- "He rejoices over me with singing..."
- flowers dancing in the breeze
- God's grace
- patient husband
- a hardworking Dad
- "He gently leads those with young..."
- kids running in the yard
- a new day with no mistakes in it
- a husband who sacrifices for his family
- peace that passes understanding
- "...hear a voice...turn to the right or to the left..."
- trees bending in the wind
- God's faithful love
- clouds moving through the sky
- VBS for the kids
- lots of hours of work that supplements the bank account
- my beautiful girls
- my handsome/cute boys
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The basics of this story are that a young father who was a baseball star in his college days, his wife, their 9 year old son, and a younger daughter (I can't remember how old she is) battle leukemia in the son. The book begins with the father racing across town to the hospital where he finds out his beloved son is no longer in remission. His greatest wish is that he will one day play catch with his son, but that hope is looking less likely with every setback. The family is transferred to a hospital a couple hours away to get better treatment during this relapse. There they meet a Detroit Tigers baseball player who sets out to fulfill the dying boy's wish - that his father will play in a major league game. This book is the story of the journey to fulfill that wish.
I need to point out that this is a Christian book but the references to God and the Bible aren't in your face, but are appropriately given. I greatly enjoyed this book, not only as a mom to 4 young kids, but also as a registered nurse. My heart broke for this family, as one of my biggest fears is that my child will have to battle cancer. I could identify with the emotions and struggles this father expressed. I highly recommend this book to anyone! Tyndale House Publishers has provided me with a complimentary copy of this book or ARC. This book is about the story of two young single Christian Iranian women were caught evangelizing Muslims and imprisoned in a prison in Tehran. They could have been executed but God graciously allowed them to minister to many Muslim women in the prison.
The situations the authors were put in made me cry and broke my heart. That my life is so comfortable here in America while Christians in other parts of the world are being persecuted for their faith! Their passion for Christ oozes out of them - they can't help but share the good news with others! Overall, this book challenged me to be more passionate, to share Christ's love with others, and to ask Him to shine through me.
Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; for the LORD knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. (Psalm 1 ESV)
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AuthorI'm Jen - mom to 4 munchkins (E-14, AP-10, AE-9, R-7) and wife to Mike since 1999. We live in Southwestern Virginia where we are in our 8th year of home schooling. I'm also a RN at a Maternity Care Center working postpartum and nursery. Archives
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