close enough to hear god breath, by greg paul

Greg relates experiences that he has encounter throughout his life. He can see how there are many different ways that if you listen, you can see that God works in everyone's life. We may not see it but, Greg brings to light that God is always there. He shares stories of many that have fallen off the path, and have come back. 

One story he shares is of a man that had a childhood that I would never have wished on anyone. This man as a boy, held on to the hope that no matter what was happening God was still by his side. The man was able to over come the abusive childhood. Though he retold his story, the past would still haunt him.

Some of the book, I did struggle a bit with, I had to put it down for a few hours or even days to reflect on what I was reading. Some times I struggled a bit to much and moved on to the next section. I do plan to reread this book in the future. Maybe than the things I did struggle with will be more clear.

Greg has shown me that I need to open my ears to listen, open my eyes to see, hold out my hand to touch, and to smell the freshness that God gives all of us.

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Stumbling into Grace by Lisa Harper

"So today I have been think" She says over and over.. Repetitiveness is the best way for me to learn. I love the name of the book also as I stumble through life, each stumble learning something new. I "stumbled upon this book on BOOKSNEEZ.COM.

Each Chapter is broken down..Always starting with a Quote, than a mini "story" how she (the writer) had (stumbled upon something), thus giving her something to learn. Something that Jesus himself was teaching all those years ago. She would relate each lesson to a place in the Bible, showing just that. At the end of each chapter there is a prayer, group discussion ( I read this alone), and lastly journal question.

Scary,binding,fattening,dangerous,little,sweet, are the first few things that are shown..

I learned deeper how God does care. That taking time to see outside the box. To take a day just for God.

I would suggest this book for mother,daughter,aunt,grandmother, and sister. I laughed at many things.. and I also cried, there were I will admit times I even yelled. But I know it is okay to stumble, as to stumble is to learn.