Come Empty By Saundra Smith

When a water vessel is filled with dirt and stones, it cannot be used to quench a thirst. But, when this vessel is emptied, there is an opportunity to fill it until it overflows with fresh, cool, life-giving water. Water that quenches. Refreshes. Soothes. Our souls are the same: filled with fear, doubt, and disappointment. Running over with unanswered prayers and lingering questions. When we empty the mess of our lives in the presence of God, we're offered an invitation to come. An invitation that allows us to come empty - so that we can be filled until we overflow. Come Empty - Pour Out Life's Hurts and Receive God's Healing Love guides you through eightly days of experiencing the fullness of God's love and His ability to overcome life's hurts. Each day, you will receive assurance of God's presence in your difficult situations. Each devotion gives new vision and perspective when you're hindered by emotional blind spots, and leads you to experience God's peace and wholeness. When His invitation is accepted, He will set your captive mind and heart free to live fully by His grace. The question is not if you will get an invitation. The question is, will you come?

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Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is a Board Certified internal medicine physician. She shares with audiences nationwide on the topics of eliminating limiting emotions, finding grace in difficult places, and experiencing personal renewal by drawing near to God. Dr. Dalton-Smith is a national and international media resource on the mind, body, spirit connection and has been featured in Women's Day, Redbook, and First For Women magazine. She is the founder of I Choose My Best Life. Her other books include award-winning Set Free to Live Free: Breaking Through the 7 Lies Women Tell Themselves.

 

Come Empty is a 80 day devotional. The book starts with two chapters to read and then It starts the daily devotionals. Each devotional has three parts, Your heart's cry, the Bible verse and then God's reply. This is not your typical devotional.  I really enjoyed reading the devotionals because they discuss some difficult topics. I would recommend this devotional for everyone especially someone that is new to the faith. This devo. may help answer some questions that new Christians may have in there walk and draw them closer to the Lord.

I give this book 4 stars and it would make a nice gift.

I was given a copy of this book by the publisher for my honest review.

Room for Hope By Kim Vogel Sawyer

When a wagon pulls up after supper, Neva and her children rush out—and into the presence of the deputy driving a wagon carrying three young children. The deputy shocks her with the news that Warren and his wife have died, insisting it was their last request that the three children go live with “Aunt Neva.” Neva’s heart is shattered as she realizes that Warren’s month-long travels were excuses for visits with his secret family. She wants nothing more than to forget Warren, but can she abandon these innocent children to an orphanage? Yet if she takes them in, will she ever be able to see them as more than evidence of her husband’s betrayal and love them the way God does?

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Kim Vogel Sawyer is the highly acclaimed, best-selling author of gentle stories of hope such as What Once Was Lost and Through the Deep Waters. With more than one million books in print, Kim has garnered numerous awards including the ACFW (American Christian Fiction Writers) Carol Award, the Inspirational Readers Choice Award, and the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. She lives in central Kansas with her retired military husband Don. She enjoys travel, quilting, and spending time with her daughters and grandchildren.

A story of hope! You are going to love this book I call it the "Book of Forgiveness".

You are going to be in awe of this one that's for sure if you have e read a book by Sawyer you already know her books are books of hope so this one could not have been titled better.

The story itself is base off of Sawyers husbands Great Grandmothers life. And oh what a story it is.  It is on the top ten list of my favorite  fiction books this year so far.

What Neva does and the person she truly is, to me its the true picture of a child of God.

I just LOVED this book! 5 stars two times is not enough that's for sure. I HIGHLY recommend this book!

I was given a copy of this book by the publisher for my honest review.

The Changing Season By Steven Manchester

This was supposed to be a simple summer for Billy: one more lazy expanse of time before college began. He'd fill the hours playing with Jimmy – his canine best buddy – going camping and doing all the things he promised Jimmy they'd do before Billy left. But that was before the accident that shook the entire town. It was before the summer job that turned into something so much more than a way to get a paycheck. And it was before Vicki. This summer was destined to be many things to Billy, things he didn't truly understand until now. But it was definitely not going to be simple.

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Steven Manchester is the author of the #1 bestsellers Twelve Months, The Rockin' Chair, Pressed Pennies, and Gooseberry Island as well as the novel Goodnight, Brian. His work has appeared on NBC's Today Show, CBS's The Early Show, CNN's American Morning, and BET's Nightly News. Recently, three of Manchester's short stories were selected “101 Best” for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

I would sum this book up as a coming of age book with good life lessons.

Steven Manachester wrote a fascinating book with The Changing Season. The characters are ones that you can love and really relate to. The book tackles many topics and struggles that Billy a young man encountered after his much anticipated high school graduation. This was an emotional read with some of the challenges that Billy faced. I could not get enough of Billy and his loyal companion Jimmy (his dog). This is a young adult book that would be great for someone preparing to graduate. Life lessons are great to read about.

I gave this book 4 stars.

I was given a copy of this book by the publisher for my honest review.

Keeper of the Stars By Robin Lee Hatcher

Forgiveness is the only cure for heartbreak. But can Penny forgive the man she holds responsible for her brother’s death?

When her mother died from pneumonia, Penny Cartwright was heartbroken. But now, after burying her younger brother just 12 years later, she is devastated. Anger, guilt, and sorrow cloud Penny’s mind, and the last thing she wants is to be reminded of her pain—but that’s exactly what happens when a stranger comes to town.

Trevor Reynolds has been chasing fame for more than a dozen years, but his musical career can’t get off the ground. While on the road, an accident kills his young drummer, Brad Cartwright. Trevor wasn’t behind the wheel, but he still blames himself . . . and so does Brad’s sister, Penny. Now Trevor finds himself in Kings Meadow, determined to follow through on his final promise to his friend.

Still feeling the pain of Brad’s death, Penny and Trevor must learn that forgiveness is the only thing that can heal their hearts. And if they do forgive, something beautiful may rise from the ashes of heartbreak.

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Best-selling novelist Robin Lee Hatcher is known for her heartwarming and emotionally charged stories of faith, courage, and love. Winner of the Christy, the RITA, the Carol, the Inspirational Reader's Choice, and many other industry awards, Robin is also a recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from both Romance Writers of America and American Christian Fiction Writers. She is the author of 75+ novels and novellas with over five million copies in print.

Robin enjoys being with her family, spending time in the beautiful Idaho outdoors, reading books that make her cry, and watching romantic movies. Her main hobby (when time allows) is knitting, and she has a special love for making prayer shawls. A mother and grandmother, Robin and her husband make their home on the outskirts of Boise, sharing it with Poppet, the high-maintenance Papillon, and Princess Pinky, the DC (demon cat).

Robin is active on her Facebook Author Page where she loves to interact with readers. Please join her there: http://www.facebook.com/robinleehatcher

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I loved this book it was excellent, I never put it down. I have to say the whole series was fantastic. Hatcher is one of the best voices in contemporary romances.

I was just not sure about Penny in the beginning but I fell in love with her and was so country music singer Trevor came into her life at just the right time. I love the forgiveness in this book.

I gave this book 5 stars two times. I HIGHLY recommend this book as well as the whole Kings Meadow series.

I was given a copy of this book by the publisher for my honest review.

Amish Sweethearts by Leslie Gould

Can These Two Friends from Opposite Worlds Find Love?
They've been best friends for years, but as high school ends, Zane Beck can't help but look at his Amish neighbor, Lila Lehman, with different eyes. Her controlling father sees only one future for Lila, though, and arranges for her to be courted by an upstanding young Amish man. When Zane sees the two together, his plans for the future crumble, and he impulsively enlists in the Army, following in his father's footsteps.
However, the passing of years and the distance between them isn't enough to halt their now hidden feelings for each other. If being together used to be difficult, it's now impossible, especially with the Amish opposed to war. Zane's service takes a dramatic turn when he's sent to Afghanistan. Being on the front line and the reality of taking a life has him questioning whether he can continue to serve or not. But all choices have consequences--both his and hers. With Lila preparing to marry another, will these one-time sweethearts ever find the life together that they both still long for?

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Leslie Gould is the bestselling author of The Courtships of Lancaster County series, and coauthor, with Mindy Starns Clark, of the #1 bestselling The Amish Midwife. She holds an MFA in creative writing from Portland State University and has taught fiction writing at Multnomah University as an adjunct professor. She resides with her family in Portland, Oregon.

First if you have not read Amish Promises the first book in the Neighbors of Lancaster County run and get your copy. Amish Sweethearts  can be read alone but I assure you, you don't want to. I loved going back and sitting down with my friends Lila and Zane this time was a difficult time, I was so unsure about them and I was sitting on the edge of my seat rooting for them the whole time. 

You are going to really enjoy this story, when you come to the end I am sure that u will see there is bound to be another book in this series, At least I pray that there is.

I gave this book five stars two times. I HIGHLY recommend this book to you.

I was given a copy of this book by the publisher for my honest review. 

Step by Step By Candace Calvert

Three years after a tragic accident left her a widow, ER nurse Taylor Cabot is determined to move on, checking off one item after another on her survival list. Her relationship with a handsome plastic surgeon even gives her hope for the last point―“fall in love again.” At least until crisis chaplain Seth Donovan steps back into her life, reawakening unanswered questions about her husband’s death.
While in San Diego to train community volunteers, Seth hopes to learn why Taylor is backing away from the crisis team and from their friendship. But nothing prepares him for the feelings that arise when he sees Taylor again . . . and sees her moving on with another man.
When a community crisis hits home and puts lives at risk, emotions run high and buried truths are unearthed. Will hope make the survival list?

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Often called the author of "medical hope opera," Candace Calvert is an ER nurse who landed on the other side of the stethoscope after the equestrian accident that broke her neck and convinced her love, laughter--and faith--are the very best medicines of all.

Her popular medical drama series (Mercy Hospital, Grace Medical and Crisis Team) offer readers a chance to "scrub in" on the exciting world of emergency medicine, along with charismatic characters, pulse-pounding action, tender romance, humor, suspense--and an encouraging prescription for hope. Think "Grey's Anatomy finds its soul"!

A native northern Californian, mother of two and proud grandmother to eight, Candace is a passionate "foodie," equally at home with a whisk in her hand as she is penning stories. Folks who follow her on Twitter and Facebook will find photo-embellished recipes,funny insights into the writing life, snippets of upcoming work, and a chance at book giveaways. Please visit her website at: Candace Calvert - www.candacecalvert.com

Step By Step is the second book in the Crisis Team series. This book does not disappoint. Step By Step is a step up from the first book of the series. I really enjoyed reading this book and could not put it down once I started reading it. I loved the characters Taylor and Seth. They were developed very well and I loved the romantic tension between the two. The book also deals with forgiveness and healing after loss. You will enjoy this book when you read it. If the medical field is something that is intriguing to you then you will love it even more.

 I gave this book 4 stars and recommend this it to everyone.

I was given this book by the publisher for my honest review.

Whatever is Lovely Adult Coloring book!

Color your way to peace and worship.We live in such a busy, hectic world—but what waits for you inside this cover is a way to quiet the noise, express creativity, and spend some sweet time with God. Each page features an original design from one of a dozen different artists, beautifully illustrating a contemplative quote from an inspirational writer, a beloved hymn, or Scripture.
 When we create, we echo the heart of our Creative God who designed everything and gave us the capacity to recognize beauty.   So go ahead! You have permission to pick up your colored pencil and be reminded of truth in a fresh way.

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Color your way to peace!

A Christian  coloring book for adults to reflect and relax with in your down time. Just what I wanted. I love that adult coloring books are so popular, even better when you have scripture and inspiration. I loved all of the pictures and the time of reflection.

This is the perfect gift and make sure that you pick up a copy for your self.

We all need a little bit of peace in our busy lives.

I gave this adult coloring book 5 stars. I HIGHLY recommend picking up a copy of this coloring book.

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