Archives for May 2017
Wordless Wednesday: Best Friends May 10, 2017 {Wordless Wednesday}
High School Essay Intensive {Crew Review}
Messy Journey {Book Launch Review}
Messy Journey
Lori Wildenberg
Have you ever faced a challenge in life you just weren’t sure about? Have you ever wondered what God thinks? Do you wish there was a book to help you through the tough times or tough topics like sex before marriage, sexual orientation, gender issues, living with a partner while unmarried and more? Messy Journey by Lori Wildenberg helps in dealing with these tough questions, showing you how to find strength in God’s word while facing these tough choices that other’s (and we) sometimes make.
As a parent, Lori Wildenberg was faced with a tough situation when her daughter chose a different path then Lori’s beliefs provided for. Lori found herself searching for answers and peace with her daughter’s life choices, while Lori’s daughter found herself in the opposite place of trying to find peace with her own decisions for her life. This situation and Lori’s search to find peace and truth in God’s word led her to writing this book for all parent’s and person’s who may find themselves in a similar situation.
As a person who has lived in Sin many years of my life, I am often in the situation of being judged for my personal choices as well as feeling guilty for those choices. In the past, I have personally made the decision to cohabitate without being married, as well as have sex without marriage with the men I have lived with. Though today’s world is filled with sins like my own, I find it’s still a very judged situation. I have often wished for a book that reached my soul on the subject, showing me how to ask forgiveness for myself as well as how to live despite my sins and judgments against me.
Messy Journey has been a blessing to me. I know it will be a blessing to others. Lori doesn’t condone these sins but she does not condemn them either. She shows us that we each have to make our own choices, good and bad. She shows that God still loves despite of these choices, that His Faith is always strong for us, even when ours is weak. She shows us that God has a bigger plan and that we should never give up. We should always be willing to forgive as God has shown grace and forgiveness to each of us through all eternity.
Messy Journey helps show the way home to God and all His Love for us. This book is one that speaks to your soul and helps you get through the toughest times. As a parent, an aunt, a woman, I found this book to be enlightening in so many ways on so many things that touch my life. It will definitely be a benefit to others who, like me, struggle to find hope in the dark times and strength in believing when choices seem to be the opposite of what they should be.
Messy Journey is for so much more than the struggling parent. It’s for the struggling Aunt, the struggling sister, the struggling child. You can grab your copy of Messy Journey today for $13.48 in paperback on Amazon or $9.99 on Kindle.
You can find Lori Wildenberg at her online home, Eternal Moments with Lori Wildenberg.
52 Uncommon Dates {Moody Publishers® Review}
52 Uncommon Dates
Randy Southern
Moody Publishers®
52 Uncommon Dates: A Couple’s Adventure Guide For Praying, Playing and Staying Together is a guidebook to share adventure with the one you love. This spiritually engaging book will keep your relationship interesting and help you continue to bond with one another as you adventure through this life. Stepping outside the box to find entertaining ways to share with one another and strengthen your love.
This book was a great read and really helped us think outside the box on how we spend time together. The 52 suggestions were interesting and exciting, especially to my husband and I who enjoying sharing in our life together. Each prayer helped to strengthen us, giving us things to think about and share in together.
The ideas shared in this book are interesting. The dates are easy to manage and make happen. The relationship strengthening exercises and prayers are fitting for any stage of a relationship, young or old. 52 Uncommon Date is a book that anyone in any relationship stage will find useful.
You can grab your copy of 52 Uncommon Dates: A Couple’s Adventure Guide For Praying, Playing and Staying Together is available online through Moody Publishers for $7.99 in paperback or $6.39 as an eBook.
The One Year® Devos For Teen Girls {Tyndale Review}
The One Year® Devos For Teen Girls
Tyndale House Publishers
As a Mother of a teen girl, I’m often looking for devotional resources to reach my child’s heart. I want them to learn Biblical value. I want them to learn God’s Word and the best way to do this is through books like the The One Year® Devos For Teen Girls.
This 384 page devotional was written just for teen girls. This is a handbook for young girls in the very fast-paced world of today. Featuring current and modern topics that young women can relate to, this devotional helps young girls maneuver their life while learning important Biblical lessons on the path.
The One Year® Devos For Teen Girls is written by Dannah Gresh who really brings God’s word to life for teen girls. She has a big sister way about her, sharing her wise advice mixed with God’s own word and relating it to issues that girls face today. Gresh brings to the forefront all of today’s sticky topics like sexuality, love and lust, bullying, self-worth, and hypocrisy. Things girls need to learn in today’s unstable world.
I grabbed this book for my own teen to ensure she had a stable understanding of these subjects matters and how God feels about them through Gresh’s direction shared within the pages of this devotional. She’s really enjoyed reading and relating to the subjects shared within the book.
To grab your own copy of The One Year® Devos For Teen Girls, you can purchase straight from Tyndale House Publishers for $14.99 in softcover. An eBook is available as well.