If you haven't allready you need to run, not walk to your nearest bookstore, and pick up Angie Smith's new book "I will carry you".
Yesterday it was free for download on barnes and noble's website (not sure if it still is) I dl'd it and proceeded to spend the next two hours sitting in the same spot reading the entire book.
It. was. incredible.
and beautiful.
and so many other words that I can't even get out.
I so appreciate Angie sharing her heart in this book and sharing what she went through when she lost her precious daughter, Audrey Caroline.
I have many friends who have lost children as well, and no one really talks about it. Its kind of hush hush and you want to help them to do something, say something, somehow understand what they're going through and just do something that lessens their pain, if only for just a minute. I really think that anyone who knows someone who has lost a child should read this book. I believe its in the last chapter, Angie shares how you can minister to someone who is in that horrible pain and how you can be there for them and REALLY helpful was what NOT to say and what is acceptable.
I really also enjoyed the paralell story that she had of Mary and Martha and their relationship with Jesus. Just coming off of doing a bible study about Mary and Martha this was really interesting to me and still fresh in my mind and heart. There were several things that she pointed out that I hadn't realized and when i read it, it was just so powerful. I am going to do a blog about that later. But for now just trust me when I say, you really REALLY NEED to read this book. It gives such a beautiful picture of Jesus love for us.
Yesterday it was free for download on barnes and noble's website (not sure if it still is) I dl'd it and proceeded to spend the next two hours sitting in the same spot reading the entire book.
It. was. incredible.
and beautiful.
and so many other words that I can't even get out.
I so appreciate Angie sharing her heart in this book and sharing what she went through when she lost her precious daughter, Audrey Caroline.
I have many friends who have lost children as well, and no one really talks about it. Its kind of hush hush and you want to help them to do something, say something, somehow understand what they're going through and just do something that lessens their pain, if only for just a minute. I really think that anyone who knows someone who has lost a child should read this book. I believe its in the last chapter, Angie shares how you can minister to someone who is in that horrible pain and how you can be there for them and REALLY helpful was what NOT to say and what is acceptable.
I really also enjoyed the paralell story that she had of Mary and Martha and their relationship with Jesus. Just coming off of doing a bible study about Mary and Martha this was really interesting to me and still fresh in my mind and heart. There were several things that she pointed out that I hadn't realized and when i read it, it was just so powerful. I am going to do a blog about that later. But for now just trust me when I say, you really REALLY NEED to read this book. It gives such a beautiful picture of Jesus love for us.
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