The Next Right Thing

Today is the day. If you missed out on pre-ordering Emily P Freeman's latest book, The Next Right Thing, today is the day that it is available to purchase. 

Launch Day. 

I can't imagine how excited she is for this day to be here. I have followed Emily for a while on Instagram and read all of her books. Grace for the Good Girl was the first book of hers, that I read and started following her after that because as i was reading it, it was like she was in my head. I could have said those very same words sometimes. Since Grace for the Good Girl, she has written 3 more books and her latest, The Next Right Thing is named after her Podcast that you can tune into every Tuesday. I am not 100% caught up on her podcasts but have enjoyed every single one that i have listened too. 

Congratulation Emily.

Your book is stellar.

Are you struggling with decision fatigue? Would you like help taking the next right step for really any decision you may be facing? Consider purchasing Emily's book.  Her wise words, analogies and endearing stories will help guide you on what that next thing may be.

Decisions

Have you ever wondered what your Decision Making style was? Here is a test that you can take that may help you. 

And if you want to know and learn more about decisions and doing your Next Right Thing, pre-order your copy of Emily P Freemans book The Next Right Thing at multiple book stores here. Remember you can get freebies when you pre-order.

Ministry of Ordinary Places

I feel greatly blessed to have been chosen to be part of the launch team for this book. this is the third launch team that i have been part of.

i have followed Shannan on Instagram for a while and i read her first book Falling Free

Here is a little about the book (taken from the books website)

Popular blogger Shannan Martin offers Christians who are longing for a more meaningful life a simple starting point: learn what it is to love and be loved right where God has placed you.

For Christ-followers living in an increasingly complicated world, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and unsure of how to live a life of intention and meaning. Where do we even begin?

Shannan Martin offers a surprisingly simple answer: uncover the hidden corners of our cities and neighborhoods and invest deeply in the lives of people around us. She walks us through her own discoveries about the vital importance of paying attention, as well as the hard but rewarding truth about showing up and committing for the long haul, despite the inevitable encounters with brokenness and uncertainty. With transparency, humor, heart-tugging storytelling, and more than a little personal confession, Martin shows us that no matter where we live or how much we have, as we learn what it is to be with people as Jesus was, we'll find our very lives. The details will look quiet and ordinary, and the call will both exhaust and exhilarate us. But it will be the most worth-it adventure we will ever take.

I posted a review of the book here on Goodreads.

Here are a few of my favorite quotes from the book.

just know that there was so much more thank what is below.

You can pre-order a copy of the book here.

you can also read the first chapter of the book in the link above.

LAUNCH DAY: A Family Shaped by Grace (Book Launch Post 5)

Today is the day

If you pre-ordered the book, hopefully you will find it in your mail box, or maybe it ships out today. I never know how that all works.

reguardless, today is the day that it comes out. so, if you have not pre-ordered it then hop onto Amazon or any other of your favorite book seller sites and place your order.

be sure to scroll down and watch Gary's book trailer.

Book Launch post 4

So I am sure some of you have heard of The Nester right?

Myquillin Smith and her sister Emily P. Freeman are the daughters of the Author, Gary Morland. He wrote the book A Family Shaped by Grace, the book that I have shared about.

Well they are hosting a giveaway here.

You will win this beautiful sign and five (5) copies of Garys book.

hop on over and enter.

Book Launch post 3

there is so much in this book that I have already underlined and probably so much more that I can. but today when I was reading I came across this quote: "Talking goes to the head; 'being' goes to the heart and inspires." -Gary Morland

I don't just want to talk at them or to them. sure I want to talk with them and there are things that I hope they learn from things we talk about, but I want to "BE"

I want them to see me....

be still

be quiet

be caring

be patient

be loving

be kind

be a servant

be compassionate

be gentle

be a good friend

be a wife

be their mom

I want them to catch the "BEING" that I am doing and be inspired by that not just what I tell them.

I want them to see me " 'BE' this kind of person"

"Be humble, patient, bearing with one another in love. Don't be consumed by anger. Let your words build up and give grace. Avoid bitterness, wrath, and malice. Be kind, tenderhearted and forgiving." Ephesians 4

Struggle and Book launch post 2

life can be such a struggle

family can be such a struggle

kids can be such a struggle

I can be such a struggle

today I am struggling. maybe because it is the end of a long week

maybe because a mini vacation is on the horizon and I am ready to taste it

maybe because I am putting to much on myself

maybe it is because I am huffing about a cancelled appointment we had for my son today

for sure I am not giving myself or the people I love grace

then I sit down to read the book "A Family Shaped by Grace" by Gary Morland

the book launch starts up in just a few days.

I am about half way through

I have already struggled with some of the book and had some good encouragement on it too.

I learned his use today for the word huffing (a word we use to use in reference to my daughter when she was a baby) I didn't realize how much of a huffer I was.

here is something he wrote in our Facebook group today:

"Growth in grace stops the moment I get huffed. I get huffed because I have a peculiar person to live with." O. Chambers

I will leave it just at this quote, because the other stuff he shared is personal to the page, but you get the drift right? "Growing in Grace is growing in un-huffiness."

Man how I needed to read that this morning after the cancelled appointment for Golden boy

and I sure could have read it again this afternoon after the HUGE mommy fail in dealing with my family.

Back to reading the book.......I came across this section that I will share and then the four words that almost brought me to tears:

"You were not made to live a frustrated, disappointed, estranged family life. You were made for love, acceptance, grace, connection, generosity, and forgiveness. You have been specially wired and gifted to cover your specific assignment, your course on the river. Your family is your course on the river. ..........You fit what you were made for. You were made to fit in your unique family for their good, your good and the good of the world influenced by your family now and in generations to come. ............YOU'RE FITTED FOR THIS."

Those four words: "YOU'RE FITTED FOR THIS"

just about brought me to tears. There is so much going on that I can never really convey in blog posts and there are times when I think why and how but to read this, to know that he does not give me more than I am able to handle. He fit me for THIS.

This life.

In Him I am plenty capable.

Book Launch post 1

I still can't believe that I was chosen to be part of this book launch.

From the first moment that I saw the Book, the cover, the title, I knew that i wanted to read it and hoped that I would get to be a part of the launch.

The day i found out i would get to be part of it I was thrilled. So now I am wading through the words and the stories and how it can help my family. I am excited to share more of it with you guys over the next couple of months. Be on the look out....