Mercy Reigns in the Journey of Faith

About the Book

Christianity is a journey; it is a journey most of us start when God finds us in our sinfulness and delivers us to our righteousness for his name’s sake (Psalm 23:3). It is a process that we have to be aware of, and we have to be aware of our responsibility at each stage in order to progress to the next stage of our journey. The scriptures tell us of the journey the children of Israel had from their place of slavery, Egypt, where God rescued them with his powerful arm and then journeyed with them in the wilderness to bring them to their Promised Land, Canaan, a land he had promised to their ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. This journey that the Israelites had is quite similar to the journey that we Christians have; the only difference is that they did their journey physically and God was with them physically as well, while ours is a spiritual journey and he is in us as the Holy Spirit, guiding us. The canon has recorded their journey’s story for us to learn from and do ours better (1 Corinthians 10:6). I’ve noted through the scriptures that it was just through God’s mercy that they made it through to the Promised Land; even though most of them died in the wilderness, those who made it did so only because he was merciful to them. I’ve realised that I have also survived thus far just by his grace. This is what this book is all about—his mercy that has covered me thus far, the same mercy that carried the children of Israel on their journey from Egypt to Canaan.

About the Author

In a very remote village of the rural areas of Zimbabwe in Southern Africa, the author was born into a polygamous family that was filled with much hatred and confusion. She never experienced love in her family, only strife and contention. Coupled with a few more problems, which included her name, the author grew up with no sense of self-worth. She did not feel loved or wanted, and that just created problem after problem until she could not find a reason to continue in this life. There is a proverb in her language that says rotten meat will always attract flies. No matter how much one covers it, flies will catch the smell and will swarm around it. This proverb means that once something happens to you, it becomes a recurring theme in your life no matter how much you try to hide it. Unfortunately for the author, this became the story of her life throughout her childhood until adulthood. It only got worse after marriage; at that point, the author completely lost her will to live and almost took her own life because if that was what life had to offer, then it was not worth living. It was at this point in her life that she met Jesus and her journey as a Christian began. She has personally experienced the grace of God, and she can’t keep it to herself but has to shout it from the mountaintops. Sidanisile is a divorced mother of three, a nurse by profession, and a recent graduate of Harvest Bible College after completing her BA in ministry. She is currently working on starting her ministry, where she aspires to tell the world about the goodness of the Lord.