 | Shopping for Time helped me think through my days and how I spend my time and I easily saw how I need to readjust a few priorities, step-it-up in some areas and completely overhaul others. I know that I don't always manage the time God has given me with the intensity and purpose that I ought to, so as I read this book I began to see that even though I thought, "I'm doing my best" managing my time, I really wasn't. |
 | These motivating words are the heart of and the introduction to Beth Redman's book--Beautiful: How to Be a Woman of God. I bought it the first week in June and that night I read it--all in one sitting, it was so inspiring! I liked it so much that we used it to do a weekly study for the high school girls in our ministry. Every Thursday this summer we've packed out our living room with high school girls who want to be women of God. I would read the chapter aloud and wrote study questions that we discussed with passages to guide our conversation. Tonight we finished the book and I wanted to share this review in hopes that this book will be a resource to many others as it has ministered to me all summer! |
 | Written with a gentle, we're-right-there-with-you tone but also grounded in the authority of Scripture this proved to be a helpful read considering my relationships and the specific ways I need to embrace the power and sufficiency of God's grace to redeem, restore and deepen the quality and purpose of relationships in my own life. |
 | This book is deep, convicting and practical and would be great for a husband and wife to read together or as a family. It is so short that you could do so in one sitting or for sure a couple of days. I was encouraged by the reminder of what my role is in our family--as a wife and mother--and I was thankful for what I learned from all the chapters. In five chapters MacArthur addresses, from Ephesians 5--family, wife, husband, children and parents. The common thread in the each chapter is mutual submission from Ephesians 5:21,
"...submitting to one another in the fear of God." |
 | High Call, High Privilege is a testimonial/autobiography of MacDonald's journey through life in church ministry. Her statement "God means for us to finish strong" is a theme that stood out to me throughout the book. Even when she faced disappointment, testing, pain and brokenness, she viewed them as "points of growth" in her walk with the Lord and was able to find joy in them. Her story was a huge inspiration to me of an example of a supportive wife, loving mother, and gentle and nurturing friend to all around her. |
"I count myself one of the number of those who write as they learn and learn as they write." -John Calvin
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