The Christmas season is full of preparations. You pull out the decorations, mail cards, plan gatherings, shop, attend programs and performances—all to celebrate the day Christ was born. But amidst all the readying and activities, are you taking time to prepare your heart? Perhaps the checklists and busyness of all of our traditional preparations distracts us from the significance of Advent and Christmas itself. All of these distractions may even cause us to miss some of the blessings we are truly meant to receive during this season of celebration and joy. Through thoughtful reflection, author Naomi Beale invites us each to purposefully experience Advent daily. Standing still intentionally in anticipation of Christmas Day magnifies the HOPE, PEACE, JOY and LOVE to be found in this season. These meditations with focused scripture will enhance the celebration of Christmas, encourage daily awareness of these gifts, and point to being in the Advent of the eternal light and love to come.
His pa named him Cain because his birth was a curse… but what happens when he’s the only one who can save the town? Anna Mae Harding never thought getting married would be so hard. It’s not that she hasn’t had any offers. On the contrary, it seems like someone is always asking her to be his wife. The trouble is, she up and fell in love with the wrong man years ago, and no matter how much she tries to forget him, no one else she’s met has measured up. Texas Ranger Cain Whitelaw is happy to leave the town where he grew up behind him forever. Being around his childhood friends stirs up too many old feelings—feelings that are best left buried beneath the cracked desert dirt. The hardest part is seeing Anna Mae Harding. Each time he looks at her, he gets a hankering to sweep her off her feet and carry her to the church for a surprise wedding. But he had too rough of a childhood—and has seen too many things as a Ranger—to ever become a family man. That’s why he’s better off shaking the dust of Twin Rivers from his worn boots and never returning. When one of Cain’s enemies sets his sights on Twin Rivers and threatens both Anna Mae and his friends, Cain finds himself not only returning home, but facing a choice between his duty to the Rangers and the closest thing he has to a family. And he’s not quite sure who will survive the outcome… From jagged mountains and green river valleys, to cattle ranches and vivid sunsets, Tomorrow’s Lasting Joy offers a powerful story about loyalty, love, and the bonds that hold us together through the deepest of trials.
Details ways to get past the disappointment of a failed first marriage and find joy and happiness in a second marriage with advice on dealing with ex-spouses, in-laws, stepchildren, and finances.
You have an idea, you think it might have potential – perhaps people will even spend their hard–earned cash on it ... if you could just get started. In Ready to Soar, much–loved Australian entrepreneur Naomi Simson will show you how to develop your brilliant idea into a thriving business. Whether you want to make oodles of money, help create a better world or simply become your own boss, Ready to Soar can help. You will learn how to avoid the pitfalls that many start–up businesses make, formulate your ideas, make plans and develop your individual roadmap for success. First, you will learn how to create possibility and opportunity for your idea, but also how to be pragmatic and realistic about its potential. Naomi shares both her personal experience and that of the many business founders she has mentored, coached, invested in or sometimes dragged kicking and screaming on their journey. Then Naomi will help you on your path by showing you which step to take first, and travel with you right through to the launch of your business. She offers advice on how to pitch, understand what a pivot is and sort out your funding and finance, as well as encouraging you to explore what real success looks like. You'll be challenged to think through things that might never have occurred to you, as Naomi reveals the all–important questions she wishes people had asked her at the start of her own journey. Ready to Soar will help you turn your dream into a reality.
Showing how meditation can become a powerful force for self-improvement, this book explains the basic techniques, describes carefully selected exercises to improve one's skill and outlines the attitude of science to the discipline of meditation.
There is nothing like a father's wisdom. And there is nothing like a father's Love. In this heart-warming book, Naomi Reed Rhode takes you on a spiritual journey in which she shares the wisdom of her father, Virgil Asbury Reed. Based on notes from her dad's messages ? to the congregations he served, to the Boy Scouts he trained, and to the ?Come and See? adult Bible studies he taught ? My Father's Hand: A Daughter's Reflection on a Father's Wisdom will help you to discover the keys to forgiveness, peace, faith, overcoming fear and worry, personal and spiritual growth, giving, and many other pertinent issues. Although Naomi's dad died when she was only thirteen-years-old, Naomi recalls that, ?My dad was a giant of a man! His life philosophies, his character, his genuine zest for life, his charisma, his speaking excellence, his love for family, his wisdom, his storytelling, and his faith in God were the foundational elements of my childhood.?each chapter of My Father's Hand contains an excerpt from a speech by Virgil Reed followed by an inspirational commentary from Naomi Reed Rhode.
The year is 1086, twenty years after the Norman Conquest, and the new Norman lords are squeezing their Saxon subjects mercilessly. To survive, the townspeople of Enmore Green band together under the wise leadership of Father Edmund and Sirona, the local seeress who is teaching the healing arts to her foster daughter, Aldyth. Beautiful, sensitive, and feisty, Aldyth has decided not to marry but instead to dedicate her life to serving the Goddess of the Crystal Spring. Her decision is complicated, though, by her companion in the resistance movement -- a sexy Robin Hood figure who has vowed to win her. She also attracts the attention of Gandulf -- the son of the hated Norman lord -- a gentle handsome man who, despite his upbringing, has an affinity for his Saxon subjects. Their tempestuous love triangle is played out against the turbulence of Saxon and Norman life and is dramatically resolved when a mysterious stranger reveals to Gandulf a secret from his past that will change everyone's future.
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