A Place Called Blessing

While this book had some "Lifetime Movie" moments, the message and story were fantastic. John Trent and Annette Smith have written a beautiful story of redemption and forgiveness that is (sadly) too true to life.

For the past several months I have volunteered at a juvenile treatment facility and heard story after story so like this one - yet without the happy ending, without the redemption.

I look forward to reading John Trent's book The Blessing. I think it's a message this world needs to hear. There are so many hurting people out there who need a blessing - who need forgiveness and acceptance and unconditional love.

I highly recommend this book.

Disclaimer: I received this book for free from Thomas Nelson Publishers through BookSneeze.com - their book review bloggers program. I wasn't required to post a positive review. These are my own opinions on this book.

The Waiting Place

This was a beautiful book. I read it like a devotional - a chapter or two a day - however it reads like a novel and was absolutely enjoyable, uplifting and well-written. It came along at a perfect time in my life, as I'm in the "Waiting Place" in many ways.

Eileen Button writes in a charming, personal and completely candid way, detailing experiences and feelings throughout her life as, time and again, she finds herself in "The Waiting Place."

Scenarios range from waiting for fish to bite, all the way to waiting for a loved one to pass away; but in each one, Button shows the hand of God working through the period of waiting.

I highly recommend this book to anyone facing delays, disruptions and upset plans. Through Button's experiences you may just find that God is working in your own life - and you may come to appreciate the waiting places too.