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For Lisa Velthouse's whole life, Christianity had been about getting things right. Obeying her parents. Not drinking. Not cursing. Not having premarital sex. Vowing to save her first kiss until she got engaged, even writing a book called . . . well, Saving My First Kiss. (This, it turns out, does not actually help a girl get a date.) Yet after two decades of trying to earn God's okay, she found her faith was lonely, empty, and unsatisfying. So she turned to morediscipline, of course: fasting! By giving up her favorite foods--sweets--Lisa hoped to somehow discover true sweetness and meaning in her relationship with God. Until, one night at a wedding, she denied herself the cake but failed in such a different, unexpected, and world-rocking way that it challenged everything she thought she knew about God and herself. Craving Graceis the true story of a faith dramatically changed: how in one woman's life God used a bitter heart, a broken promise, and the sweetness of honey to reveal the stunning wonder that is grace.… (more)
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Before I sat down with this book, I wasn't sure what to expect from this author. It was an easy read (I read it in just a few days). I think that most human beings can identify with the author in that we struggle with trying to win God's favor with our works instead of realizing that God loves us no matter what. I appreciated her honesty with her struggle to let grace reign in her life. But, there were times while I was reading that I got lost in the time line of her life since she would jumped back and forth in the story from three years before to the present. I also wished that the author would of pointed to Christ more often since He is our sole source of grace. I would have to say that this book's rating is okay. It's the type of book that you could either take it or leave it.
**I received a complimentary copy of the book for review purposes from Tyndale House.
are we craving God - craving God as Grace?
or are we pursuing performance - our own?
savour the sweetness of 'Craving Grace' as Lisa
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