A Moment of Weakness

This is the second Karen Kingsbury novel I have read, the first being One Tuesday Morning. For the second time, I have come away with a respect for the quality of writing that Karen Kingsbury produces. Her characters are not storybook, because their lives are flawed as are all of us and yet she accurately chronicles the work of God upon the hearts of his children and their response to the Holy Spirit's prodding.A Moment of Weakness is not for the faint of heart--I wouldn't recommend it for children because of the complicated plot lines. However, for those who did pick up this book, it will give you a fresh perspective of God's incredible grace and love in bringing his children back from the slough of thier own sins and into a loving embrace. You will not be able to put this book down as you find yourself heavily steeped into the lives of the characters of this great tale. Buy this book--its definitely a one or two-nighter.

This was a powerful story of sin, forgiveness and love. The journey you take with Jade and Tanner will have you so entranced you will not be able to put this book down. Kingsbury does an excellent job portraying two young Christians. They start out as childhood friends, and then where separated for years.They find each other again, they enter a moment of weakness that turns into another separation between them for another decade. But only this time with a huge secret that Jade keeps from Tanner. This story sends a message of two humans, who are Christians, making a mistake. With the help of Tanner's mother, it drives the biggest wedge between Jade and Tanner, the second decade separation. When they meet again, they are grown adults. They choose this time to follow the Lord's plan, even though they were not sure what it was. Their faith was strong ending this story with a wonderful bang. I won't go into much detail, you must read this. We all commit sin, just like Jade and Tanner did. Kingsbury uses the perfect scriptures in the story at the right times. She reminds us how powerful and loving and forgiving our Lord is with the scriptures. Hats off to Kingbury on this one, get your tissues ready.

A Moment of Weakness is yet another triumph from Kingsbury. She portrays Jade and Tanner as earnest, yet flawed, Christians whose one night of passion leads them down rocky roads that change the course of their lives. Growing up on the "wrong side of the tracks," Jade had a loose mother and drunken father and no spiritual upbringing whatsoever. After her mother leaves them, Jade spends the rest of her sad childhood taking care of her alcolholic father and trying desperately to rise above her circumstances. In the meantime, her childhood playmate, Tanner Eastman, with a wealthy and cultured background, lives his life mostly as his parents expect him to, with one exception. He becomes a born-again Christian, something his overbearing and domineering mother cannot understand. When Jade and Tanner meet again as young adults, they realize how much they love each other and want to be together. Tanner leads Jade to Christ, and they make a commitment to each other and to God to stay pure until the time that they can marry, when Tanner finishes his law degree and Jade her nursing degree. But Christian young people have hormones, too, and a night of unbridled passion between the two of them changes things forever. Kingsbury does an excellent job of portraying Christians as real people with human characteristics. Without being "preachy," Kingsbury shows how lives are affected in one single "Moment of Weakness."

This book is about the devastation wrought because of sexual sin and lies told in the aftermath. Neither Jade nor Tanner are immoral people but both they and Tanner's mother make decisions that harm the guilty and innocent alike. I thought this book clearly showed the consequences of wrong choices and ignoring the voice of God.This book also shows that God is a God of forgiveness and second chances. When we confess our sins, He forgives them and puts them as far away as east is from west. Sometimes we have to live with the consequences forever, even when we're forgiven. And sometimes the door is opened to something even better.In addition to the above, the reader will learn a lot about the erosion of religious freedom in America today. For that alone, I would recommend this book to others.Bravo, Ms. Kingsbury, for a beautiful story.

I loved this book and its characters. I took it on vacation with me, and could not sleep because I was so entranced. So much for relaxing! I thought the book was realistic, addressing major life issues, without being preachy. I think it's a great read for a young girl who has yet to make a choice for abstinence.