In some historical novels, readers can identify specific individuals, events, and dates as the context of the story. Others tell stories about people and time, not specific events or people. Considered to be the queen of Amish's romantic historical novels, Beverly Lewis once again reviewed the Rose Trilogy: Thorns, Judgment and Compassion. People can't help but compare/contrast our lives with the life of the Amish. In order to review this trilogy, I chose to compare/contrast "plain life and fantasy life." With the progress of writing students, the thesis goes beyond five paragraphs.
Rose Trilogy: Thorns, Judgment, Compassion
By Beverly Lewis
Beverly Lewis introduced the Amish people in the Dutch region of Pennsylvania through this trilogy and more than 80 books. Although the story of Rose Ann Kauffman began in 1985, it is easy to find ourselves in a similar situation. People of all ages in God find themselves facing the challenges of living in the world, not the challenges of the world. Amish talks about this struggle as a contrast between "ordinary life and fantasy life." Looking at three aspects, we will study this challenge: separation from the world, courtship in this world and church discipline.
Rose Ann Kauffman or Rose lives with her parents in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Her grandparents lived in one of the hotel's "Dawdi [grandparents] homes." More than a decade ago, when her car fell over and she fell in the ravine, her mother was injured. Although often suffering, she refused to let her husband take her to see a specialist. Later, as part of the story, she did decide to return to health and no longer have pain. As a nation, they chose a very simple life. Due to the injury of Emma, the church leader, the bishop of the district, allowed the Kaufman family to have an indoor bathroom. Often, modern conveniences such as motor vehicles, electricity, running water, telephone and television in the home do not have a place in Plain Life. In addition, people wear and keep their hair in line with their lifestyle. Although they do not have their own motor vehicles, they sometimes hire motor vehicle drivers to go to hospitals and rehabilitation centers. My question is: "Is these things evil or are they something that one might do for a person? If these activities represent sin, on their own, why is it an exception? One problem with this question: modern "convenience" represents one Try to attract people, especially young people, away from their lifestyles and devastating their communities.
As an example of a life closer to the "British", just as Amish called us, I graduated from high school in 1967. During high school and college, I went to teach churches against movie. One of the reasons involves not wanting to support the film industry. I now know that they can track sales and know which movie to sell. At some point I don't even watch movies on TV, although I will watch TV shows. This doesn't make any sense, but I want to follow the "rules." Things have changed over the years, and now missionaries use movies as illustrations in their sermons. Content should guide the content we watch. We must consider whether the content keeps us away from the Lord; if so we should stop it. As seen in Ross's story, the people and the "British" evangelicals greeted the challenge of "separation from the world" through gradual change. 1 John 2:15 "Do not love the world or the things of the world.
The practice of Amish wooing stems from their idea of being separated from the world. In this trilogy, young people of the age of courtship participated in the "singing" on Sunday night. Family members will let young women participate in "singing", then young people will be paired, and young people will propose to bring a young lady home. Young people of the age of courtship must obtain a special "loving car" to avoid misconduct. In the cold winter of Pennsylvania, young people will have heatersicks and blankets to help keep their girls warm as they "pursue" or get to know each other in the countryside. One aspect of the whole process seems particularly interesting and involves confidentiality. Although parents know that their young lady spends time with someone after "singing" and may be someone from a respected family in the community, they are used to asking for confidentiality. Although the young couple may agree to get married, they will not announce it in the weeks leading up to the "marriage season" in early November each year. Our main character, Ross, can benefit from the guidance of her parents.
Many young people discuss whether to kiss their lips before the wedding or to save them on special days. "English" or evangelical young people have similar conversations. Parents of both groups want their children to marry the people they believe. Perhaps most Amish people demand more exclusivity in this area. In one of the books, Rose's grandfather questioned the wisdom of young people going out late at night. To a certain extent, this surprised me because I expect this generation to be more ingrained in the custom. Ross's sister married a "British" man and left the community for five years. Only when her husband did not expect to expose their little daughter to the influence of the world, she left the people and began to bother her. The hen [short for Hannah] allowed Mattie Sue to spend time with her parents and start wearing and playing Amish. Brandon doesn't like this change. I am very happy that the bishop and the mother's father allowed her to stay there for a short time, but they encouraged her to do everything she needed to restore her marriage. Of course, we will see a bigger difference, comparing how people in our society who do not believe solve these problems.
Finally, I solved the discipline problem in the church. In this trilogy, the first title "thorns" may refer to the foster son of Bishop Aaron. From the beginning he rebelled and had no interest in submitting to his adoptive parents or people. Nick and Christian, Aaron and Barbara's own son, never got along. Once, Christian took Nick and began to cut off his ponytail, then a scuffle, and Christian died at the bottom of the ravine. Nick took him back to the house and ran away. Not getting all the information, everyone blamed Nick. There were several bishops in the area, and the Aaron Bishop was suspended; they dismissed all his ministerial duties and he could only serve as a member of the people. The trial developed the story of this church discipline. Finally, in "Compassion", some twists and turns represent God's mercy to His people.
In the author's conclusions and words, Beverly Lewis mentioned that the Amish heritage is related to our old man and the Mennonite rebate. In my experience, a Baptist unique is the autonomy of the local church. Although local agencies can ask for help from nearby churches, there is no level like the one shown in this story. Members of the region did not agree with the decisions of other bishops. Finally, with the appearance of the truth, the bishop lifted the timeout.
This convincing story reveals how similar and different the people of God are. Of course, if we compare the people of God to the world, then the difference will be great. Just look at the areas that are separate from the world, courting in the world, and training in the church allows us to understand these differences and similarities. May God give us wisdom to make it the world, not the world!
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