Author: Virginia J. Flo
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1490884270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Samuel and Ruth Schultz lead a simple life with their two young daughters on their Minnesota farm, growing corn, selling eggs and chickens, and tending to the myriad other chores that come with farm life. Married for ten years, they have a deep, abiding love for each other and an unshakeable faith in Goddespite having suffered the heartache of three miscarriages. When they hear about an area foster care program, theyre eager to open their home to a child who could benefit from their wholesome, rural Christian lifestyle. At ten years old, Billy has experienced enough loss and hurt for a lifetime when he arrives at the Schultzes with all his possessions in a pillowcase. Certain he wont be wanted here and that his stay will be short, he remains quiet and withdrawn. Only the family dog knows how much he is hurting. But God knows Billy, too, and uses the Schultzes and their faith to open his heart and come to know Jesus as guide and friend. He starts to feel more secure in his new home and learns how to pray. Then he hears that the social worker from the welfare office is coming, and he can only assume he will be taken away. Will his world be turned upside down yet again? First Mercy Then Grace portrays one familys experience with foster care and testifies to Gods gifts of love, endurance, and the unexpected mercies and blessings that come when we trust in him.
First Mercy Then Grace
Author: Virginia J. Flo
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1490884270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Samuel and Ruth Schultz lead a simple life with their two young daughters on their Minnesota farm, growing corn, selling eggs and chickens, and tending to the myriad other chores that come with farm life. Married for ten years, they have a deep, abiding love for each other and an unshakeable faith in Goddespite having suffered the heartache of three miscarriages. When they hear about an area foster care program, theyre eager to open their home to a child who could benefit from their wholesome, rural Christian lifestyle. At ten years old, Billy has experienced enough loss and hurt for a lifetime when he arrives at the Schultzes with all his possessions in a pillowcase. Certain he wont be wanted here and that his stay will be short, he remains quiet and withdrawn. Only the family dog knows how much he is hurting. But God knows Billy, too, and uses the Schultzes and their faith to open his heart and come to know Jesus as guide and friend. He starts to feel more secure in his new home and learns how to pray. Then he hears that the social worker from the welfare office is coming, and he can only assume he will be taken away. Will his world be turned upside down yet again? First Mercy Then Grace portrays one familys experience with foster care and testifies to Gods gifts of love, endurance, and the unexpected mercies and blessings that come when we trust in him.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1490884270
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Samuel and Ruth Schultz lead a simple life with their two young daughters on their Minnesota farm, growing corn, selling eggs and chickens, and tending to the myriad other chores that come with farm life. Married for ten years, they have a deep, abiding love for each other and an unshakeable faith in Goddespite having suffered the heartache of three miscarriages. When they hear about an area foster care program, theyre eager to open their home to a child who could benefit from their wholesome, rural Christian lifestyle. At ten years old, Billy has experienced enough loss and hurt for a lifetime when he arrives at the Schultzes with all his possessions in a pillowcase. Certain he wont be wanted here and that his stay will be short, he remains quiet and withdrawn. Only the family dog knows how much he is hurting. But God knows Billy, too, and uses the Schultzes and their faith to open his heart and come to know Jesus as guide and friend. He starts to feel more secure in his new home and learns how to pray. Then he hears that the social worker from the welfare office is coming, and he can only assume he will be taken away. Will his world be turned upside down yet again? First Mercy Then Grace portrays one familys experience with foster care and testifies to Gods gifts of love, endurance, and the unexpected mercies and blessings that come when we trust in him.
Years of Grace, Life of Mercy
Author: Larry E. Caffery
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1615666710
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Have no fear! God is still there for you. Author Larry E. Caffery is living proof of just that. Come along as he walks through Years of Grace, Life of Mercy. Larry had problems with anger that dictated daily situations in his life. He was reckless and many times lived life on the edge. As a result, his family fell apart. Larry also became angry at God because of the many trials and tribulations in his life, including the death of his twelve-year-old son and two suicide attempts. Even though he was at the worst point of his life, Caffery was still able to see the light of God's grace shine. With the help of his Savior, he pulled himself up by the bootstraps. He gave his life to Christ and since then has been spending his time celebrating the Years of Grace, Life of Mercy.
Publisher: Tate Publishing
ISBN: 1615666710
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Have no fear! God is still there for you. Author Larry E. Caffery is living proof of just that. Come along as he walks through Years of Grace, Life of Mercy. Larry had problems with anger that dictated daily situations in his life. He was reckless and many times lived life on the edge. As a result, his family fell apart. Larry also became angry at God because of the many trials and tribulations in his life, including the death of his twelve-year-old son and two suicide attempts. Even though he was at the worst point of his life, Caffery was still able to see the light of God's grace shine. With the help of his Savior, he pulled himself up by the bootstraps. He gave his life to Christ and since then has been spending his time celebrating the Years of Grace, Life of Mercy.
Hallelujah Anyway
Author: Anne Lamott
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735213593
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
“Anne Lamott is my Oprah.” —Chicago Tribune The New York Times bestseller from the author of Dusk, Night, Dawn, Almost Everything and Bird by Bird, a powerful exploration of mercy and how we can embrace it. "Mercy is radical kindness," Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening book, Hallelujah Anyway. It's the permission you give others—and yourself—to forgive a debt, to absolve the unabsolvable, to let go of the judgment and pain that make life so difficult. In Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy Lamott ventures to explore where to find meaning in life. We should begin, she suggests, by "facing a great big mess, especially the great big mess of ourselves." It's up to each of us to recognize the presence and importance of mercy everywhere—"within us and outside us, all around us"—and to use it to forge a deeper understanding of ourselves and more honest connections with each other. While that can be difficult to do, Lamott argues that it's crucial, as "kindness towards others, beginning with myself, buys us a shot at a warm and generous heart, the greatest prize of all." Full of Lamott’s trademark honesty, humor and forthrightness, Hallelujah Anyway is profound and caring, funny and wise—a hopeful book of hands-on spirituality.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735213593
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
“Anne Lamott is my Oprah.” —Chicago Tribune The New York Times bestseller from the author of Dusk, Night, Dawn, Almost Everything and Bird by Bird, a powerful exploration of mercy and how we can embrace it. "Mercy is radical kindness," Anne Lamott writes in her enthralling and heartening book, Hallelujah Anyway. It's the permission you give others—and yourself—to forgive a debt, to absolve the unabsolvable, to let go of the judgment and pain that make life so difficult. In Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy Lamott ventures to explore where to find meaning in life. We should begin, she suggests, by "facing a great big mess, especially the great big mess of ourselves." It's up to each of us to recognize the presence and importance of mercy everywhere—"within us and outside us, all around us"—and to use it to forge a deeper understanding of ourselves and more honest connections with each other. While that can be difficult to do, Lamott argues that it's crucial, as "kindness towards others, beginning with myself, buys us a shot at a warm and generous heart, the greatest prize of all." Full of Lamott’s trademark honesty, humor and forthrightness, Hallelujah Anyway is profound and caring, funny and wise—a hopeful book of hands-on spirituality.
Future Grace, Revised Edition
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 1601424353
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Explore this stunning quality of God’s grace: It never ends! In this revision of a foundational work, John Piper reveals how grace is not only God’s undeserved gift to us in the past, but also God’s power to make good happen for us today, tomorrow, and forever. True life for the follower of Jesus really is a moment-by-moment trust that God is dependable and fulfills his promises. This is living by faith in future grace, which provides God's mercy, provision, and wisdom—everything we need—to accomplish his good plans for us. In Future Grace, chapter by chapter—one for each day of the month—Piper reveals how cherishing the promises of God helps break the power of persistent sin issues like anxiety, despondency, greed, lust, bitterness, impatience, pride, misplaced shame, and more. Ultimate joy, peace, and hope in life and death are found in a confident, continual awareness of the reality of future grace.
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 1601424353
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Explore this stunning quality of God’s grace: It never ends! In this revision of a foundational work, John Piper reveals how grace is not only God’s undeserved gift to us in the past, but also God’s power to make good happen for us today, tomorrow, and forever. True life for the follower of Jesus really is a moment-by-moment trust that God is dependable and fulfills his promises. This is living by faith in future grace, which provides God's mercy, provision, and wisdom—everything we need—to accomplish his good plans for us. In Future Grace, chapter by chapter—one for each day of the month—Piper reveals how cherishing the promises of God helps break the power of persistent sin issues like anxiety, despondency, greed, lust, bitterness, impatience, pride, misplaced shame, and more. Ultimate joy, peace, and hope in life and death are found in a confident, continual awareness of the reality of future grace.
Blood Mercy
Author: Vela Roth
Publisher: Vela Roth
ISBN: 9781957040028
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
In this kingdom, love is treason... Lio is an immortal Hesperine with fangs and dangerous magic, but he brings comfort into Cassia's cruel world. If she gives her heart to the enemy, will she and Lio survive the king's retribution?
Publisher: Vela Roth
ISBN: 9781957040028
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 682
Book Description
In this kingdom, love is treason... Lio is an immortal Hesperine with fangs and dangerous magic, but he brings comfort into Cassia's cruel world. If she gives her heart to the enemy, will she and Lio survive the king's retribution?
The Select Works of John Bunyan
Author: John Bunyan
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fore-edge painting
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fore-edge painting
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Grave Mercy
Author: Robin LaFevers
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054762834X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
In the fifteenth-century kingdom of Brittany, seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where she learns that the god of Death has blessed her with dangerous gifts--and a violent destiny.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 054762834X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
In the fifteenth-century kingdom of Brittany, seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where she learns that the god of Death has blessed her with dangerous gifts--and a violent destiny.
Running from Mercy
Author: Anthony Carter
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1535902469
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The story of Jonah the prophet is familiar to us. It's full of unforgettable images, ironic twists and turns, and dramatic encounters between humanity, nature, and God. Most importantly, it is a microcosm of the human story. Your story. My story. The story of Jonah. In these pages, you will meet a prophet not so different from yourself. The prophet's rebellious spirit is astounding, but more astounding still is the surprising grace of God. The same God who relentlessly pursued Jonah and who relentlessly pursued the Ninevites is pursuing you. May this story cause you to rest in his unstoppable grace.
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1535902469
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The story of Jonah the prophet is familiar to us. It's full of unforgettable images, ironic twists and turns, and dramatic encounters between humanity, nature, and God. Most importantly, it is a microcosm of the human story. Your story. My story. The story of Jonah. In these pages, you will meet a prophet not so different from yourself. The prophet's rebellious spirit is astounding, but more astounding still is the surprising grace of God. The same God who relentlessly pursued Jonah and who relentlessly pursued the Ninevites is pursuing you. May this story cause you to rest in his unstoppable grace.
Forever
Author: Maggie Stiefvater
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407129996
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
In SHIVER, Grace and Sam found each other. In LINGER, they fought to be together. Now, in FOREVER, the stakes are even higher than before. Wolves are being hunted. Lives are being threatened. And love is harder and harder to hold on to as death comes closing in.
Publisher: Scholastic UK
ISBN: 1407129996
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
In SHIVER, Grace and Sam found each other. In LINGER, they fought to be together. Now, in FOREVER, the stakes are even higher than before. Wolves are being hunted. Lives are being threatened. And love is harder and harder to hold on to as death comes closing in.
Surprised by Grace
Author: Tullian Tchividjian
Publisher: Crossway Books
ISBN: 9781433507779
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
As today's Christians struggle to grasp the gospel's true power, Surprised by Grace unfolds a liberating story that helpsus come to grips with the shocking extent of God's compassion.
Publisher: Crossway Books
ISBN: 9781433507779
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
As today's Christians struggle to grasp the gospel's true power, Surprised by Grace unfolds a liberating story that helpsus come to grips with the shocking extent of God's compassion.