The Still, Sweet Waters of Home is a contemporary and multi-layered look at the 23rd Psalm.  Each line of the psalm is ingeniously made into the title of a poem.  Every poem is a continuing message from a mother to her child (or children); it begins with background information on how a shepherd treats his sheep, then continues with how the mother treats, or wishes to treat, her child.  I found it very calming and sweet.  Even though some of the aspects of the poetry are a bit ‘cheesy’ (does ‘partially hydrogenated vegetable oils’ really belong in a poem?), it does in the end serve its purpose: A gentle reminder to mothers that we are shepherds to our children while still relying on The Shepherd.  This is a lovely little treasure that you can pick up and peruse at any time just to keep yourself on track, or give as a gift for a mom-to-be.
This book was sent to Compass Book Ratings for review by Cedar Fort

Content Analysis:

There is nothing at all unclean in this little book.  The only reason I put a mild mature theme is due to the fact that the whole theme of this book is mothers caring for their children.  It would probably not be overly interesting to a younger crowd.  If they’re interested, there’s no reason they shouldn’t read it (content-wise),

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