About Turning Guilt Trips into Joy Rides:
Women
today are busy, stressed, and guilt-ridden, yet they long to develop
their spiritual sides. Turning Guilt Trips into Joy Rides offers
inspirational thoughts based on scripture--brief enough to be read
during a television commercial, yet insightful enough to open your eyes
to the grace of God on days you change diapers and/or lead corporate
meetings. Each reading suggests a "Guilt Trip to Avoid" and ends with a
way to "Take the Joy Ride." The book includes six months of daily
readings so that you may establish a habit of connecting with God.
Readings are listed under the letters G-R-A-C-E, representing God,
Relationships, Acceptance, Challenges and Emotions.
The
coauthors hope these meaningful readings will help you deal with
guilt--both real and imagined. By applying the insights shared in
Turning Guilt Trips into Joy Rides, you may develop a calmer, less
guilt-ridden life-style and become better equipped to function as wives,
mothers and friends. Younger women often develop patterns of thinking
and experience feelings of guilt that carry over into their mature
years, so women of all ages will find this book helpful.
I loved how the authors used the acronym GRACE and divided the readings into each theme from the acronym. They made everyday happenings come to life and how to deal with them. They give you a guilt trip, a scripture that pertains and their life story. Each author shares on a different day and there are 183 days of GRACE and inspirations to turn your guilt trip rides into joy rides.
Link to buy the book
About the authors:
Kim
Messinger, Janine Boyer and Shirley Brosius had a common bond of
Christian service when Christ drew them together for their first small
group meeting in January, 1998.
Since
then they have drawn closer through life’s joys and struggles and found
God to be sufficient for their every need. They call themselves
“Friends of the Heart” because their passion is to help women open their
hearts and find joy in Christ.
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Kim and Janine supported Shirley in writing Sisterhood of Faith: 365 Life-Changing Stories About Women Who Made a Difference,
which was released by Howard Publishing, a division of Simon &
Schuster, in 2006. More recently the three women worked together to
write another devotional book, Turning Guilt Trips into Joy Rides. They have spoken at women’s retreats and events in five states. All three women live in Millersburg, Pennsylvania. Visit their website for more info.
About the Giveaway
Guilt! She
pokes you as you write about your quaint, eccentric aunt. She grabs you
as you wander from e-mail to Facebook to laundry instead of focusing on
your work. She kicks you as you complain about your husband to a
friend.
Have you noticed? Women
seem riddled with guilt. And it’s hard to know if guilt is legitimate
or simply a product of our imaginations. After all, should we really
feel guilty about things over which we have no control?
We are not perfect. We have no control over some things, so it's no use feeling guilty. We can't do it all.
To celebrate the release of Turning Guilt Trips into Joy Rides,
Shirley, Janine and Kim are giving away some great prizes during the
blog tour. Share your own "guilt trip" or "joy tip" and be entered to
win a free life coaching consultation and a $50 Amazon.com gift
certificate.
JUST CLICK THIS LINK (http://justforfun.
Contest runs 4/23 - 5/12. Winner announced here on 5/14.
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