Monday, September 27, 2010

God's Promises for Women of Faith

This book is written:
  • Entirely in direct quotes from the Bible
  • In a straight forward manner as the author has categorized the promises into 12 different sections starting with God’s Plan for Women and ending with Dynamic Women of Faith.  So there is a promise given to women in many situations from comfort, blessings, growing and walking and gaining self confidence.  The author has only needed to organize the headings and includes 6 different issues in each category.
  • It is a small sized book – 6 ¾ by 4 ½ and as such could fit into a women’s purse and be handy for reading just the right passage as needed throughout the day, i.e.: Cherish Being a Friend, Offer Encouragement, Power to Defeat Fear, Face the Years Ahead, Failure. Confidence and the list goes on.
  • The book’s introduction is written by Mary Graham and in this introduction Gloria Gaither’s name is also mentioned.  So one can only assume it is Gloria who has written the table of contents.  So I was disappointed to read on the Thomas Nelson website the books author is actually a man – Jack Countryman.  However nowhere in the book is this name written.
  • The book also includes 3 blank pages at the end for the reader to write their own notes.  This will definitely be a start in the reader journaling her responses to any issues they are encountering.

This book could be improved by:
  • Providing a ribbon bookmark to mark your spot
  • Providing a way to mark the places in the book that are specially written to bring meaning to your life

I rated this book 4 stars simply because it is directly quoted from the Bible.

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