Through the Eyes of Jesus: Volume 1

This is my favorite book. Everyone should read this!! I took a long time to read it as I meditated on each passage. Great for a weekly/monthly book club discussion.

This book was referred to me by my father. Apparently he saw the author of this book speak. The book purports to be divinely inspired via visions from the author where Jesus Christ lets the author Alan Ames, see through His eyes as he walked around with His apostles. I am not certain about the truth behind the source of the book. All I can tell you is, irregardless of how the book came to be, it is the most influential book I have read in the last 20 years of my life, if not in my life. Period. The stories in the book are deeply moving. Although the writing is simple, I had to slow down often while reading it because I kept tearing up. I read it to my son and again, I had to go slow, because I kept crying. I learned so much from this book about how Christ and how he wants us to live our lives now. In these modern times. I was struggling with a difficult person in my life and I wondered how can I do it. I thought of Christ and his being crucified and I thought, well, that's horrible, but at least he didn't have to day to day live with someone that is "such and such a way". But when I read this book, I realized that indeed he did. I saw how he lived with Judas, who despite the fact that Jesus loved him dearly and was forever guiding him, Judas never got it. He was just like in an alternate universe. My theory is that Judas Iscariot may have been a borderline. (or another psychological personality disorder). I have only read the first but plan on reading the next two. I also have already started reading the stories to my children. The stories are invaluable for teaching, and there are so much more of them and they are so much more detailed than those in the Bible, that as an adjunct, it is awesome. Read it you won't be disappointed.

I think that everyone in the whole world should read these books, it is very possible that people could come to truly know God, and what he has blessed us with through Jesus.

I found this book to be truly a work from heaven - I do not think any human being could have written so simply and beautifully of Jesus love for mankind. Jesus said "He would be with us always - even unto the end of time" - In my humble opinion I think this is one of the ways He is with us. When I read this book I felt as if it was Jesus speaking - I could - in the "human" sense - feel His presence near me at times while reading this book. This book is now one of my treasured possesions. I recommend it to all!!