Sweet and bitter Providence

I didn’t do anything for Mother’s Day other than make a phone call, because my Mum is up in Queensland and went to Toowoomba to spend it with my sister and her family and my grandparents (I was wishing I was there!). I thought my present was going to be delayed by a volcano in Iceland - because I ordered a book from the Book Depository in the UK - but instead it was delayed by Australia Post (it arrived Monday and was sent Tuesday to Brisbane and didn’t make it). But I bought my Mum the book A Sweet and Bitter Providence, by John Piper – a book based on the story of Ruth about the sovereignty of God. Last year was rugged in my family (beginning here) and so this book seemed apt. I haven’t read it myself yet (and I am not so clear on what is meant exactly by the subtitle), but I am looking forward to doing so.