Encouragement to live as a woman of confidence and victory.
You want to be a woman who looks life in the face and says, "You can't beat me." A woman who knows love is a risk and reaches out anyway. A woman who understands kindness takes real courage. Who doesn't fake it or try to hide her scars. Who fights to believe she is who God says she is and helps others do the same.
In Strong, Brave, Loved, bestselling author Holley Gerth offers you sixty short devotions to empower you to be that kind of woman. It's simple, personal, and practical, with room for you to journal your own responses and reflections as you learn to live in freedom, hope, and holy courage.
My Thoughts:
Strong, Brave, Loved: Empowering Reminders of Who You
Really Are by Holley Gerth rates as one of the best devotionals I’ve read
this year. There are sixty short devotional thoughts and each is supported by a
prayer, a reflection prompt with space to respond, and a quote from Fiercehearted,
Holley Gerth’s previous book. As I understand it, Stong, Brave, Loved
expands off of Fiercehearted, but it is not necessary to read Fiercehearted
before Strong, Brave, Loved.
I hesitated to crack open Strong, Brave, Loved by
Holley Gerth for two reasons. First, I’ve got some difficult situations in my
life and I feared it might be heart-rending. Second, some Christian devotionals
for women promote mentally unhealthy mindsets. Fortunately, I had a really good
experience with Strong, Brave, Loved. For sure, there were pages that brought
tears, but each devotional topic was full of personal honesty from the author, truth
to grasp, and thoughts to empower. I underlined frequently and sometimes my
response to the prompt overflowed the provided lines.
I liked that each devotional had statements taken from the
text and printed in red ink that can be used as affirmations to remember or to
speak over yourself if you desire to. A few examples: “I am God’s daughter. I
am beloved. I have everything I need for whatever I may face. (Pg. 63)” “Joy
comes when we accept who we are, when we’re true to who God made us. (Pg. 74)”
“The love of God for us and the grace of God toward us will never, ever change.
(Pg. 92)”
I recommend Strong, Brave, Loved: Empowering Reminders of
Who You Really Are by Holley Gerth to any Christian woman. It’s the second
book I’ve read by Holley Gerth and I want to go back and read them all!
Disclosure of Material Connection: I was provided a
copy of this book by the publisher. All opinions in this review are my own.
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