My heart swelled as my sweet, 20 year old friend sat on my couch one night after Bible study and shared her deep insecurities. As the other women gathered their purses and put on their shoes (we get kind of comfortable during Bible study), she lingered and tried her darnedest to hold back tears. I recognized the look in her eyes.
Category Archives: Book Reviews
When I picked up a book with the title UnStuff:Making Room In Your Life For What Really Matters, I hesitated to open it up and read it. I’m pretty much a person who denies the fact that she needs to do some serious cleaning in her life. It took me years to get around to organizing my closet to an efficient system as I mentioned in my {inspirational entry} for She Seeks this week. (Check it out by the way!) But because I know the authors Hayley and Michael DiMarco are really down to earth and wouldn’t preach to me about … Continue Reading »»
I am loving this Booksneeze book review program as I just read The Vertical Self by Mark Sayers. Wow is all I can say. This book was written in a non-preachy tone with ideas that made me rethink how I see life, my faith and my Savior. The main premise of the book was to look at living “horizontally” verses “vertically.” Horizontal living means a life of me, myself and I while also trying to please the world while Vertical living focuses on glorifying God and living under His ultimate authority. Here are a few examples taken from a table … Continue Reading »»