Oh do I have some reporting to do.
First, I will be speaking in both Chicago and Atlanta this weekend and would truly appreciate your prayers. Holly would also really appreciate your prayers as she tries to keep me straight. You know all "those" stories I share about my kids... the apples don't fall far from the tree.
Speaking of kids...
Brooke was not deterred by the shut down of her sugar factory restaurant. She marched in from school and announced she was highly disappointed in whoever "stolded" her lunch.
Ahem.
She went on to proudly announce her entrepreneurial efforts are still alive and kicking. She is now officially doing hair for those willing to pay with rocks.
I am hiding all my scissors and will be doing random checks of backpacks. Pray for me to be able to stay one step ahead of this little sprite!
On another note, there is a delightful pop up camper fully set up in my front yard. This might be the only way for hubs and I to be able to do that fall getaway we've been dreaming of. Rednecks do vacations fancy y'all.
I mean really nothing speaks romance like a pop up camper- in your front yard- with no bathroom or running water.
On a completely different note, y'all are seriously smart with your book introduction advice. Thanks to you, I wrote one for my next book, "Becoming More than a Good Bible Study Girl."
And I thought it only fitting to share it with you...
This is for all 3 of you who like to read introductions:
Since we will be spending the next several weeks together as you read this book, I thought it might be helpful to let you in on a little secret. I’m a very picky book reader.
When I pick up a book, I don’t do it lightly. It takes time to read a book and time is a hot commodity in life. I’m just not into wasting it. Unless of course I happen to be fortunate enough to be somewhere that requires me to have sun tan lotion and a skirted tankini. But even then, I’m not into reading books that are full of theory but lacking in real life application.
The reality is I’ve got dishes to wash, loads of laundry to fold, kids to raise and cellulite to deal with. If I’m going to give a book some of my time I want to know that I’ll be able to relate to the author as a trusted friend of sorts and that it contains a message that will challenge and impact me.
If that’s what I want as a reader, you better believe I want to deliver that as a writer.
So what is the message I’m delivering in this book? I want to help women not only know God’s truth but also feel equipped to live it out in their everyday lives.
For too many years I was full of Bible knowledge with no idea how let the truths I knew impact my daily life. I would go to Bible Study, leave all inspired, and then come home and have a complete melt down over bleach being spilled on my favorite shirt. Or a kid’s bad attitude. Or finding out a friend betrayed me. Or gaining back the five pounds over a weekend that took me two months to lose.
How do we apply truth to this kind of everyday stuff? We are quick to say all the right Jesus answers in church, around our Christian friends and in our Bible study. But when the strains of life press against us, do we live as if Jesus really works?
I’m challenged by this. So, I wrote this book not as an expert having achieved this perfectly but rather as a friend who dared to try and become more than just a good Bible study girl.
First, I will be speaking in both Chicago and Atlanta this weekend and would truly appreciate your prayers. Holly would also really appreciate your prayers as she tries to keep me straight. You know all "those" stories I share about my kids... the apples don't fall far from the tree.
Speaking of kids...
Brooke was not deterred by the shut down of her sugar factory restaurant. She marched in from school and announced she was highly disappointed in whoever "stolded" her lunch.
Ahem.
She went on to proudly announce her entrepreneurial efforts are still alive and kicking. She is now officially doing hair for those willing to pay with rocks.
I am hiding all my scissors and will be doing random checks of backpacks. Pray for me to be able to stay one step ahead of this little sprite!
On another note, there is a delightful pop up camper fully set up in my front yard. This might be the only way for hubs and I to be able to do that fall getaway we've been dreaming of. Rednecks do vacations fancy y'all.
I mean really nothing speaks romance like a pop up camper- in your front yard- with no bathroom or running water.
On a completely different note, y'all are seriously smart with your book introduction advice. Thanks to you, I wrote one for my next book, "Becoming More than a Good Bible Study Girl."
And I thought it only fitting to share it with you...
This is for all 3 of you who like to read introductions:
Since we will be spending the next several weeks together as you read this book, I thought it might be helpful to let you in on a little secret. I’m a very picky book reader.
When I pick up a book, I don’t do it lightly. It takes time to read a book and time is a hot commodity in life. I’m just not into wasting it. Unless of course I happen to be fortunate enough to be somewhere that requires me to have sun tan lotion and a skirted tankini. But even then, I’m not into reading books that are full of theory but lacking in real life application.
The reality is I’ve got dishes to wash, loads of laundry to fold, kids to raise and cellulite to deal with. If I’m going to give a book some of my time I want to know that I’ll be able to relate to the author as a trusted friend of sorts and that it contains a message that will challenge and impact me.
If that’s what I want as a reader, you better believe I want to deliver that as a writer.
So what is the message I’m delivering in this book? I want to help women not only know God’s truth but also feel equipped to live it out in their everyday lives.
For too many years I was full of Bible knowledge with no idea how let the truths I knew impact my daily life. I would go to Bible Study, leave all inspired, and then come home and have a complete melt down over bleach being spilled on my favorite shirt. Or a kid’s bad attitude. Or finding out a friend betrayed me. Or gaining back the five pounds over a weekend that took me two months to lose.
How do we apply truth to this kind of everyday stuff? We are quick to say all the right Jesus answers in church, around our Christian friends and in our Bible study. But when the strains of life press against us, do we live as if Jesus really works?
I’m challenged by this. So, I wrote this book not as an expert having achieved this perfectly but rather as a friend who dared to try and become more than just a good Bible study girl.
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