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The Dean’s Watch ~ Elizabeth Goudge

 Woman to Woman is hosting a Book Review Theme today.

 

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I just finished the last page of this book and I’m so sad that the story has come to an end. Elizabeth Goudge is fast becoming my new favorite author. She has a great descriptive style. The same appreciation I have for George MacDonald and how he weaves a true loving relationship with God contrasted against a cold religious relationship is growing as deep for Goudge’s fiction. I love MacDonald’s Scottish Countryside settings and I love Goudge’s English countryside settings.

This story is built around the Dean of a Cathedral in an English City. Goudge develops the stories behind several characters within the city whose lives are touched and changed by the growing love of the Dean for his city and for them. I highly recommend this book to you. It can be hard to come by these books but start by checking your local library. I found this one at my library.

I published a quote from this book that you can read here.

To see more book reviews go to Seeds in My Garden and My Many Colored Days.

Woman to Woman ~ 9/11 Gratitude

The theme for Woman to Woman today is gratitude. We are asked to list 11 things we are grateful for.

I am grateful for…

1. My plane trip today to return to California and be back with my husband.

2. My time in Washington with my adult children.

3. My great friends who keep me accountable.

4. My Mother and Father who will be celebrating their 64th wedding anniversary on Thursday.

5. My Siblings and Siblings-in-law and their children.

6. My Home in Washington and my Condo in California.

7. The lovely blogging community I have grown attached to.

8. My church.

9. My education and continuing education in the Word.

10. All of God’s creation.

11. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, who made me, who love me, extend saving grace to me and who teach and comfort me.

To see more Woman to Woman gratitude sites go here to Seeds in my Garden and here at My Many Colored Days.

Woman To Woman ~ “Learning to Say No”

“Learning to say no”

A lot of women feel like they have to “do it all”, regardless of what may be realistic for them. Do you fall into this category? Can you just not resist the urge to be involved in everything? Or have you learned to say no? Have you taken a step backward and seen positive results? Share your frustrations or share your advice… Tell us what you think about the current trend to be all things to all people.

 I think contentment might go hand in hand with this issue of not being able to say no. Are you content right now where you are in your life? Wherever you find yourself today you are called to be content. When you are I think you will better realize what you can do right now and what is not wise for you to do right now.

What stage of life are you in?

What are your responsibilites that go with this stage of life?

What are your gifts?

What is God calling you to do?

Think about these things. Listen to what God is motivating you to do. Respond to those things and say no to things that just don’t fit into your life right now. Of course this just covers all the optional things. There are crisis situations and family situations and the call God puts on our lives to be hospitable and to care for one another that will call you into action regardless of whether you want to say yes or not…

Caring for elderly parents

Caring for sick children or a sick spouse

Helping those in the body who are suffering

When these situations come crashing into your life you need to step back and realize that this might be all you are called to do right now and rest in this. It’s all the optional stuff that we think we need to do that can really tax our time and emotions. Consider leaving some of this stuff behind so you are better equipped for what God is truly calling you to do in your giftedness.

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