It’s been a few days since I started my Facebook fast and right off the bat I notice how much free time I really have when I am not worrying about Facebook! This is refreshing because I feel like I can actually do some things I like to do to free my time. One of those things is reading. I love to read and have come upon three books that I will be reading this month. Please if you plan on reading these books, let me know so that we can share and discuss them! I’ve posted a little bit about each of them below:
The first book is The Pain Didn’t Kill Me by radio personality Daphne Bell. I am excited to start this book because the author is also a member of New Covenant, and is well known in the Columbus community not only in radio, but for her organization, Keeping Tabs On Your Heart, which informs people about heart health. The memoir is available at www.DaphneBell.com. Here is some information about the book:
Daphne Bell, wife of former NFL player Todd A. Bell, gives you an all-access pass into her life—a life that most would assume is a fairy tale—until you peel back the layers.
Death runs rampant throughout the lives of Daphne’s family. Fear is her constant companion. With the backlash of such loss, challenges brew in the midst of her very home. She journals: Will my marriage survive? Tragedy duly provides the answer … and the pain nearly kills her.
On the morning of March 16, 2005, Daphne’s day begins like every other day as she heads to her job as a radio personality. Without warning her life dramatically changes with the sudden and tragic death of her husband … Life interrupted.
Daphne’s frank and brutally honest portrayal of her story expands the boundaries of survival, leaving the reader to wonder: how much can one take.
The Pain Didn’t Kill Me is a harrowing yet intimate account of how Daphne transcends devastation and discovers acceptance, peace, and joy.
She now dedicates her life to spreading the word about health and awareness, so that others may reduce their chances of experiencing the tragic and premature loss of a loved one.
The next book, It’s Already Done, was written by my good friend Middle Child’s mother, RD Waller. It is a collection of short stories and poems about accepting our already inherited gifts from God, and pure worship. It is available at the Columbus Library and also at www.eilandgirl.com. Here is a little more about the book:
From “Pregnant at Age Fifty-Three”, to “The Toughest Battle”; from “Dead Man in Chains” to “Woe Unto the Pastors”, R. D. Waller shares true stories of life, love, loss, and the ability to laugh through it all. Waller, in the most nonjudgmental way, pulls no punches and spares no souls. She believes all are entitled to true freedom, even at the cost of violating disturbed perceptions that things are as they ought. During her experience with modern-day “churches,” Waller finds herself sitting in too many different congregations wondering “If ‘where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty‘, why do I feel in such bondage?” A profound discovery establishes Waller’s freedom, as she sits amidst yet another bound congregation. She rises as a visitor and states, most simply, “I am a member of the body of Christ.” This book expounds on various discoveries of similar simplicity and profoundness. Seek and find your own liberty within.
The third book, Becoming A Woman of Destiny: Turning Life’s Trials into Triumphs by Dr. Suzan Johnson-Cook, is a part of New Covenant’s Ladies’ Book Club that meets quarterly. I ordered the book on Amazon.com, but it is also available at local Barnes & Nobles bookstores. Here is a little more about the book:
Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook-known to thousands as “Dr. Sujay” and “the Wall Street Pastor”-is one of the most accomplished and highly regarded ministers and spiritual teachers of our time. She is an in-demand speaker around the country, and continues to lead her legendary, standing-room-only weekly Wall Street lunch empowerment worship services. Her pages-long résumé reveals that she has achieved impressive goals and overcome great obstacles.
Drawing on the lessons from her own life and the lives of the thousands she teaches weekly, Dr. Sujay offers the ideas and practices that have delivered her from pain to power in a practical and inspiring guide for women of all ages and races. She uses the biblical story of Deborah as the foundation-Deborah the judge, Deborah the prophetess, Deborah the warrior, and Deborah the wife-to show today’s woman how to start winning where they are now, and how to build a life of stepping-stones rather than stumbling blocks. She distills all of these life lessons and experiences into the path of destiny for each woman-the path of success and spiritual fulfillment.
With timeless biblical principles as a foundation, as well as transformative modern-day examples, Dr. Sujay illustrates that every woman is destined for a remarkable life. In Becoming a Woman of Destiny, she explains how women can release themselves from their prisons of fear, failure, and a painful past and move forward confidently into their own greatness. Also included in this life- changing book are guidelines for creating “Destiny Circles”-powerful groups of women who come together for support, inspiration, and encouragement.
Becoming a Woman of Destiny is a groundbreaking book that will help any woman wanting to live her fullest present and future.
I’ve cried over not having makeup. And I’ve been totally depressed over the fact that I haven’t bought a new pair of shoes in more than a year. I am used to keeping up with the seasons, and the Joneses, when it comes to cosmetics and clothing. My boyfriend doesn’t understand how I feel when I see a girl rocking a shade on her lid that I know is from a new MAC collection. He just shakes his head, tries to console me and rolls his eyes.
