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Raffle-copter time!! That's right! My first official book giveaway!! I am running a raffle-copter here on my blog to introduce everyone to my "Baby" Sister's new book blog, Sandra's Book Nook! It is so appropriately named since every since I can remember, she has taken every chance she can find to curl up in a corner of a chair, couch, floor...wherever she could find a "Nook" and would read! We are and always have been a reading family (there are 4 of us kids plus Dad & Mom) and we are passing the love of books down to the 14 (so far)grandchildren! So thank you VERY much for taking time to stop by my blog, take a look around, PLEASE any artistic hints and tips are very welcome! While you are here, click away on the raffle-copter, then hop on over to Sandra's blog and give her a howdy and help her make some new friends and while we are at it, lets see if you can win one of these three books I am giving away!! Audrey

Sandra's Book Nook

***ANNOUNCEMENT*** My sister, Sandra who guest posted on my blog a few months ago about Dee Henderson's newest book (because she got it before me!)was very a popular guest with my readers and "caught the Book Blog bug"! She has started her own Book Blog called "Sandra's Book Nook" and can be found at this link . Go check out her blog and give her some love! She is trying to get some followers and visitors so she can join some of the book networks to review for them! Just don't forget to Join or become a Follower here also because I can use all the help and support I can get! Aud

Forgiveness

Today I am thankful for forgiveness. God's forgiveness is unending and that is a priceless treasure! Today I realized that I had to show God's forgiveness through me towards someone who had wronged, hurt and devastated me through hurting those I love. I thought I could just move on and "Let it go" because the ones who were hurt had forgiven but I realized I had allowed myself to become bitter and hate filled toward this person myself while expecting the others to do right. (Humans are weird aren't we? We can far easier forgive a wrong to us than to someone we love!) So I had to pray, set aside my pride and simply tell this person. "I forgive you." Not if you admit you did wrong, not if you are sorry, not anything from them...for me and my relationship with God, Just like He forgave me when I was unworthy... I forgave. I never heard a word from this person by my heart is light and my mind is free between my Savior and me! Thank God for Forgiveness!!!

Women Pornography ~ 5 Stars

A Christian Woman's Guide to Breaking Free from Pornography: It's Not Just a Guy's Problem by Shelley Hitz
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This was a new concept for me! I have been on the other side of the story. I guess I was so offended and humiliated by the fact that my (former) husband was not only addicted but PROUD of it and loved to embarrass and humiliate me with the fact, that I didn't realize that women could or would be drawn to it.
Shelley does a wonderful job of opening her heart and our eyes in this book to see that this is NOT just a man's issue. She lays it all on the line and is open and brutally, yet humbly honest.
Willingly telling something like this about yourself to help others is a very brave, beautiful and Christian thing to do and I thank Shelley for being willing to step out into the spotlight to help other women.
This book is a must for anyone addicted to, dabbling in or curious about, is or has been subjected to porn in any way.
Shelley, thank you for letting "your light so shine" to light the path fro many others!
I was sent this book for my honest review. The opinions stated here are my own.

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I Surrender All ~ 5 Stars

I Surrender All: Rebuilding a Marriage Broken by Pornography by Clay Crosse
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

For Adults! I think that this book is not only for married couples but for single men who are tempted by or already addicted to Pornography. WARNING: This is a very frank and honest discussion about not just the temptation of porn but the details of how it almost destroyed this man's life and marriage. He and his wife are very open and honest about what happened and how they felt and what was said and done. (Not explicit in the way they describe sex, but enough that it isn't for young teens unless they are being counseled for this problem already.)
This book took bravery, honesty and faith to write so openly about what they each had done wrong, how they both felt along the way and how painful and hard the restoration of their marriage was but that they had made a choice and a decision and stuck with each other!
I have lived on the other end of the pain of living with someone addicted to Porn and know the damage it can do to you and your emotions and self esteem as a woman. She is to be greatly respected for sticking by him and standing up with him in front of all of his fans and the world. This is a wonderful book. Well written, captivating, emotional, and in the end heart warming in their strength to stand together.

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Family Vacation Time ~ Camping in the Rain

Family Vacation Time ~ Camping in the Rain My husband is on vacation this week. We are going to try to take the kids camping for a week in spite of the rain and forecast of rain for the rest of the week. Not easy on this poor old aching body but a must for our children and our family!! I will miss posting, but never worry, I will still be reading as always!! And when I get back I will catch up all my posts up!! Don't leave or forget me!! Audrey`

Choosing to SEE by Mary Beth Chapman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I will buy this book. I'm sure I will read it over again. It struck a note with me on many levels, not because of adoption or having a child killed or even the way we face things the same way on a spiritual or daily level. Our personalities are not the same and yet so many parts of this book were just what I needed to explain pieces of me and my history to myself.
So very honest it was scary that she could bare her very heart and soul that way! Wish I could be more like that and not bottle so much up for fear of hurting others with what I think and feel.

Of all the non-fiction books I have read in the last two years, this book by Mary Beth Chapman, grabbed me in a way no other book has done! This is every parent's nightmare multiplied by 1,000's of times. To loose one of your children, but to have it be an accident at the hand of one of you other children with another watching....her story of how their family wrapped around each other to heal. Broke and healed my heart at the same time. I will never be the same. Such honesty she poured out on the pages of the book. Truly amazing!!

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Two Wars: One Hero's Fight on Two Fronts--Abroad and Within by Nate Self
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Amazing! What an incredible life story! And he tells it with such simplicity and humility! The honesty he shows with his Spiritual relationship with God is humbling to say the least! I want to watch that program mentioned at the end, now that he has made me feel like I know each of these hero's personally now. I would be very honored to one day meet this hero and his wife, who in my point of view fought a third war of her own here at home! I am thankful that our Country still has men like this who give their all for us every day! Thank you Nate Self!

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