Hinds’ Feet on High Places

Hinds’ Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard {a review]

Hinds’ Feet on High Places is a beautifully told allegory of the acceptance and recognition of God’s love in spite of the trials and hardships we undergo in life.

It is a modern-day Pilgrim’s Progress based upon the Song of Songs. The story begins with Much Afraid who is stuck in the valley with her family, the Fearfuls, and betrothed to an evil cousin. Her fear overwhelms her ability to direct the course of her life and reach the High Places, until she spends enough time with the Shepherd.

“The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hind’s feet, and he will make me to walk upon thine high places” – Habakkuk 3:19

The book is wonderful and personally helped me to find acceptance for the hardships and pain I have endured in my lifetime. While I still have far to go, I know that this book will remain a comfort to me along my journey.

I love that the Shepherd waited all that time for Much Afraid to ask him for help to escape her family and travel to the High Places. He did not push the idea on her but took his time and waited till she was ready and receptive to understand the message.

This edition is beautifully printed with glorious illustrations that inspire the imagination and create a calm, quiet environment for you (the reader) to study the allegory. The end of the book includes a diary-style account by the author of her experiences while writing the story and also a biography of the author.

Overall this would make a wonderful book to give as a Christmas gift!

Publisher’s Summary

Journey with Much-Afraid to new heights of love, joy, and victory! For the first time, this beloved Christian allegory is a mixed-media special edition complete with charming watercolor paintings, antique tinted photography, and meditative hand-lettered Scripture. As you read and connect with the story of Much-Afraid and her trials, the pages of this book come alive thanks to the plethora of special artwork.

Hinds’ Feet on High Places, with more than 2,000,000 copies sold, is a story of endurance, persistence, and reliance on God. This book has inspired millions of people to become sure-footed in their faith even when facing the rockiest of life’s terrain. The story of Much-Afraid is based on Psalm 18:33: “He makes me as surefooted as a deer, enabling me to stand on mountain heights.”

The complete Hinds’ Feet story is accented by 80 full-color paintings, photography, and hand-lettered Scripture.

About The Author

Hannah Hurnard was born in 1905 in Colchester, England, to Quaker parents. She graduated from Ridgelands Bible College of Great Britain and spent four years training with an interdenominational faith mission and doing evangelistic work in England and Ireland. In 1932 she became an independent missionary and moved to Haifa, Israel, where she worked in a clinic and distributed Bibles. Her connection to Israel lasted 50 years, although she maintained a home in England in her later years and traveled back and forth. Of her many books, Hinds’ Feet on High Places remains her best known and most beloved.She died in 1990.