynamic, insisting, provocative. It displayed the same drive and drama that people in the book describe as her personal characteristics. There are too many instances of spontanaeity of character in her life story for Rachel to have been anything except her own person. Her parents own discovery of her depths is surprising as they learnt so much more they might never have known had she lived. The telling of the story shows beautifully how they have gained something through all this terrible loss. From reading the story you understand that in death Rachel left a legacy for her family - expecting to be left with the memories of a beloved family member they instead uncovered a massive paper trail of devotion, questioning, experimenting - a blueprint of a young person trying to figure things out. It is hard not to agree that there was some kind of higher point to her life. Here is a teenager from Colorado who's life is now known the world over. Everyone in this book seems surprised at her. She did pretty well after all. They love her it's obvious, but in death she has left them with something way bigger than that, and this book expresses that wonder very movingly and simply. It's easy to be sceptical when you look at a book that's going to get down and talk about God and life and death. This story is very simple - something awful happened, but out of it came something shockingly wonderful. Rachel's parents describe the subtletly of her belief in God. Everyone knew where she stood without her ever imposing her beliefs on anyone. Similarly, this book expresses its story subtly but definitely, without fuss. A moving testimony that everyone with a family will know and understand.
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Summary: An amazing girl and amazing book.......
Review: Ever since her funeral was broadcast on CNN I have been captured by Rachel. It is so inspiring to find someone who was so "in tune" with God. Rachel moved in her life like she knew her ultimate purpose or at least had an awareness within her about her own fate. Her faith is not only something to marvel at, but be challenged by. Yes, she struggled in her relationship with God and even revealed her own doubts, but Rachel worked through it by seeking God through her journal writings and God did answer back, confirming the truth she held deep within her. The most amazing part about Rachel's journal, though, is the drawings. Her premonitions are astounding and are without question from the Lord Himself. I feel that Rachel's purpose is being fulfilled, not only by the CNN broadcast, but also by her journal writings and drawings being revealed in this book. I highly recommend it to both young and old. May we all have Rachel's faith and courage.
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Summary: Rachel Scott - an example for all Christians to follow
Review: Some Christians live their entire lives and never become as close to God as Rachel did in her short 17 years on this planet. Rachel is truly an inspiration to everyone who aspires to grow closer to God. This book details Rachel's struggles with her faith and her walk with God here on earth. Excerpts from her private journals (some of which are in this book)demonstrate Rachel's love for Jesus and helps us to better understand the plan God had for her life! When I get to heaven, I'll be looking for Rachel!
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Summary: A book of faith
Review: As a student who is a Biblical Studies and Theology major I can honestly say that reading Rachel's Tears has greatly enhanced my faith and walk with Jesus Christ as no other book has. The testimonies found in the writings of this profoundly spiritual young girl is breath taking to read and I would encourage anyone who is struggling with their Christian walk to read the writings of Rachel Joy Scott. I am thankful that Rachel's parents have helped this nation take a more spiritual look into the tragedy at Columbine. This book has helped me to see that the martyrdoms of Rachel Joy Scott and Cassie Bernall were not merely empty deaths, but rather, God's way of reaching out to a spiritually dying nation. There is an old Christian saying, that "the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church", and Rachel's parents have truly helped me understand the truth of this statement. I highly encourage everyone to read this book, as well as the books "She Said Yes" by Cassie Bernall's mother, "Columbine Courage" by Ron Luce, and the "Martyr's Torch" by Pastor Bruce Porter. I have been greatly blessed by reading these books and I hope that you will be blessed as well.
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Summary: The Cries of the Revival Generation will be heard!
Review: Rachel's tears is a fantastic book that illustrates the passionate faith of a bold young Christian. Not only do we see how that passionate faith stood in the face of death, but we get a glimpse of the spiritual warfare waged both during and after the Columbine tragedy. This book is an inspiration to the youth of our nation, the Revival Generation, who are fed up with the tired, failed, values and ideas of the boomer generation and want to live for God, have normal families, and see a sweeping change in the morality of our nation. An excellent companion to this book is a Video called Untold Stories of Colombine by Darrell Scott.
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