The Beautiful Wife by Sandy Ralya

The Beautiful Wife: Focused on Christ, Fulfilled in Marriage

by Sandy Ralya

On the back of the book:

Marriage is Hard Work!

When Sandy Ralya’s marriage was in trouble, she was desperate for help but didn’t know how to ask for it.  Everyone else’s marrige seemed so perfect.  How could she admit hers was not?

Sandy eventually sought guidance from godly mentors and Christian counselors.  What she learned transformed her life… and then her marriage.  Now, she wants to privde other wifes with the same nurturing and mentoring that saved her relationship.

Whether your marital struggles are few or many, The Beautiful wife offers biblical principles, practical tips, and inspiring stories to guide and encourage you as you look for God’s best in your marriage.  Use this book along with The Beautiful Wife Prayer Journal or use The Beautiful Wife Mentor’s Guide to lead other women through a study of the book.  Visit www.beautifulwomanhood.com to find all the tools you need to strengthen your marriage as you build loving, godly, and supportive relationships with other wives.

“When women share with each other the details of their journeys with God as wives,” write Sandy, “it’s a beautiful thing indeed.”

My thoughts on the book:

Being a beautiful woman, the way God created us to be is hard work!

I think Sandy really brings that forward in this book with a lot of biblical advice – and stuff we so “know” we should do, but forget.  I really enjoyed the “whole package” of the journal and mentor guide – I will admit that I’m currently going through by myself and hope to encourage some of my fellow Christian wives to join me on this journey.  I’d like to call this book, almost a manual that regardless of how long you’ve been married – Christian women should be grasping onto and digging into the word and knowing what God says and how it can help our marriages.  I’ve read a lot of marriage books through the years we’ve been married and this one specifically focuses on the wife, which I think is so important!  I mean we often forget about aspects of the marriage that we need to be doing and that regardless of how our husbands behave we need to be keeping our relationship with Christ up and walking in HIS light.

I like how the prayer journal is laid out – it gives me time to reflect and is not the same questions as in the book.  The mentor book is fabulous for anyone looking to do this as a group – I have never seen one laid out as sweet as this one – it provides you with all the tools you need to succeed, even if you’ve never led a group before!

Where to get the book?  http://www.amazon.com/dp/0825442206/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=sprightly-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=0825442206&adid=1W3K2YQ18448XYFD3ZQ8

***Special thanks to Litfuse sending me a review copy.***

still no proper internet, but a few free kindlebooks!

Well, still no proper internet, but hopefully remedied this month!  Still hanging in here though!

Here are a few free kindle books I found this morning! :)

Journey to the Well: A Novel
Diana Wallis Taylor
Linda S. Clare
Judy Robertson
Joy Jordan-Lake
Baker Publishing Group
Debbie Viguie

Kindle books ~ free this week!

It’s been a while, but I’ve got a chance to go through and find some books for you!  Gett’em while their still free!  Not many today, but hey a few is better than none!

Christian books:

not sure about the publisher  – haven’t read from them before, but the author – i’ve read a lot of her books and have enjoyed them:

Robin Lee Hatcher
Stephen Arterburn, David Stoop

Cooking:

The Breakfast Taco Book
Hilah Johnson

funny thing

Well my internet is still wacked here – next month the new system is suppose to come in the area so I was so excited that I might get to be on again! lol that being said enjoying my time offline with my kiddos! And funny thing – I had more visitors on my blog this month than I had over the past 4 months! Go figure! lol.. maybe I need to stay quiet! lol
Anyhow, just a short note to say I miss you all and I’m super thrilled for
Illusion
By: Frank Peretti
to come out next month!!! It is a book you’ll not want to miss – I mean I don’t pay full price for any fiction but this one I will!! He’s my all-time favorite author!
Okay…
over and out!

I have loved you with an everlasting love

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For I know the plans I have for you declares the Lord

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no discipline seems pleasant at the time…

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WFW – Happy New Year 2012 desktop freebie!

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it’s much easier to make a point than to make a difference

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Free Kindle books for the first week in January

Happy New Year!

Well, we are home from vacation, and my internet has been broken, so not sure how much blogging I’ll get on – I will share the few kindle books I’ve found this morning!

whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus

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… a bitter heart often refuses to be set free even though the cell door is open.

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God cannot give us a happiness & peace apart from Himself because it is not there.

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search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. SEe if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting

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Running ragged?

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Taste and see

I apologize, my internet is not letting me upload pictures or do much these days.

Please check out the Internet Cafe Devo’s for them today!

I also apologize for not posting much Christmas things ~ I guess this year I forgot.  I forgot that the world deems Christmas different than I do.  Christmas is no longer my favorite holiday – Don’t get me wrong, I love Christmas, I love the time of the year – the Christmas cards and the warm wishes – the hot chocolate and the snow — and “baby Jesus”.  I do however find myself wishing to keep the Christmas cheer ALL year round instead of just one season.  My life revolves around Christ so making a “big thing” out of something so commercialized lot it’s flavor a while ago.  I love the spirit of Christmas (if you can even find it between the shopping craze rampages and glitter – oh and don’t let me forget the 100 bags of carmel corn I made and another 100 cupcakes coming tonight unless I can figure out an alternative!).  I struggle with it – I want my children to love Christmas and yet between the concerts and everything else the schools and the churches put together I feel we get buried in it rather than simple adore the anniversary of our Saviour.  I pray this season – no matter what you are doing that you take time and will simply adore the Lord and dedicate your Christmas to Him with your family – make it a sacred and worthy worship time for your family.

God Bless!And see you in the New Year!

affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives.

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kindle freebies!

My internet is extremely sketchy these days, and I’ll be AFK for a while I do the family time thing, but thought I’d offer a few more books!  I noticed a few I posted this morning are already gone from freebies and yet some are there for a long tie! So make sure you get them asap!

Capt. Dale Black, Ken Gire

This one looks really interesting; it’s by a Jewish Rabbi

And if you haven’t grabbed this one yet, it’s still available:

Kindle books this week!

Kindle books this week!

Still need some Christmas Ideas?  Why not try these books:

Gooseberry Patch
Yvonne Jeffrey
Or something to read while your driving to the inlaws this Christmas!
Lori Copeland

be very careful then how you live-nat as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity…

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