Life, Love and Books

An Encounter with the Saviour thru the Women of Easter!! A Review of Women of Easter by Liz Curtis Higgs. "This Season of Grace, Deepen Your Faith in God Who So Loved the World that He Gave Us His Son."    A quote from Amazon   As I read this book it gave me more insight into the Easter story, a very different outlook. Liz breaks down each verse and brings it to life with her writing. We meet the women who followed our Lord thru his journey to the cross. Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary of Bethany and Mary Magdalene are just a few of the women that are spoken about. Each of these women played a special part in the ministry and journey of Jesus Christ. It amazes me how much women are held highly by our Lord. He cared enough to speak to the women and provide comfort for them even in his time of suffering. He put aside his cares to think of provision for his mother while he was on the cross. Then he chose to appear to a very shaken up  Mary Magdalene after his...

The Kindness Challenge  Thirty Days to Improve any Relationship Shaunti Feldhahan Here is another amazing book brought to us by the author of For Women Only, Shaunti Feldhahan a book dealing with all kinds of relationships. We all have people that are very tough and hard for us to deal with in our everyday lives.Or maybe you are wanting to make a certain relationship better. This is the book for you, it gives you a road map toward being kinder in your relationships. Small actions that can and will make very big difference in anybody's life.  Shaunti also gives us several ways that we could be being unkind to other people, Also 8 types of kindness and which one suits our personality. Ten very sneaky obstacles that get in our way of giving praise. While providing us with practical ways to keep moving on when the way of kindness gets tough.  This book is a great choice for anyone that is looking at bettering their relationships. *I received a print cop...

 Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ by Carol Wallace One of the bestselling novels of all time is back, Lew Wallace's great-great granddaughter has breathed new life into it for today's readers. It was really interesting to take a step back into the time period that Jesus lived in. The storyline starts with young Judah Ben-Hur going to meet his best friend after having not seen each other for several years. The years have passed these young men and changed each of them in very vast way that touches their lives. It will be years later before these two former friends turned enemies face off in the big chariot race. But the underlying story that runs thru this story is how Christ touched the lives of a family in several different ways.  This is my first time ever reading this book, it was exciting to be able to review this book. From the moment I picked up the book to read it till the end of it, it held my attention and made me want to see the movie.  This ...