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The Devil and Miss Prym by Paulo Coelho

Sunday, November 22, 2020

Fun. Intriguing. Exciting. Good. And evil.

Chantal Prym is a young woman who lives in the small town of Viscos. He met the stranger who brought along with a devil. 


The cruelty and injustice in the world occur in everyone's life every now and then like it is a normal thing to happen in our everyday life. The good and evil dwell in us fights to see who wins and takes the ground of petty humans like me. This eternal battle between good and evil has been taking so long and sometimes I ask God when is this going to end. When are we going to be freed from traps set by the devil so we can fall to sin again and again? And that makes him happy. Taking us with him to his fall and condemnation, he wants us, the humans so loved by God, to befall on the same horrible fate he is destined to end with because of his greed and jealousy. 


...for it wasn't a temptation, it was a trap.


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The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho

Thursday, November 19, 2020

The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho is a retelling of the story of Elijah. His story is written in the Old Testament of the Bible. He is a prophet of the One God of Israel and has performed miracles permitted by the One True God. 
Before I continued on reading this retelling by Paulo Coelho, I read first the account of Elijah in the book of Kings of the Old Testament. I know Elijah by name and as the prophet of One God who performed miracles, but I have not yet fully read his account on the Bible not until I picked this book from the Deluxe Collection of Paulo Coelho's book set. And I am glad I read it first.

The Fifth Mountain is the best read I have so far from Paulo Coelho's works. Best of the bests. 


"The Lord is stern."
"Only with those He has chosen."



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The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho

Friday, November 13, 2020

It took me a while to finish reading the next book on the spot on my blog since I got swamp with paperwork and other stuff from my teaching job. The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho is such a mystical and heartwarming journey. Like any other books that I read from Coelho, the topics and ideas dwell on reality and the spiritual realm. The journey to find what truly matters with the life that we have in this world. I like how Coelho incorporates Bible teaching into his works. There are some beliefs that I agree with and some that I disagree with when it comes to practicing one's faith.

Knowing someone's or something's purpose is what this book thought me at the end of my reading journey with The Pilgrimage. That before we realize our purpose, sometimes we have to go through difficulties and others are consequences of the wrong decisions we have made in life. We tend to be elusive in seeking answers to our questions and reasons for our sufferings, and we also have the tendency to complicate things more than they should be. We sometimes reject the simple answers and reasons in front of us, thinking these answers and reasons seem to be so easy and most of the time we are not used to them. We think there is something more.

God is more than willing to give us all the enlightenment we need if only we are willing to listen to Him and obey His command.  



Petrus, as a guide and teacher, his character in the book reminded me that "Teaching is only demonstrating that it is possible. Learning is making it possible for yourself." 

Paulo, as the main character, reminded me that we are all pilgrims in this journey called life. We have to be attentive and humble to receive what God wants to tell us or what He wants us to do. 


As I read through this book, I could not help but dream of walking on that same road the main character did.
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