Mrs.Oswald Chambers

"Mrs. Oswald Chmabers:

The Woman behind the World's

Bestselling Devotional"

By Michelle Ule

Mrs. Oswald Chambers has easily become one of my favorite Christian biographies. Absolutely loved it from the first to the last page! Not to mention, the pictures in the middle of the book are a great detail to the story. 

The book centers around Biddy Chambers but talks a great deal about Oswald Chambers himself. The research behind the book is astounding! You can tell a lot of careful time and hard work was put into the writing. The author's storytelling is very engaging; told from the third point view with glimpses into Ms. Ule's imagination. 

It spans from Biddy's childhood all throughout her adult years, meeting, marrying Oswald, ministering together, to his death and the preparing of all the books to her death and the death of their daughter Kathleen.

Reading Mrs. Oswald Chambers was a humbling read drawing many emotions from happiness to sadness back happiness. Mrs. Ule has done a great service to the Christian community through this book. In this day and age of hard to find ministers and Bible teachers who teach the sound Biblical Doctrine, it's very refreshing to read about all those who lived the simple, humble Christian life. This is why I enjoy the ministries of 16th-early 20th-century preachers and teachers. 

The Chambers were a very humble couple of great faith. They put their complete trust in God and God was always faithful to provide their needs. Biddy was an admirable woman of God who continued her husband's ministry after his death while raising their daughter alone. Real stories like this one boost my faith and are an inspiration in my walk of faith.

Being in my mid-twenties I had only heard Oswald Chambers referenced a handful of times by preachers and knew very little about him. I had heard about My Utmost for His Highest but had never really paid much attention to it. After reading small excerpts from the devotional and from Oswald's other works, I'm convinced that I NEED to read them all! After finishing this biography I quickly ordered a copy of My Utmost for His Highest and can't wait to start reading it! 

Thank you, Ms. Ule, for writing this book, all your hard work was well worth it! I highly, highly recommend this book! 5 stars out of 5 and 10 out of 10! 

I received a copy of this book from Baker in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed here are entirely my own.