Honey
Oliver John Calvert
Paperback
(CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, Jan. 26, 2013)
In the dawn of time Honey trotted forward; a small dark-honey colored pony, created in innocence with the gift of speech. Through his assignments on Earth (as various animals) he matures, growing taller and lighter in color, learning the joy of loving mankind and learning to trust God in the most perplexing and difficult, sometimes even painful circumstances, (Balaam’s staff, the crucifixion of his best friend...). By the end of the book Honey is the large muscled white stallion whom Jesus rides at Armageddon. As the book closes, Honey gets his secret wish—he gets his wings. In just under twenty-three thousand words, the LORD has given us a non-stop storybook adventure that whisks children away to another realm, completely entertaining their minds even as it unravels the mysterious “Master Plan” and introduces the Prince of Glory and his life-changing gospel in a heart-wrenching way, true to the price he paid. With simple reverence this story offers an angel’s eye view of the passage of time and the pageant of creation as seen from the City of God and, lays a solid foundation for understanding why we are here, what has gone before and what is yet to come. Of course, many children’s books involve animals but, according to parents who have read this story to their children, the grand scope, the interaction of Jesus and angels, the changing of setting between Heaven and Earth and the page-burning pace of Honey are, as elements of style, fresh and creative. Parents insist that there are no books like it. They say that they laugh and cry in the telling and that their children ask to hear it as a bedtime story again and again. Honey is a fable, a romp, a wild horseback ride, meant to transport, challenge and inspire. But this work contains more truth than fiction. Those who allow the purity and wonder of Honey’s love for the Prince of Glory to enfold them as they’re translated between Heaven and Earth begin to take on the fresh and singular perspective that only angels possess. The battle is for the children. Satan wants to kill them before they’re even born or destroy their lives thereafter. But Jesus has another plan. And aren’t we glad?