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Comments now closed. We have a WINNER! I’ll announce the happy news on Thursday’s post. Thanks for playing! Stay tuned for lots more book give-aways in the next month or two!
I’m giving away not one, but TWO, books today! One lucky (blessed) winner gets a copy of The Devil in Your Garden by Natalie Witcher and Misplacing God by Joanne Heim.
Let’s start with Natalie. I don’t know her personally, (as in, we’ve never met in person) but we’ve chatted online, and I know she loves Jesus to pieces. She’s a wife and mom to three kiddos (with another one newly on the way–congratulations, Mama!) and a gifted writer. Her blog will make you laugh, it’ll make you think, and I guarantee you–you’ll be able to relate to something (or a lot of somethings!) she’s written.
The subtitle of her book is Finding Victory Over Shame, and I love her courage in sharing what God has done in her life in hopes of giving hope to so many other women struggling with this same thing. Bless you, Natalie!
And Joanne. After two-and-a-half years of online friendship, I can finally call Joanne a real-life friend! She and her family were going to be driving through Ohio on their way to Pennsylvania on July 1 but decided to move from Denver to Phoenix that day instead (!!). So, we decided to add Phoenix to our California Zoo Trip, and we got to meet after all! Love you, friend!
Just like Natalie, Joanne is one courageous woman. At her Simple Wife blog, she blogs about her girls (love those two!), her home, her crafty nature, food, what God is teaching her, things she loves, lessons from seminary, and all kinds of wonderful stuff. But she and her husband Toben also write a blog together–Our Crazy Marriage–about surviving mental illness in marriage. If you, or someone you love, are in a marriage affected by mental illness, you’ve got to read T & J’s story. I’m so proud of them for allowing God to use it to help others!
So, hey. I didn’t say much about the books. Natalie’s is pretty self-explanatory. Need help in overcoming shame in your life? Natalie shows you how to do it through the power of Christ’s love!
And Misplacing God (and finding Him again)? Do you desire a relationship with God but aren’t sure how to go about it practically? Do you want to spend time with Him, but it just keeps getting crowded out by everything else you have to do? Joanne’s passion for God’s Word will inspire you to make it a priority in your own life.
To be entered to win BOTH BOOKS, tell me about a book you’re read lately that has had an impact on you in a positive way. If you’re not a reader (then why are you entering this give-away?), tell me your favorite school supply.
Give-away ends Wednesday at noon (ET). Only U.S. addresses eligible to enter.
Thanks, and have a super-duper day!
I am getting ready to read “God on Mute” by Peter Greig – my husband read it shortly before he died, and it had a huge impact on him. I’m looking forward to it. I am in the middle of reading “Life Management for Busy Women” by Elizabeth George – I love her books.
My favorite school supply is glue sticks – I love to watch my kids be creative with projects during homeschool – we go through a TON of glue sticks!
“Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”
Who knew I would love it so!
Who knew it would make me cry? And smile.
And *sigh* deeply.
I picked this up primarily to fill a between-books void.
[No time to give myself over to a good book right now.] Instead, I moving a few projects to the back burner so I can read-read-read.
Oh where to start…
Redeeming Love is an amazing book to help you understand the book of Hosea. I cried multiple times while reading as it drove home the enormity of God’s love for us.
The Shack helped me to visualize the trinity in a more physical way than I ever had been able to comprehend. The part where they are working in the garden explained so much.
The Circle Trilogy is an interesting read to help bring the world we live in to a more basic nuts and bolts approach to life…
And of course the consistent book of the bible – currently rereading Romans to help remind me of God’s grace for me.
Just finishing up a book study group on Captivating by John & Stasi Eldredge. Just an amazing book about women’s hearts and much God loves us and the only real thing that matters is that in His eyes we are so beautiful!
I have a uterine bleed going on so standing on hope and faith that God will continue to heal all of it and keep this babe growing healthy and strong!
ALSO: reading your amazing book Expecting and it is awesome…..blessing me in many ways too
I am reading “Wild At Heart”. I got it for my hubby when he was baptized…and i know it’s mainly for men, but what a great description of a man’s heart! It’s good for a woman to read as well, just knowing what God has planted in the hearts of men and women and how we actually go about obtaining those desires. I have not actually sat down to read it all at once, it’s in the bathroom…so, yeah, I ALWAYS sit down to read it. Hehehehe.
I am also re-reading “Hypocrite in a Poofy White Dress” by Susan Jane Gilman. This has nothing to do with spritual growth or development. It is a hilarious memoir subtitled “Growing up groovy and clueless”. It’s a nice ‘take me away’ book
My favorite school supply was my Care Bears lunchbox. Until about February. Then the thermos started smelling of old milk. Ew.
“Crazy Love” by Francis Chan has me rethinking so much about what we do with our money and why we accumulate so much stuff. It’s so practical and based in Scripture that you can’t argue with it or brush it off.
The book I keep going back to time and again is Beth Moore’s Praying God’s Word (Breaking Spiritual Strongholds). It is such a truth filled book and she divides the sections according to some very significant strongholds we have in our lives. I love how she teaches you to use God’s Word to pray – it’s a most valuable way to learn His word, but to pray to Him as well.
Thank you, Marla.
Bummer…you called me out on not being a good reader. I am re-reading snippets of “Shepherding a child Heart” & “The Myth of the Perfect Mom – Rethinking the Spirituality of women” by Carla Barnhill. Challenging thoughts in this one about our how we invest in our children’s lives and the world around us.
My favorite school supply…THEN: Trapper Keepers NOW: Disinfecting wipes
I facilitated 5 Conversations You Must Have with Your Daughter by Vicki Courtney this summer. I will read it again and again. Marla, I could see you facilitating a group of this Bible study at your church. After all, you’re a mom of three girls, just like me!