beautiful things happen when a woman trusts God {review + giveaway}
I don't know about you, but trusting God can be a daily struggle for me. When life is happy and comfortable, going just like you planned, it is easy to trust God. But when there is pain and disappointment in life, trusting God all of a sudden becomes very hard. We have to decide if we can trust God even when our heart aches. We have to decide if we can trust God even when we don't see evidence of His power or His presence. And we can. Because we know who God is, because he is dependable and trustworthy, we can accept what he gives and takes away--even when we don't understand.
I am pretty sure I am not alone in my struggle to trust God. I love hearing the testimonies of people who have chosen to believe God's truth and trust Him despite overwhelming circumstances. I love to learn from others. So, I was excited to read and review Beautiful Things Happen When a Woman Trusts God by Sheila Walsh.
Sheila shares with great vulnerability her journey from recording artist, to talk show host, to psychiatric patient. Through her brokenness she shares how hard it is to trust, how we learn to trust, how we live with trust, and how our lives are transformed by trust.
Not only does Sheila share her story, but her story is interwoven between the stories of ten men and women of the Bible who's lives were also transformed as they learned to trust God. Each chapter focuses on a different character--David, Paul, Abraham, and others--and lessons from their lives.
I was reminded of a few things about trust as I read through this book:
- God is more interested in what He is doing in me than through me
- It is never too late to start trusting God
- When I feel lost or confused, I can navigate the worst places by resting on, trusting in, God's revealed Word
- Nothing is for nothing--no pain in our life is wasted
- You can trust God with everything you have and are, because he never has and never will fail you
- Trust is not easy, but certainly life-changing
This book took me awhile to read (although I am not a very fast reader to begin with). There is so much information included in the chapters--lots of scripture to read and so many characters from the Bible to get to know. This book also includes a free in-depth Bible study for individuals and small groups as well as discussion questions for book clubs if you want to grab some friends to read along with you.
Would you like to read more about Sheila's journey and what God has taught her about trusting Him? Thomas Nelson Publishers has sent me ten books to giveaway to my readers. Yeah! Ten books means lots of winners!
Giveaway Details:
Beautiful Things Happen When a Woman Trusts God by Sheila Walsh
TEN winners chosen at random
One entry per person
Giveaway ends Friday, October 1st at 10pm (CST)
To enter leave a comment in today's post
(bonus: tell me one way you are trusting God or need to trust God today)
posted by the mcclenahans @ 3:25 PM
325 Comments:
I would love to win this book. I am going through a tough transition in my life and need to trust God that it will work out.
This book sounds great. I need to trust God with the health of my 2-month old. He has been sick and it is too early for that.
i am trusting god wholeheartedly. trying not to trust him in little things alone, but in it all.
Would love this book! Trusting God to provide a job for my DH so I can be home with my DD.
Oh, I'm so excited to read this!
I have twins girls Grace & Faith who were born at 23 weeks gestation and spent 5 months in the NICU at Childrens Hospital.
Grace is losing her vision...and Faith is deaf {from her prematurity}.
While these are daily struggles we face, we know HIS plan and will for our lives are so much greater than we could ever know. But I do have to remind myself daily to let it go...and give it to GOD!
I would love to read that book! My husband (who is a minister) and I are in a season right now where all we can do is trust God to direct us where He wants us to be. We're are learning to let go and let God.
I would love to win a copy of this book. I am an avid reader and enjoy any recommended literature.
I need to learn to trust God with my husband's current career situation...and probably tons more that I can't think of at the moment.
Thanks for the chance!
I trust God with all my heart. He knows what is best for me and my family. Even though he doesn't answer my prayers with the way I want him too, I know it's the way he wants things to be and I am truly grateful.
summer.tidmore at yahoo dot com
I just finished Angie Smith's book "I will Carry You" today and I feel like this book would be a great read for me now as well. My husband and I are expecting our second child in about 5 weeks or so and I need to trust that the Lord will guide us and provide for our family. I also need to trust that He will allow me to trust Him with the health of both our children as this is something I constantly worry about.
Sara
Ethansmom08
I need to trust God when it comes to my future and what it holds! Thanks so much!
My dear friend just went through a hard delivery which involved delivering @ 29 weeks, losing over 3x her amount of blood (which is 5x the amount for someone who isn't pregnant), and a complete hysterctomy. I am having to remind myself to trust that He will make these things all work out for their good. Yet right now, as her husband tries to care for their 2 yr old, be at her side, and attend to their newborn daughter in NICU, it's hard to remember to trust! How beautiful it will be to look back down the road and see how God was working this all out for their good and for those around them! Now...to TRUST!
What a great giveaway. I'm trusting God with my future. I'm waiting patiently for Him to tell me the next steps to take.
Wow! I don't feel like I have ever been through anything that compares to what you have been through in your life and to see you trust God the way you do inspires me greatly! Thank you for sharing this book with us! I can't wait to read it! I want to learn to trust God more in our finances, specifically to trust Him that I can be happy outside of having a great career and monetary gains. I know He can and will, I just need to take that huge leap of FAITH!
sounds like a wonderful book!
We just moved to Texas...far from any family and friends. Trusting HIM to meet the needs of our hearts. And you know what?! He IS meeting them, even (or maybe, especially!) in the moments that don't FEEL like He is! Maybe that's 'cause my feelings aren't generally based on NEEDS. :)
It also has drawn my hubby and me even closer to each other...and our God.
I would really love this book. Even if I don't win, I think I may purchase a copy. It is hard for me to live away from home and I've now been here 3+ years. It's hard to trust God that this is where He wants me. It's a daily struggle.
I'm trusting God with our 6th pregnancy (hopefully 2nd baby) right now. It's not easy.
This book is very appealing to me. I have been a christian a long time but this year has proved to be the hardest of my life. Many ups and downs and learning to trust His promises even when my heart doesn't feel it. Thank you for your honesty and encouraging words in your posts.
After years of struggling to trust my body, my mind, men in my life and failing miserably maybe I need to take a stab at trusting MY GOD.
Many times I have had to put my total trust in God. My husband and I were told we could not have children, yet we were able to adopt a daughter and later give birth to 2 more daughters. God is good! I am trusting in God to take care of my cousin who is battling cancer and I am constantly praying for her. I would love to read the book!
I need to trust God and his plan no matter if I pass this test or not.
-ashley
I would absolutely love to read this book. So much of my life is in "limbo" right now, and I'm struggling to remember that no matter what happens, he is in control and it's about his will, not mine.
Hi Jess. First time to comment, but I have been a faithful reader since Cora went into the hospital. I am sorry I have not written to you before, but you have been an enormous encourager to me. Although I have not had to face the same challenges as you, I see that taking the leap of faith of complete trust in God can be difficult not matter where we are on our journey. My husband is a pastor and things are difficult for us right now. The church is not growing and we feel like such failures. Thank you for the opportunity to win a copy of this book! Blessings to you. Lisa K
I'd love to read this book.
I have to remind myself daily that God has our future already planned out, and He knows our next steps. I trust Him in providing for my husband and I to raise our daughter the right way.
I would love to win this book! I need to trust God in the small things.
Roxanne
I am currently trusting God to walk me through the grief of losing my son. I was 19 weeks pregnant with my 7th child when we unexpectedly found out that he had died because his umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck twice. God is still good but these days are hard. I would love to read this book - thank you for offering it as a giveaway.
Kristen Jennings - AZ
I struggle to trust God in so many situations, from tiny to big things. And you are so right that it's easy to trust him when things are going well. And it's also easier to trust him in situations that are not directly affecting you. That is one area I'd like to grow - trust him wholeheartedly regardless of who the situation is happening to.
I have struggled to trust God in a "why did you take this away from me" situation for a long time. A book on this topic would be refreshing, I'm sure.
I find it difficult to trust God when I struggle with parenting my 2-year-old.
Kasey
I love your bullet point of 'no pain in our life is wasted', lately I have been thinking of all the pain in my life and how in the end God had a plan for all that pain...a great reward for my patience and trust in him. I always tell myself that every time another situation arises when I need to trust HIM that he has a plan for me in the end, I just can't see it at that moment.
I would love to win this book. We are moving and are going through so many new transitions (with a new baby!).
Would love to read this. I want to trust God with our finances.
Laura B.
Ah, this looks like a wonderful book! I am trusting God with my 12 yr. old DS who has been diagnosed with ADHD today! I know his plan is perfect and I know my son has been fearfully and wonderfully made!:)
I normally dont do this but there are some serious and huge life changes coming up in my life I havent been trusting in God since I had a miscarriage 5 years ago now I think there has to be a time for opening myself again, making myself a better person not only for my daughter but for myself, working on myself in the midst of a separation from my husband.
As a single mom for six years, trusting that God has a plan for me sounds easy, yet I know he does, I sometimes fall short of why my life really is this way. I could think of a million reason why i need and want to read this book!
Thanks for the chance, I love reading your blog=)
I would love to win this book and learn from reading it! I am trying to trust God and to let go of trying to control every situation I go through. He is in control and I want to follow Him not my actions!
I would LOVE to read this. Ive been having to trust God with our move to Texas. We've had only 1 house showing in 5 months here in Tennessee. I'm having to trust and lean on God to decide if we should even make this move, knowing it would be better for our family.
I would LOVE to read this. Ive been having to trust God with our move to Texas. We've had only 1 house showing in 5 months here in Tennessee. I'm having to trust and lean on God to decide if we should even make this move, knowing it would be better for our family.
I would love to win this book also. I need to learn to trust God in lots of areas in my life. I have a lot of issues. One of mine is that he will never leave me no forsake me.
I would love a copy of this book as I am part of a Ladies Bible study group that meets every week. I'm always needing to learn how to trust God better and I would love to learn so I can be a model for my children.
I saw Shelia at Women of Faith in Dallas, and she is a very inspiring person. I am trusting that God will heal by daughter's 4 year old friend Dixie who was kicked in the head by a horse almost 2 weeks ago. She walked for the first time today but still isn't talking.
This must have been a sign today for me. I am struggling right now with a little bit of depression which is affecting my marriage. I know that I need to fix myself and my relationship with God before I can fix my marriage because my problem lies within myself and my walk with him.
I have read your blog since the day Cora got sick and it has helped me in so many ways to remember to count my blessings on a daily basis! Thank you for this inspiring post and I hope to be able to share with you in this learning experience.
I would love to read this book. I am a mom of 3 little ones. I have to stop and remember to trust God many times during my day. Thanks for sharing.
Sarah
i need to trust that God knows the plan for my life EVERY step of the way. :o) thanks for a great post Jess!
Sounds like a great book. I am trusting God for patience with my two-year-old!!!
I recently read the book "The Power of the Praying Wife". And saw first hand the changes it brought not only to my husband but also to our relationship. I also highly recommend this book. But while I pray for him, I do feel lax in what I do for myself and let my own faith wonder. I would love to add this book to my evening routine!
I would love to win this book! I have trouble trusting God when I suffer from anxiety. It is a daily struggle that I'm hoping to overcome and hoping to get better at giving it to God.
I'm trusting God with the desires of my heart to be a wife and mother.
Learning to lean on the Lord everyday of my second pregnancy (I'm 31 weeks pregnant). We lost our first baby Leyton when I was 39 weeks pregnant. We are still clinging to Jesus and believe He is good, all of the time.
I would be so happy to win this book. I am a missionary wife and am constantly needing to trust God with the life He has given me.
Sarah Pfeil
sarahpfeil@yahoo.com
I will have to add this to my reading list, win or not. Thanks for sharing!
Would Love to read that book!
My husband and I are currently working on trusting God financially.
I would love to have a chance to win the book! I am currently trusting God to keep me focused on my AA recovery. I just passed the 1 year mark, and need to keep focused. I know God is the one to help me. :) Thanks so much!
This book really looks like something I could benefit from. So neat you get to give some away.
I am still learning to trust in some marriage areas.
Blessings, Jess!
Sounds like a wonderful book to be able to read and then pass it on to others-sure hope I can be a winner. I know several people that could use this book also. Thanks for sharing.
I am trusting God with the future of our family. Hubby is in the Military and we may be moving.
Leah
This has been such a struggle for me since having Grace. I find there is so much to fear. I daily need to re-put my trust in the Lord.
Loved this post. I would love this book. I have had to lean on God and trust him so much since I've started college. It makes me sad that people are not here for the same reasons I am, and I have to look to Jesus for my guide more than ever.
This book sounds great! I need to trust God more as my husband heads back to school to study to be in the ministry field. The time committment and finances needed are overwhelming, but I want to completley trust God that this is His plan!
This book sounds like a dose of just what I need... what we all need! I just have a lot going on in my life right now. We have 15 month old who has been having seizures that we are trying to get under control, a 3 year old who is having a hard time adjusting as we just moved to a new city and a all that goes with starting over for all of us. My trust issues are no greater than anyone else but I read your blog each day and thought this would be such an uplifting thing to win. Thank you for your vulnerability and amazing stories of healing and hope.
I would love to win a book. I lost my husband to leukemia, and am trying to keep my trust with my faith.
I love reading your blog and seeing your faith in action.
karamiller12@gmail.com
Trusting God for direction in my life!
I would love to win this book. I am learning to trust God with the loss of my first baby girl at 36 weeks.
This book sounds great. I have to trust God everyday. My oldest daughter has cerebral palsy and seizures, I have to trust that He is protecting her. Not easy to do every day.
Jess,
You write so beautifully! I need to trust God with our family's finances, my work at school, Caden, worries about our parents' health, and the desires of my heart that are not fulfilled.
thanks for sharing!
Sarah
That is awesome. I just was telling a friend how I feel like we often want to take credit when we have great times in our lives, but blame God when it is a rough time. I feel like I have been able to overcome this in a small SEASON of my life....walking through this pregnancy and trusting that God is enough. Would love to read this book. :)
~ I need to trust His daily plan for my life. While Jeremiah 29:11 is beautiful to say, it can be hard to understand and remember that He is in control.
Sounds like an awesome book! I am (trying to) trust God with healing my son's finger right now. A minor problem, but we serve a God who's into details!
I think this is a book that I need to read even if I don't win it! :) I need to trust God DAILY with my singleness and with where HE has me RIGHT now.
Would love to win this. I am currently struggling with trusting God in our finances. As I'm sure you know full well, being in agriculture and waiting for the harvest (aka payday of unknown amount) can be so difficult.
Sounds like a fantastic book. I am definitely needing to rely and trust God with some physical postpartum issues.
You are such a light... it is so refreshing to read your posts, and see your vivid photographs. You have a way with words that can only be God breathed... it is very evident that your story reaches so many... that your pain is certainly not wasted. Joy is something we choose every day... and I am thrilled that you choose it... and share your life so others who share your pain do not feel alone.
I am trusting God today that everything... Everything... EVERYTHING is going to be all right... because of He who loves us.
this book is on my amazon wish list... i would love to win it! I graduate university in the spring and I need to trust God with my future and what it is He wants me to do!
thanks for your words, you are so encouraging !!
a part of me still holds on to a few little things, i need to let go, trust and have faith :)
Wow, I needed to hear that today. I found out today that my husband and I are not longer eligible to live in married housing because I wasn't able to get enough money to pay for my semester and dropped my last class that I needed to graduate. We are no longer students and they told us we need to be out in a month. We are newlyweds and I am a Canadian citizen going through the immigration process. I am not allowed to work and we are really struggling. the brake lines on our car broke two days ago and we arent sure if our car is going to last us...
I had a mini breakdown today and felt.. honestly very scared.
I am still feeling that way and unsure of what we should do right now. But, as you reminded me.. I need to trust God in all circumstanes..I wonder what He has in store for us.
Thanks for posting this.
I also would love to win the book!
Well its good to know that I am not alone in needing to trust God. We just moved, and I need to trust God for a job. Thanks for the opportunity!
I would love to win. I definitely could use some insight on trusting God, especially when you're seeking guidance and He is silent.
I am struggling to trust Him with my new job and with my husband's new job.
i would love this book....
i have 2 little boys in a heaven and trusting daily that god had purpose for their and for ours is very hard.....its a day by day thing.
Oh I need to read this! We are facing infertility and I'm struggling with trust right now.
I would love to win this book. I am trusting God to be able to stay home with my daughter eventually. I work part time and my heart longs to be with her full time. :)
Love encouraging books! I am learning to entrust God with my college-age child. Her physical safety is hard for this mom to lose control (did I ever have control☺) of day-to-day. God is always walking with her!
I wrote a post several weeks ago about my own journey to trusting God again. . .this book looks timely to me! You can read the post here if you're interested:
http://www.girlymomwrites.com/2010/08/03/flirting-with-deism/
I'm trusting that this road through the preschool years will be worth it one day, and that the struggles and constant discipline we are dealing with today will pay off in a man of God in the end! :)
Sounds like a great book. I lost a friend last week and it has really opened my eyes to be more appreciative. Another friend saw a bumper sticker that said, "Earth holds no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal."
I have always been a firm believer that everything happens for a reason, and really truly believe that God is in control, however it is much easier to remind myself of this when life seems to be good. I am always reading your blog, and always find something uplifting from each one. This one really spoke to me, b/c lately things have seemed to fall apart, and trusting God is something I also struggle with on a daily basis. I would love the opportunity to get this book. Thanks for your blog! :)
Tanya~
I just watched a Sheila Walsh talk on DVD in my women's Bible study last week! I really liked her :)
I'm currently having control issues with God. Don't we all at some point or another? Or at many points? Finances are probably the biggest part of that.
I can't wait to see who wins!
Looks like a great book--I'd love to read it! GREAT seeing you the other week!
Personally I have been trusting god as I was fired two months ago from my first career job (teaching) it broke my heart and spirit even when I did nothing wrong and it was proven. My repuration, my chance in teaching may be gone forever, but im putting it in the hands of god to lead me. I have intreviewed, talked to and applied from gosh and creation around, had one day sub job and the woman cheated me out of my pay after I paid 65 dollars for my OWN fingerprints that she said id work enough to get back havent heard of another day to work since, begged the pastor to even meet wtih me to discuss it (church based daycare) he wont even TALK to me.. Some minister of god he is UGH.. But a door may be opening im seeing a small crack, it wont be in preschool but in an infant and toddler room an area that I didnt want to work in because it hurts that my children are older now and the fourth baby we wanted we couldnt have (had tubes tied and regretted it for many many years) but he is going to lead me through this, he has gotten me this far..
Christy
momto3daughters@hotmail.com
I would love to read this book! I am learning to trust God in that I often think that my plans for myself and for my family are best and that my agenda and schedule is perfect the way I lay it out...but I need to give all my days, hours, minutes over to the Lord to chart. He alone is the orchestrator of our time on earth so why shouldn't I turn every moment over to Him?
I have been wanting a good book to read and have been searching for something; I think this is it! Even though it is difficult for me, I have been putting my worries on God's shoulders and trusting in Him for many things. Mainly for balance between home and work. I have a husband and 4 children at home ranging from 18 yrs to 8 months and have just been given a difficult assignment at work.
starlawitzki at yahoo dot com
Would love to read this book. I'm struggling with the "What if's" in life. Love your heart for the Lord. I was thinking about you and your family last night and felt the need to pray for you. Hope you have a good night!
I would love to read this book. Trusting God is definitely a struggle for me. I want to control everything around me and I don't get to. Right now I am trusting that God is writing my story and no matter how similar and different it is from what I want to to be, it best glorifies God when I follow Him.
I need to trust God with everything...I am definitely a control freak. I would love to win this book!
I am dealing with an incredibly difficult situation at work this year (I am a teacher, traveling between two schools) and feel unsupported. I need to trust God that all things work for the good...
Sounds like a great book I could use right now :-) Thanks for the chance added to my book list if I don't win!
Based on another blog that I follow, I chose to select a "word for the year". My word for this year was "TRUST". I am trying so hard to learn to trust God in the daily ins and outs of my life and sometimes that is so difficult. I would love to read this book and see what wisdom she has to share!
I am trusting God in our season of we're both healthy, but not getting pregnant while volunteering at a Crisis Pregnancy Center.
It's a blessing and a curse most days.
I would love to have this book! I am struggling with trusting that God will lead my husband in the right career path that would be best for our family...
I am trusting God that there IS a future and a hope for me since my husband died a year ago. I know this on many levels: the mercy and grace God has shown me is so precious...I just seem "stuck" right now.
This book sounds wonderful.
I have not seen this book before, but it made me smile when I read the title & your post. When I was a senior in college, someone interviewed each of us and put together a senior book with all the interviews~ anyway at the end of my story I said, "You don't always know what God is going to do, but when you trust Him, it's always a beautiful thing." :)
Right now I am trusting God in His perfect timing of bringing about change in my husband's job that will allow us to return to building our marriage and family the way we know God wants us to and not let the "corporate world" dictate that for us.
Love your blog~ thanks for the chance at receiving this book!
I wouldlove to read this book. I am always struggling with insercuties and friendship issues
fchunstable@sbcglobal.net
I'd like a chance to read and learn from this book! Can always use reminders and encouragement in this area.
I'm learning to trust God's timing instead of my own. He sees every day of my ENTIRE life; I can't even see what the next moment holds...so why is it so hard to trust that His plans are higher, better, and more complete than my own?
I LOVE your blog...thank you for always being so encouraging!
I desire to trust Him fully with our finances. I long to know that his provisions for our needs is enough.
dreanne1031 (at) yahoo (dot) com
This book sounds wonderful! I need to trust God more through my pregnancy. I am pregnant for the 2nd time ( lost the first baby at 8 weeks) and am now 15 weeks pregnant. I still have the fear inside of me that something will go wrong like the first time. I have gotten better at trusting God with me and this sweet baby, but I keep telling myself that I need to put it ALL into Gods hands. Thank you for this opportunity and for sharing your life with so many of us!
I need to trust God more in general and bring my worries to him BEFORE they spin out of control. I'm working on it. Slowly.
PS: Love your blog, don't think I've commented before, but I read it daily.
Could definitely benefit from this book -- I've been in the midst of a LONG spiritually dry spell, where my trust has been more in myself than in the Lord. Complacency has sadly become my habit, and I am looking for a way to get out of this rut!! Thanks for sharing with us all!!!
I'm in a transition stage of life and really, really need to put more trust in God. I love the title of this book!
I would love to read this. I have 2 kids with rare chromosome disorders and know God is in control but have a hard time letting go.
kathryn
I came back from our family vacation (the first vacation we had taken since we had kids!) to find out I had lost my job. I lost sleep for weeks wondering how we were going to survive on one income. I prayed about it and realized that God would provide for our family in some way. It has taken me a lot to trust, but 3 months later, we are still afloat. It's not easy, and things are tight, but I am trusting in Him to work out all the details!
This book looks perfect! I am helping with youth group small groups this year and the theme is trust! Also, as you know, I'm working hard at trusting God with the precious little life growing inside of me. I love the advice you've given me along the way and am learning to trust WHO God is! Can't wait to catch up with you again soon!
the book sounds awesome. trust and obey for there is no other way!!
oops, trust and obey was...
libby89@aol.com
As a wife and mother, I am definitely working on trusting more. I struggle with letting go of my worries and doubts, and remembering I'm not really in charge - He is.
The book looks like a wonderful read!
I would love to read it too!!! Especially if it comes so highly recommended. :-) For me, parenting is a daily trust issue. I have to trust that, although I am completely inadequate to parent my kids WELL, that God can use my successes and mistakes to grow little people who love Him.
I would love to read this!!
I am trusting God with my family and my desire for more children. My husband and I have been trying for another child but we are leaving it in Gods hands. He knows better than us. It will happen with His timing. He has the perfect timing. And He knows if we are meant to have any more children at all. That is a hard concept for me, but I trust God. And I know that if that is His will then I am no less blessed. I have already been blessed with a wonderful little girl and maybe me wanting more is just selfish.
This book sounds great. My husband and I are trusting God with the future of my husband's career.
Sounds like a wonderful book!
I am trusting God to carry us through our current financial stress.
Sounds like a great book!
I would love to win this book. My husband and I are expecting after a battle with infertility. I am trusting God's plan everyday with this new addition.
We are trusting god that our doctors know best in making the decision to get tubes in my 10 month old's ears as well as again in my 3 year old (and her adenoids removed). So much faith put in our doctor's hands!
I lost my grandfather on Monday and am trusting God to heal my heart.
I would love to read this. I'm learning to trust God in a lot of areas--mainly in finances right now.
I have been trusting the last two years for many reasons...loss of jobs, birth of two babies, son's surgery, and more. He's gotten our family through it all and I know He will continue.
I need to trust God on the "big" things but also the "little" things, like getting through the day with a 3 year old with an attitude! :-)
I need to trust God as I am raising my daughters. It's easy to feel worried and overwhelmed when I think about their futures (and their only 4 and 2), but I need to remember that God is Good and He is in control.
I'm trusting God right now as we are planning on expanding our family. We lost a baby just over 2years ago, so I have a lot of fears as we venture down this road again.
This book looks interesting. I was just talking with a good friend tonight about my struggle with trust these days. Trusting God with our future and that his promises for being good are for me too.
This looks like a fabulous book. I need to be willing to go where God calls our family to be in ministry.
I am having a rough time because of legl matters with my almost 20 year old's father and really need to trust God to work this out!! Need lots of prayer!
I would love to have the chance to read this book. I need to learn to trust God - and to better teach my children how to love & trust him as well. Thanks :]
I've trusted God when my husband and I dealt with infertility and then when our daughter was in the NICU for a month.
This sounds like a great book! Learning how to [fully, completely] trust God has been a huge desire of my heart in the past months. I've been so tired of saying I trust Him when I know I"m not giving it all to Him.
Right now I'm trusting He will provide. In the midst of school, getting married and all else life is bringing.
I would love to read this book!
I would love to read this book, and need to trust God in a lot of ways!
I would love to read this book.
Another great post. Seems like you always write something so pertinent to what I need to think about. Just like this last post-where I need to trust that God will provide a way for me financially. Your a blessing Jess!
Trusting that God will show us how he wants us to school our daughters (public, private, home)
It sounds like an amazing book!! I'm really needing to trust God with my hubby's job and our future!!
I would love to read this book! I'm trying to trust God with waiting on Him for a Godly husband.
I've seen Sheila Walsh at a "Women of Faith" event. She's so inspiring! I need this book! I'm constantly having a hard time trusting in God especially when parenting.
Wow... The line "God is more interested in what He is doing in me than through me" made me stop where I was reading. That statement is SO true (even though) I tend to think "use me for Your will today." This book sounds eye opening.
Sounds like a great book. And you are right - you are not the only woman who struggles to fully trust God! Lately I've been battling fear and anxiety, which is obviously proof of my struggle to fully surrender and place my trust in Him. Every day I have to remind myself that His plan is perfect, even when I don't know what that plan is or what my circumstances will be tomorrow.
Always on the lookout for a good book for our Women's Bible Study...sounds like a great one! Trusting that God made me EXACTLY who he wants me to be and that he will continue to show me who that is and where that will lead me.
Oh, I hope I win! I would love to read this book.
Looks like a fabulous read. I need to trust God for my future and his plan for my life.
This book sounds amazing! Aren't we all always looking for better ways to trust and STAY with it. Trusting God is a daily struggle, with so much to loose ( my 4 sweet boys ages 5 and under, and husband, family etc) I love reading about your family and your precious journey...
A dear friend was killed in a motorcycle accident at the beginning of this month. He leaves behind a wonderful wife and two young children. I WANT to trust the Lord in this...it's a struggle. I would like to share this book with his wife and read it myself!
Would love to be entered into this giveaway
I would love to win a book!
I am a middle school teacher and I put my faith and truth in God everyday when I begin my day. I trust that He will give me patience and understanding to deal with all of middle school bliss!
Thank you for your blog!
Where do I need to trust God more? Well, in everything! However, most specifically in our adoption journey.
I'm trying my very best to trust that God won't give me more than I can handle.....I'm moving away from family with my 6 month old twins that have some health problems...and I'm just trying to trust that by the time I'm on my own during the day....I'll be able to meet all their needs.
Reading your story and everyone's posts is really encouraging. Its like....sometimes it seems like its more...but I guess you always get through it and realize in the end that it wasn't. I'm trusting in that right now. Trying anyway.
Great giveaway!
I am trusting God to provide all that I need as I become a stay-at-home mom to my two kids.
Sounds like a great book. My dad has cancer, esophagus/to the liver, and now in the stomach lining. He is a walking miracle. Most people with this cancer die wihtin the first year. My dad is passing the 3.5 year mark. I need to trust God that he will make it to 4!
This book sounds like something I would love to read. I have always struggled with trusting God and most recently I am learning how to trust in Him in dealing with my daughter's birth trauma and trying to understand that experience but trust in Him to know that He has a plan---how wonderful!
Thanks again! Rebecca E.
I would love to win this book! It sounds fantastic.
I would love to win this book! I've been needing a good new devotional book to read. Lately, I have felt like I'm in a rut, and my relationship with the Lord isn't as strong as it use to be due to my lack of setting devotional time as a priority each day. I've recently moved to a new house, just started a new job, just celebrated my first anniversary.. so I've had a lot of changes happening lately. I just need to trust God and know that he is there in the midst of all this change. I need to refocus myself and time on what is most important,my relationship with God, instead of worrying about everything else.
P.S. I love reading your blog! You are such an inspiration, and little Levi is precious!
I love your blog! I've been reading for a while, but I think I've only commented a few times. You guys are an inspiration with all you've been through and how you've come through it all. I'd love to win the book. I need to trust God with a lot right now- namely my job situation and our housing (rent/buy) situation. Thanks for the great giveaway!
What a great book! I am trusting God today with my health--I get chronic migraines and it's hard to see God's hand in excruciating pain, but day by day I am learning to let go of how I think my life should be in my eyes...
That's awesome! Enter me in! :)
I am learning more and more (very slowly) that I have got to trust God with my kids...ages 3, 2, and almost 1. It is so hard to trust Him knowing that something bad could happen anyway. I don't want to live in fear though, so I resolve that I must trust Him!
silly as it may seem, i am trusting God to help me potty train child #3 while homeschooling children #1 & 2 (3rd grade & K)and breastfeeding almost 3 month old #4. somedays just doing laundry or making dinner on top of the children just seems like a lot. holding on to my sanity and being a good wife...trusting God for those things as well.
just as a p.s. i am in love with your little levi. he is simply adorable. those cheeks! kissing cheeks for sure. i get such a kick out of seeing his sweet face. he has a wonderful smile. you and joel make the most sweet looking kids! cora was proof enough but levi just seals the deal. :)
...that He knows my heart and what my heart needs better than I do.
I think we always need to be reminded to trust our Heavenly Father. I would love to read (and win!) this book. I am looking for a good book to read!
This book would be great to have!!
I have days where I almost feel disconnected from God and I'm not sure why or what I'm doing wrong. I whole heartedly believe in Him and all He's done for me, but I just have moments where I don't feel "good enough" or like I'm not doing enough for Him. I don't know...I guess I just need to trust that no matter what I've done or what's in my future, that God has a plan and His love for me is unconditional.
This book seems great to help me navigate this season with three teenagers at home. It is so hard to give up being mom and trusting him to take care of it all!
I found your blog last week & I read the whole thing in 2 days. This past April along with our family we laid our 2 month old nephew to rest in the arms of Jesus. I think that was by far one of the most difficult things anyone will ever have to do. Through that experience trusting God has taken on brand new meaning. I have really had to learn (& am still in the process of learning) that God is God no matter what the circumstance. Thanks for sharing your story so openly, it has given me strength for the journey. By the way, your babies are beautiful!
Vicki :)
I have a pregnancy test waiting to get "wet". I'm just too afraid....trusting that this baby will be one that we will hold this side of heaven.
This book sounds really great! Trusting is hard when bad things happen to the people that you love.
I NEED THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW! I am struggling and would love support...
Trusting him and his plan for our sweet niece. Knowing that he loves her and cares for us more than all of the love her family here on earth has for her. Trusting that his plan is always good.
I also need to trust that he will make me into the person that I know he wants me to be but that I feel SOOOO far from.
would love to read this!
i am trusting God for his peace & continued provision in the midst of much uncertainty.
I am trusting God to help me be a good wife and mother to my 3 kids!
we are trusting God for a home... we just recently moved to a different state after praying & following God's calling, but still need a place to live (we are living w/ my parents right now).
Sounds like a great book! Because we are missionaries and raise our monthly support, I am trusting God to provide for us financially.
I am a college student about to graduate into a field with no jobs. I want to be a Child Life Specialist as an advocate for children who are experiencing the trials of hospital life. I am still learning to trust God with the desires of my heart.
As you must know by now, I was widowed at the age of 27 when my husband died in a freak scuba diving accident. Jacques (26) and I had just had our first baby, a little boy, Jake. Jake was only 6 weeks old when his daddy died.
6 years on and I have recently met a wonderful Christian man. He's fantastic with my son, adores animals and loves me unconditionally. After just 2 1/2 months, I trust that this is the man we will share the rest of our lives with. I can't wait for the next chapter to begin! My saddness has been replaced with so much happiness!
Sue X
We trust God for our daily bread and all other needs/expenses. He is faithful. He does provide. I am still learning to trust--and He is gently challenging me to do so without fear.
Trusting God to bless our efforts to train up our children in the way they should go.
WOW!!! Just yesterday I was reminded once again that He is worthy of my trust! I am just trying to trust him in the midst of desiring to get married and waiting on His perfect timing for this! I will get this book even if I don't win!! :)
Hi Jess - I'm a long time follower of your blog. Thanks so much for this wonderful give-away :) I recently found out some hard news (made a big and costly mistake on my 2008 taxes) and I have been beating myself up over it. And asking God for forgiveness. And wondering how we are going to pay for it when my spouse has been out of work for so long. My faith is so broken right now - I hope that this book can help me put the pieces back together and learn to trust God (and myself) again.
Blessings to all of you - Levi is such a cutie pie, I just want to hug him!!!!
This book sounds amazing. Right now I am struggling trusting God with everything in my life. There are some areas which are so comfortable and easy, and there are others that I don't know how to lay before him...especially when it comes to being the parent I want to be.
Would love this book - too many things to list about what I need to trust God with. Missy A.
This book sounds wonderful. I just finished So Long Insecurity by Beth Moore and trusting God through good and bad was one of her key points...it seems so simple yet can be so hard sometimes!
I would Love to win this book!! I trust God everyday to protect my daughter I am carrying and myself because we are in his hands with many health risks. I also trust him to hold and protect my daugther who I lost and is waiting for me with him in heaven. I need to strength my trust in him that he will help me find health care professionals that will listen and understand and treat the underlying problems instead of just the symptoms. I have struggled with this for years.
Sounds like a great read! Who doesn't need to trust God more in their lives? I know this is something I've been personally struggling with for a long time. Jess, thanks for your blog--I enjoy reading about your faith and relationship with God more than you know.
Trusting God for the right job.
I have to trust in God that he will make me a mother in his time, not mine. I have my good days and my really bad days, but I know I can and must. I would love this book!
My trusting today is b/c I'm flying, which I don't mind, but it's the being gone for 12 days, I do mind. All grand adventures and I am thankful for that.
sounds like a great book...thanks for your giveaway, so kind of you. i need to trust that God will provide for our financial future. going thru a really rough patch and needing Him more than ever.
:) linda
lindaanderson2099@yahoo.com
I would love to win this book. I am trying to learn to trust God with all aspects of my life.
Trusting God for our finances today. Ohhhh, it's hard.
Looks like an awesome read! I would love to really delve into a good bible study!
There are so many things in everyday life that I need to trust God for: finances, employment, my kids and husband's health and safety. Also, a dear friend of mine just had a devastating loss in her family, and it's hard right now to see that this pain is not for nothing...continuing to pray and trust!
I would love the book too. My daughter loves her Bible books for girls. I pray daily that I am teaching my kids to trust God as well.
Would love to have this book! Our four year old daughter is losing her hearing. So difficult to deal with. Would so much rather it me me then her!
I am trusting God that he can get me through any hard challenges that I face day to day raising my three children.
I would love this book.
I am working on my relationship with God. I am a child of God but have lost my way. I have had a falling out with my sister and I am working with God to find a way to repair it.
I would love to win the book. I want to teach my children, 14 and 10 that it is important to have GOD in their lives and the need for prayer. Hoping that when they are grown and have their own children they will be able to teach their kids like I am teaching them to love themselves and others.
I love reading your blog!
Molly :)
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