We need to shift our focus when we get our eyes off God. It's easy to get our eyes off of God, what He is doing in our lives and seeing His hand in our circumstances. "Shift" by Abby McDonald is an excellent book to help us to be mindful so we can reverse our focus. The subtitle is "Changing Our Focus to See the Presence of God" and that's exactly what Abby's words will do as you read and apply her words. Abby shares some of her personal stories of times when she learned that by Continue Reading
Don’t Lose Heart
Discouragement can be defeated. 'Don’t Lose Heart' is about having hope when discouraged from the events of this life, whether personal or worldly. Written from a Christian perspective, included are practical, Biblical principles that point to Jesus as our hope. Though a small book, it is full of encouraging words. Words to bring us back to Jesus. We lose heart sometimes when our focus is on the problems around us instead of on Jesus. We can defeat discouragement for our past, the Continue Reading
Out of Words {book review}
Sometimes life is so hard. Trying to navigate the journey of brokenness when our heart hurts is difficult. Getting help from friends who have experienced hard things is one way to find healing. Out of Words is one of those friends. And author, Carmen Horne, does a beautiful job in her new book capturing the crushing feelings with her wisdom from experience and tender loving compassion. She’s been there so she knows the pain and being without words. I highly recommend Out of Words, 31 Prayers Continue Reading