This summer has been crazy for me. Too crazy. My June calendar didn’t look any different than any other month of the school year and that made me SAD. I wrote about verses to encourage you to SLOW DOWN and RELAX this summer…and finally, at the END of this summer, with just 2 weeks left, I am doing JUST THAT.
I’ve still gotten in some good reading! Here are some books I’ve been reading this summer…
Fresh Out of Amazing is the book for all women everywhere. You. Me. All of us. I know, if you’re anything like me, the phrase “fresh out of amazing” resonates with you. Oh my. Stacey Thacker really will encourage your fresh out of amazing heart with this book. I’m about halfway through this one and am loving it. It comes out soon! You can pre-order and get some gifts! Read about the pre-order gifts here, scroll down.
Too Busy Not To Pray – I finished this book for our online book club and LOVED it. If you somehow missed out on the online book club, you can go here to read about it. We are finishing the book this week, but you can still join the facebook group and go back to watch all the videos that I created to go along with each week’s reading!
Savoring Slow – this is another fabulous book. I’m only about halfway through it but I’m gleaning a lot and just being encouraged that it’s OK to say no and it’s OK to not have a full schedule. I feel like this is a vicious cycle for me. Once again I’m praying about what things I should take OFF my plate to enable my family to not be so busy. Note: this book does not appear to have much Christian content. I wish it did, however, I am still loving the book.
This book is 2.99 for Kindle at the time of this posting!
The Awakening of Miss Prim is a fiction book that I devoured while on the plane to Belize for our mission trip. I was so sad when it was over! I first saw this book recommended on one of my favorite blogs — Elizabeth Foss wrote about it here.
This Kindle book is 3.99 at the time of this post.
The Happiness Dare is a BRAND NEW book that just released and I’m LOVING it. I have to admit that I’m SURPRISED by how much I love it. If you’ve ever believed that “God calls us to be holy, not happy” then you will likely be as inspired by this book as I have been. This book challenges us with the question, “why does it have to be holy OR happy? Why can’t we be both?” Ahem. She gives Scripture reference after Scripture reference of how Jesus had JOY even in the midst of his suffering.
**I will have a GIVE AWAY for this book coming up SOON. Stay tuned…
Unreasonable Hope by Chad Veach – good solid for those verging on hopelessness and despair, Grace happens here, Max Lucado’s book and also one of his about the 23rd Psalm – I forgot the title I just finished the study ” when God doesn’t fix it” with Laura story , and have Cs Lewis Screwtape Letter study in the stack with Hearing God’s Voice by Richard and Henry Blackaby
I have read the Karen Kingsbury book series Angels Walking. There are three so far and one more to come. I love anything that Karen has written and have almost all her books in my library. But I am also starting Twelve Ordinary Men by Max Lucado. I love reading his books because I know that he lives what he writes. There are so many wonderful Christian authors today that it is hard to know where to start. I also enjoyed reading The Best Yes by Lysa Terkeurst and Reshaping It All by Candace Cameron Bure and I also liked The Circle Maker and Praying Circles Around Your Children by Mark Batteson.. I am an avid reader and have a couple book shelves full of good books to read. Some I have bought but have not had time to read them as of yet.
I am reading “The Happiness Dare,” by Jennifer Dukes Lee. I wish I could buy one for everyone I know. God uses a book every year that sustains me grows me fills me. Last year it was “One step up,” by Rachel Wojo, a book that also still keeps giving. But I will say it again, Gods Word is still my soft landing, it always has everything I need exactly when I need it. It is my favorite.
I am reading “mother & son”, “Mansions of the heart”, “the Family blessing”, Left Behind series, and I just finished up “fervent”. I am loving every single book I’m reading right now. I have “living in proverbs”, and “love and respect in the family” on my reading list to finish up. I am excited to soak in all this knowledge and grow closer to God every day!
I am reading Songs of Deliverance by Debra Mitchell for my morning Bible study. During the other “free time” I am working on Ben-Hur, as well as The Ancient Guide to Modern Life (if you pick this one up, watch the cover you get). I am reading Jo’s Boys to my girls and have a couple of others on hold at the library. Reading is a big part of our lives.
Walking in the Dust of Rabbi Jesus: How the Jewish Words of Jesus Can Change Your LifeQuick View by Lois Tverberg was a great read and gave me a brand new perspective on the bible.