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An honest take on the road to progressing toward grace, March 25, 2009
This review is from: Work in Progress: An Unfinished Woman's Guide to Grace (Faith Words) (Hardcover)
Because we should all be THAT WOMAN. Yes, the woman who walks into a room and exudes love, peace, joy and grace to everyone. However we are all on the road there, none has completely arrived, although some are much closer to the goal than others.In Work In Progress: An Unfinished Woman's Guide To Grace, Kristin Armstrong goes over what she believes to be the essential key traits in making the way toward that goal. She writes a chapter for each of the qualities: Beauty, Confidence, Softness, Trust, Truth, Generosity, Forgiveness, Courage, Wisdom, Authenticity, and Freedom. There is nothing that helps a person want to jump in with two feet more than another who is doing it and cheering you on to do the same. I found in Kristin Armstrong a woman who is not proud or flaunting, she makes it a point to show her weakness, to be real and to walk in humility all of which are traits which attracted me to her. This is a great book with key points to which all women in this quest towards grace would certainly feel they can relate to. I enjoyed reading it. My favourite chapters where those on Wisdom and Authenticity as those are two of the traits I admire the most and would most long to be recognized for. I know that it takes time and endurance and self control to walk the road to Grace, and yes I am definitely and unfinished woman. This book, Work in Progress is just another step in pursuit of that goal, and I really enjoyed this leg of that race. I also must say that while Lance Armstrong was in his winning streak (what was it 7 years in a row, even with battling cancer!?!) I watched him while I lived in Spain with admiration, as he was the kindred spirit of an American that I could route for. My family LIVED the Tour de France, we loved Motorola and then U.S Postal and yes, Lance was our hero. After reading this book, I got a chance to see into Kristin Armstrong's life and perspective.No matter the pain they have gone though, they are both heroes, in different ways, but yet they are. Lance as far as an athlete goes, is an extraordinary man, Kristin well, she is an athlete too but I admire her most for her courage and devotion to God throughout the divorce and raising up of their children. I loved getting the perspective on her that I now have, as well as learning from her how to grow and mature in grace. For all my reviews visit B&b ex libris: http://exlibrisbb.blogspot.com
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In her book Kristin Armstrong has chosen twelve traits of Grace to explore. She uses these traits to help us find what God finds, March 13, 2009
This review is from: Work in Progress: An Unfinished Woman's Guide to Grace (Faith Words) (Hardcover)
In her book Kristin Armstrong has chosen twelve traits of Grace to explore. She uses these traits to help us find what God finds pleasing instead of what society tells us is pleasing. All of us are pulled in so many directions and get so many mixed messages that sometimes it's difficult to sort out who we are as women and who God wants us to be. Kristin gives us some insight on how to do this. I'd rank this up with John and Stasi Eldredge's "Captivating" in books that all women should read. What a boost it will give you in your confidence and about your place in God's eyes. The best part is that Kristin inserts many relevant Bible passages you can refer back to easily. She also writes with a great sense of humor! I really loved this book. It really was a refresher that I needed right now. Work In Progress is very uplifitng and inspirational, and would be great for any women on your gift list. This would also be one of a great book for teen/young adult women. http;//martasmeanderings.blogspot.com
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Encouragement, March 11, 2009
This review is from: Work in Progress: An Unfinished Woman's Guide to Grace (Faith Words) (Hardcover)
This little 5" x 7" book is chock full of encouragement for ladies to work the twelve traits of grace. At the end of the book, there is a listing of Discussion/Journal Questions divided by Chapters that will help direct each reader toward the goal of becoming a woman of grace. Armstrong suggests using these questions in a group setting. I can see women who are seriously seeking improvement in things internal and eternal benefiting by this study. Listed below is each chapter title and a snippet from that chapter: * Beauty: "When you watch someone doing the thing they were meant to do, aren't they gorgeous?" * Confidence: "is not about who you are; it's about whose you are." * Softness: "Try speaking softly so that others have to quiet...to hear you." * Trust: "As your trust grows, so will your assignments [from God]." * Truth: "Friendship deepens in the fertile ground of honesty." * Generosity: "Before we have anything to give, we have to have already amply received." * Forgiveness: "does not involve the participation of the other person." * Courage: "Whether or not we rise to meet the challenge will be determined by how seriously we have taken our preparation and our training up until this point." * Diligence: "rquires a devoted, unbroken commitment to connection with the Lord, every morning." * Wisdom: "is a love that surpasses knowledge." * Authenticity: "We are truly pleasing to those we love (and who love us) only when we are being ourselves." * Freedom: "God's kind of freedom is not boring."
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