This book was nothing that I haven't heard before. A short book and without the blank pages that are counted about 130 pages long.
There is a lot of quThis book was nothing that I haven't heard before. A short book and without the blank pages that are counted about 130 pages long.
There is a lot of quotes in the book from other authors. The main message of the book is all about what choices you make in your life. You can choose to let life's problems get you down, or choose to overcome them and make a positive come from it.
The best part of the book for me was "A Father's Letter to his Son" on page 80.
I don't feel this book is worth paying twenty bucks for, sorry...my opinion only....more
I'm kind of in between 2.5 and 3 stars. I liked it but didn't love it. The reason I was thinking of the 2.5 stars was because it was so predictable.
BI'm kind of in between 2.5 and 3 stars. I liked it but didn't love it. The reason I was thinking of the 2.5 stars was because it was so predictable.
Boy meets girl, they move apart, get back together. You knew exactly where this was going.
Nolan and Ellie are sweethearts in high school. Ellie's mom gets pregnant to another guy. The husband kicks her out. Ellie and her dad move to CA. Ellie's dad is pissed at her mom so he keeps all the letters that Ellie's mom writes to her and she doesn't know it.
After years go by, the father gets inspiration and finds God again. Gives Ellie the letters. She sets out to find her mom. Ellie also gets introduced to her half-brother.
It all wraps up in a neat little package the way you thought it would. Nolan the high school sweetheart finds Ellie, he wins the final game, Yeah! And, they all live happily ever after. ...more
I loved how we got to know the characters in this book. This book is about Luke Bradford who comes to a small town but his heart seems to be somewhereI loved how we got to know the characters in this book. This book is about Luke Bradford who comes to a small town but his heart seems to be somewhere else. He tries to fit in, but it has been hard.
Even when he first arrived in town nothing was going his way. He was caught with his pants down (literally). Can a Dr. fully recover from his own bad luck and win the people from Watervalley, TN over?
He makes a friend shortly after his arrival after almost being shot from the guy while trespassing. It goes from bad to worse for the Dr. Bradford. The town comes down with a flu virus and the Dr. must figure out what it is before the whole town comes down with it and someone ends up dying.
The Dr. has a hard time feeling like he fits in. He has a sassy housekeeper and then rescues a dog in need. His life is in shambles and he just can't decide on what to do about it.
Along the way Dr. Bradford even solves some mysteries.
A true delightful book. There is funny moments in the book, along with a good feeling that you just want to live in a small town and get to know the people.
This is the first one in the series. I can't wait to see what Watervalley has in store for us in book 2. ...more
May 2014 - Inspirational Book group read. I did enjoy it and it was a good read. The father Tom has health issues and Jack (his son) left home to preaMay 2014 - Inspirational Book group read. I did enjoy it and it was a good read. The father Tom has health issues and Jack (his son) left home to preach in a huge media type church. Jack fools around with someone and his wife finds out. That's when his world comes crashing down on him. He loses his wife, his daughter, and hits rock bottom.
Jack's father comes to rescue him in his darkest hour and takes him home. Somewhere that Jack never wanted to go back to. In the mist of going back home he finds a greater message from God. Jack was used to teaching everyone to be better or that they could always do better, but he never took his own advice.
Jack starts to discover there is more to preaching than just reading out of the Bible. You have to tell it from the heart. You have to mean what you say and live what you say. He tries to make amends in his hometown, rediscovering old friendships and some new ones. He learns you can do good deeds without always having to get attention for it.
Tom (Jack's dad) has one last dying wish. He gets sicker while he's waiting for his wish to come true. But, will he get his wish in time? Read the book to find out. ...more
This is our Feb. 2014 Inspirational book group read. I really enjoyed this book. I gave it 4 stars cause it started out slowly in the beginning. But, This is our Feb. 2014 Inspirational book group read. I really enjoyed this book. I gave it 4 stars cause it started out slowly in the beginning. But, when you got a few chapters in it really picked up. I loved the characters in the book and how they interacted.
The main character is Scarlett Jo and her pastor husband Jackson. They have five children. Scarlett Jo is one "character" till a secret she's been hiding starts to come out. Her husband is a loving person who holds Scarlett Jo together. He is her rock. They work well together in the community helping other people out in their times of need.
There is a few other couples in the book who go on the search for their heart and they have to decide on how to handle their life's problems. There is divorce, happy times, sad times, funny times, and times of knowing when to let go. And, it's about following your dreams and how to follow your heart.
How would you feel if you spent your life not doing what you loved to do and you felt like you died inside? I know a lot of people who go through life going through the motions of their dead end jobs. This book might help you take a look at your own life and maybe you will see you too are ready to make some changes. We only live once, so do what you love to do.
This book keeps you wanting to keep reading about the lives of the people in the book.
I must admit when I started reading this book I was thinking I wouldn't like it cause I don't usually like reading books similar to this. I find them boring. It's just that the ones I've read weren't really that interesting and went kind of nowhere. Not true about this one.
This is the first book I've read by this author and it won't be the last.
This book also reminds me of the "Rocking Chair" test. I don't know it exactly, but the jest of it is that one day you will be old and look back on your life while sitting in your rocking chair. Do you want to look back with regrets? Or do you want to follow your heart and do what you love? The choice is yours to make. Ask yourself, When I am sitting in my rocking chair when I am old, how will I look back on my life? With regrets, or knowing that I followed my dreams and did what I loved....more
April 2014 Inspirational book group read. This book was just okay for me. A lot of phone calls to find out it's all a hoax. Which I figured anyway. BuApril 2014 Inspirational book group read. This book was just okay for me. A lot of phone calls to find out it's all a hoax. Which I figured anyway. But, in the end it's really what you want to believe. ...more
I must say I loved this book! This just keeps you want to be with the characters. Starla is a young outspoken girl living with her mean grandmother. SI must say I loved this book! This just keeps you want to be with the characters. Starla is a young outspoken girl living with her mean grandmother. She is grounded all the time and she was being so good all week so she could go to the carnival. Just when she thought she would be going she had to go and hit some boy in the nose. Grounded again! That's when all the trouble starts.
Starla heads out on her own, only 10 yrs. old, to live with her mother in Nashville. A mother who left the family along time ago when Starla was 4 yrs. old. Her mother was going to be a famous singer. It's a really long way to Nashville especially in 1963. As Starla walks along the road a black woman picks her up. How much more trouble can one black woman named Eula get into when she already has one white baby in the car which she took from the church steps? Once she gets home her abusive husband has other plans for the children.
Eula, Starla, and baby James head to Nashville with a lot of trouble along the way. And, some help from some surprising people too. Starla gets a new look at the world which she has never seen before. And, Eula has some great lessons that she teaches to Starla.
A wonderful book set back in the '60s about the south. I just didn't want this one to end. I wanted to keep reading about the wonderful characters and keep in their lives.
(This is our pick for the library book group and our Inspirational book group.) ...more
First I want to say how can you really put star ratings on someone else's life? Especially with someone's life that has gone through so much. I feel MFirst I want to say how can you really put star ratings on someone else's life? Especially with someone's life that has gone through so much. I feel Marie and the Amish deserve five stars just for their forgiveness alone. But, not only have they forgiven, as has Marie, but have been touched by God in so many ways.
I know we are suppose to forgive, but losing all those children for the Amish they must have strength I don't have and wish I did. I have gone through stuff in my life and try to forgive and find strength, but nothing like they have gone through.
What a wonderful community to live in for Marie when she was going through this tragedy which she didn't create. It was at the hands of her husband. I loved how the Amish came to Marie's husband's funeral and made a wall around the gravesite to protect her family from the media.
I've read the Amish book about the shooting and it still amazes me the strength they have from God to forgive.
I really like what was written on page 295 about how God is not the source of any sin but he is the salvation of sin, and that he is with us in our sufferings and helps us heal with his presence. There is more to this and I hope it sounds right here, but there is so much truth in that.
The Amish and in this book as well as Marie has shown the public what it is truly like to be able to forgive. I think God has shown millions of people that forgiveness is what you have to do and pray about it when it's hard. I feel that millions of people were in awe of how the Amish came to the Roberts family and helped them through the tragedy. I do understand this was in no way the fault of Marie's family but that of the hands of her husband. But, for the Amish to step in and help the family when they had lost so many of their own children amazes me.
We are doing this book as our Inspirational book group for Jan. 2014. And, I must say there is a lot of inspirational moments in this book....more
I usually love all of Angela Hunt's books. However, this one wasn't as good as the other books she has written in my opinion.
I had a little bit of a I usually love all of Angela Hunt's books. However, this one wasn't as good as the other books she has written in my opinion.
I had a little bit of a hard time getting through it at times. But, I did read it and it was just okay.
It was about a woman named Claudia who is a lawyer. After winning a case she has been working on that will make her career soar she gets offered a job with a company in Rome. The job entails screening people to hire for this company. They feel she is the best. The job should take about six months.
Claudia hires a translator that knows a lot of different languages but she is still suspicious of him.
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