4.25 Stars Out Of 5
“Where would we be if God hated us every time we did something wrong?” We can’t treat people one way and expect God to treat us another.”
“Bitterness is a terrible thing.”
“That’s the problem with darkness, you never knew until it was too late.”
I always enjoy Dan Walsh stories. He has a way to bring heart and joy in his writings, and most importantly, the hope of Jesus Christ. The Unfinished Gift, a Christmas story, is no exception. This one takes place in 1943 during World War 2, providing an interesting landscape of a much different time. There is also tragedy of a child losing a mother while his father is at war, that sets the stage for the story. Little Patrick is forced to live with his bitter curmudgeon grandfather, a lonely man who had a falling out with Patrick’s father. All Patrick wants is love and also an unfinished wooden solder he finds in his grandfather’s attic, which represents a lot of negativity to his grandfather. The Unfinished Gift succeeds in providing some twists and turns along the way, some well developed characters that each have some transformations along the way, and as mentioned above, a message of hope. This book wasn’t a page turner for me or one that I had to drop everything to read, but it was a very good book that I’m glad I read.
