An inspirational guide presents practical lessons for listening to God's voice to live a more joyful, rewarding life, along with real-life stories from women who have learned to live divinely while dealing with many challenges.
God Is In Love With You presents a radically transformative spiritual perspective: God is head over heels in love with you and will stop at nothing to express it in every moment of every day, and in every circumstance. Realizing our own capacity to connect with God's unconditional love creates an opportunity for blissful living. There is nothing love cannot heal, no matter how traumatic. This book offers a creative blend of scripture, inspirational quotes, and examples of God's loving presence in our everyday lives. With these lessons, readers will learn to consciously connect with the healing power of God's love and grace like never before, to live a divinely wondrous life. Let God Is In Love With You inspire you to develop and nurture a loving relationship with the Creator.
Featuring inspirational poems such as Walking by Faith, In Deepest Sympathy, Sea of Tears, Pages from Within, Harry Got Saved, Overdosie-doe, and many more! This book contains the raw and genuine (and sometimes graphic) poetry written by Valerie during the years she suffered with CPTSD. The process of writing during her darkest times, which she refers to as the ‘Black Hole of Pain’, was very therapeutic for her, even a way of escape. Countless others have shared that they had experienced being inspired, instilled with hope and even stirrings of emotional healing when they have read her writings. Whether you have been a victim or if you are doing selfish things that are hurting other people, may you find the strength and the courage that you need within these pages to believe that you can be set free from the torment of secret shame and pain! A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book will go towards mental health awareness, suicide prevention initiatives, and Haven of Oakland County. www.haven-oakland.org
Just like a delicious box of assorted chocolates, this swoon-worthy collection of romantic stories - inspired by Elizabeth Barrett Browning's famous romantic sonnet and written by the cream of Australia's romance writers - has something to please everyone.
Ms. Martin's trademarks: a preoccupation with the dark underside of life, a taste for disturbing, even macabre imagery . . . excursions into an unseen realm [of] strange and magical events. . . . Martin possesses a sure storytelling gift, [an] ability to transform a myriad of specific details into larger, symbolic shapes."--New York Times
PRAY is a collection of powerful prayers written to appeal to persons of all faiths, religions and spiritual paths. Included are prayers for prosperity, healing and comfort, as well as prayers of surrender and intercessory prayers. A unique prayer based upon the 23rd Psalm opens this collection for the universal soul. Read, pray and grow. Prayer changes things--experience a transformation today.
Valerie Trueblood is, simply put, one of the finest story writers who is currently working in the American language, as prize committees acknowledge. In this, her beautifully made third collection, each of the fifteen stories asks two defining questions: What kind of love story is this? as well as, Who here is exactly what kind of criminal? In "His Rank," an armed man enters a bar to claim the girl he understands to be his destiny only to be told she has, the weekend before, married someone else. In "Skylab," in which lovers have run away together to work medical relief in Malaysia, the young woman is reading the Koran to learn what it says about adulterers even as she waits for satellite debris to rain down on her. She'll be punished, won't she, for the crime of happiness? And in "The Bride of the Black Duck" a new widow falls in love with an entire complicated family in her neighborhood, with whom she's suddenly, irrevocably plighted her troth: she is theirs, just as they are hers. In Criminals the stories are linked by theme, the characters often tender, movingly, but flawed; that is they are realistic. Love is hard won. When violence erupts it too is utterly convincing. With her keen eye, her fabulous ear and her generous heart, Trueblood's aim is to find characters in moments of true extremity when they are united in passion, connected not only to one another but to themselves. And—as with violence and as in real life—love erupts surprisingly, emerging out of the smooth blue surface of the mundane.
Hi, Mom! Camp is going well. (I feel like a child writing home instead of the animal therapist assigned to work here with the troubled kids!) Since James Harris has seen the success of the program, the skeptical camp director is much more charming—we’ve been having some late night talks...and a surprising good-night kiss! He didn’t even complain when I brought Roxy along—you remember how my sister didn’t want to join me. And there was a scare—Roxy and another teen disappeared—but James and I found them. You know, Mom, I think James needs some healing of his own—his soul seems...wounded. I think my strong faith might even help him regain his...if he’ll let me. Love, Megan
Beloved actress, Food Network personality, and New York Times bestselling author Valerie Bertinelli reflects on life at sixty and beyond. Behind the curtain of her happy on-screen persona, Valerie Bertinelli’s life has been no easy ride, especially when it comes to her own self-image and self-worth. She waged a war against herself for years, learning to equate her value to her appearance as a child star on One Day at a Time and punishing herself in order to fit into the unachievable Hollywood mold. She struggled to make her marriage to Eddie Van Halen — the true love of her life — work, despite all the rifts the rock-star lifestyle created between them. She then watched her son follow in his father’s footsteps, right up onto the stage of Van Halen concerts, and begin his own music career. And like so many women, she cared for her parents as their health declined and saw the roles of parent and child reverse. Through mourning the loss of her parents, discovering more about her family’s past, and realizing how short life really is when she and her son lost Eddie, Valerie finally said, “Enough already!” to a lifelong battle with the scale and found a new path forward to joy and connection. Despite hardships and the pressures of the media industry to be something she’s not, Valerie is, at last, accepting herself: she knows who she is, has discovered her self-worth, and has learned how to prioritize her health and happiness over her weight. With an intimate look into her insecurities, heartbreaks, losses, triumphs, and revelations, Enough Already is the story of Valerie’s sometimes humorous, sometimes raw, but always honest journey to love herself and find joy in the everyday, in family, and in the food and memories we share. “This thoughtful, bighearted book is sure to be a hit with Bertinelli fans and those with an appetite for stories of hard-won self-acceptance. A warmly intimate memoir.” – Kirkus Reviews “In a series of brutally frank essays, Bertinelli looks back on the emotional struggles and triumphs of her life. By turns raw and inspiring, this contains a little bit of wisdom for everyone.” – Publishers Weekly
Valerie Rose is an ordinary, middle-aged, middle-class, working woman whose willingness to share her own oppositional view on faith, religion, the world's filth, and building a relationship with God in the midst of it all is real, raw, inspiring, and encourages others to do the same. She is a daughter, sister, cousin, aunt, wife, mother, stepmother, nana, and friend whose passion is to inspire others to turn their frowns upside down and embrace God's love through all life's trials and tribulations. Using her own personal struggles in building a relationship with God, Valerie shows how recognizing God's love for her in the midst of anger, agony, awkwardness, abandonment, alcoholism, and abuse helped her to replace hatred with healing. She overcame abuse and abandonment, fears, hurts, and other hang-ups to go on teaching and encouraging others to learn and grow. Valerie offers life-transforming insights not only about how to overcome hatred, hurts, hang-ups, and painful circumstances many identify with, but also how to heal, grow, and embrace God's love from those experiences and then help others to do the same. Her personal stories will inspire you to see your own hatred, hurts, and hang-ups that have built barriers around your heart and will help you to begin seeking healing, grace, and love; to recognize God loves all of you and He is there for you.
NEIGHBORLY LOVE Single dad Zac Frazier arrived in the close–knit town of Serenity expecting little more than a fresh start. But he never counted on having his wounded heart rejuvenated by his son's bubbly preschool teacher, who lived a few houses away and had an extraordinary gift for understanding small children. In record time, pretty and petite Tina Braddock brought laughter back into his lonely little boy's life–and encouraged the disillusioned widower to rejoice again in God's love…. Why, if romance–resistant Zac didn't know better, he'd allow himself to fall head over heels for his green–eyed neighbor! But beneath the sunny surface that Tina presented to the world, he sensed uneasiness, foreboding, even fear. What was she afraid of? And would loving one another be enough to make all their dreams come true?
Their paths to God’s purpose led them together. Many know the heroic story of Jim Elliot’s violent death in 1956, killed along with four other missionaries by a primitive Ecuadorian tribe they were seeking to reach. Many also know the prolific legacy of Elisabeth Elliot, whose inspiring influence on generations of believers through print, broadcast, and personal testimony continues to resonate, even after her own death in 2015. What many don’t know is the remarkable story of how these two stalwart personalities—single-mindedly devoted to pursuing God’s will for their young lives, certain their future callings would require them to sacrifice forever the blessings of marriage—found their hearts intertwined. Their paths to God’s purpose led them together. Now, for the first time, their only child—daughter Valerie Elliot Shepard—unseals never-before-published letters and private journals that capture in first-person intimacy the attraction, struggle, drama, and devotion that became a most unlikely love story. Riveting for old and young alike, this moving account of their personal lives shines as a gold mine of lived-out truth, hard-fought purity, and an insider’s view on two beloved Christian figures.
Have you ever sat and wondered how much love there is to give? Have you ever asked the questions: "Does love run out or is it limitless? And if I'm a jerk, then how does love work? And if I love Dad, will Mommy get mad?" Fret not and read this story and these answers you will know, as well as how to let love grow and grow and grow. Bubbles of Love follows a little boy who is distraught because he may not have enough love to give, and his Nanny, who illustrates that love is infinite through the magic of bubbles. A beautiful and touching story designed to encourage children of all ages to allow their love to grow. Perfect for everyone ... on Valentine's Day and every day. Valerie Smith, a personal-development and self-help connoisseur, writes fun, colorful, joyful stories featuring easy-to-digest and entertaining life lessons covering topics such as releasing negative emotions and self-appreciation via Emotional Freedom Technique, the beauty of difference and equality, the power of choice, and love as an infinite resource.
Arcturus, a teacher from the 'other side' shares the Wisdom of Spirit, answers questions about life on the 3rd dimensional plane and the Soul's unfoldment.
Not sure of why you're here? Wondering where to go next? Have the feeling that you're here to do great and important work, yet you just don't know what it is? You know you were created for greatness, and you know the life you're living now doesn't reflect the greatness in you. This work, featuring daily readings, teaches you how to live a fuller, richer, more purposeful life in the 'P-Spot'... where purpose, passion, power & prosperity align to give you SOULGASM every time!!!
Grammy nominated musician Valerie June's Somebody to Love: The Story of Valerie June's Sweet Little Baby Banjolele is a children's book based on the story of how June wrote the song Somebody to Love from her album Pushin' Against a Stone. In the book, Valerie is a child given a toy banjolele. A banjolele is a very unique four-stringed musical instrument. It has a body like a small banjo, and the neck is like a ukulele. At the beginning, the baby banjolele dreams that its voice will soar and be heard all throughout the world, but very soon its musical journey meets with challenges and doubts. The little banjolele just could not play through a whole song! Valerie and banjolele want to play with the other instruments at school, but the others make fun of the banjolele saying You're just a toy. Embarrassed the banjolele, once more, can not finish the song. But "I have a dream, and I want to sing," the toy banjolele stubbornly refuses to give up. Finally, the toy finds the courage, and belief, and love it needs, coughs out a last bit of dust, and belts out a gorgeous a song. Valerie names the banjolele Baby and both go on to perform all over the world together forever. Valerie June the adult says of her banjolele: "As I traveled the world telling the story of my banjolele, I always knew it would make an uplifting children's book. It wasn't until I got a call from the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities that I was encouraged to sit down and write it out. One of the nation's most historical dreamers is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As a black female artist, his message taught me the power of dreams at an early age. He was a light for me. Each time I've shared this story with students, I watch as their eyes light up with wonder. It's been thrilling to witness that same light awakening within them. Believing you can achieve your dream is a way to be an inspiration for your community, like a great Nigerian proverb teaches us, 'Thoughts and dreams are the foundation of our being.
Despite their differences, Tyler Corbett assumed Kara Shepherd was a fine woman...for somebody else. He had no intention of falling for her, despite a vast local conspiracy. But how could the strapping cowboy avoid Kara when she popped up everywhere he went—even in church? Widowed Kara figured there was only one way to get her family—and Tyler's—to stop matchmaking. They'd simply pretend to fall in love, then break up. Step One of the charade was surprisingly easy. But when a few fake kisses unexpectedly led to the real thing, Step Two was in serious jeopardy!
Don't stay stuck in debilitating issues!!! FREE YOURSELF!!! Recognize and acknowledge the issues that keep you stuck, and do it with love, self-acceptance, humor and light-heartedness, so you are empowered and inspired to live the amazing life you deserve, from the inside out!
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