Fiction is fun to read, but when fiction has a point to it, that seems to make it even better. Some of my favorite examples of this are novels written by Andy Andrews, such as The Traveler’s Gift, The Noticer, and The Heart Mender. In that vein, David Rawlings has written a fictional novel with a solid point in his book The Baggage Handler.
The premise is simple. Three different people have their baggage mixed up by an airline. Each of them are struggling with significant issues in their immediate lives. As they arrive at the location where they can receive the correct baggage, they each meet the Baggage Handler. This young man speaks some pointed truths into each of their lives that they may not have wanted to hear, but they needed to hear.
The Baggage Handler is a quick and easy book to read, but as the pages turned, I realized that Rawlings holds some deep insights into more lives than just the three fictional lives presented in his book. The truths he presents are simple, yet profound, and the impacted my thoughts in a way that was fresh and gave some new perspective to some of the baggage that I find myself carrying in my own life.
The dust jacket calls this a modern day parable. And as a short, east to read story with a profound point, that description is apt. I encourage you to pick up a copy and read it. Hopefully, it will challenge you just as much as it challenged me to take a new look at the burdens I carry around with me, and to see how God would rather take them for me. I think you’ll be blessed.
Ratings & Details For The Baggage Handler:
- Genre/Style: Fiction
- Story/Plot: 10 of 10 stars
- Spiritual Content: 6 of 10 stars
- Readability/Flow: 9 of 10 stars
- Cover: 8 of 10 stars
- Overall Rating: 9 of 10 stars
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