Work in Progress
“An unfinished Woman’s Guide to Grace” by Kristin Armstrong
A work in progress? Who isn’t one? That’s why this title caught my eye. And isn’t it true as women we strive to do and be more whether in Christ or just in our families and work. We all need a little grace, okay, a lot of grace and like the title says, we can get it even if we’re unfinished!
Here’s what they say:
When Kristin Armstrong was in the pit of her divorce, she eagerly read every spiritual book and devotional she could get her hands on out of a hunger to connect with someone who knew exactly what she was going through and how she felt. Now, at a time when society offers so many conflicting messages about what it means to be a woman, Kristin invites readers to discover grace as a way of life.
Using real-life anecdotes, biblical wisdom, and insight born of hard experience, Kristin teaches women the twelve traits of grace, inviting reflection and interaction. Warm, engaging, and practical, WORK IN PROGRESS examines what God has to say about being His kind of woman in the twenty-first century.
Here’s what I say:
Kristin hits on issues every woman struggles with like beauty, confidence, and trust to name a few. With examples from her own life, she shares her struggles and triumphs and offers scripture throughout to help us see God’s grace and truth in who he has designed us to be.
She says on beauty “We must seriously consider whose heart we are trying to capture with our beauty and understand that God’s heart is the only on worth pursuing this way.” How opposite is our society!
On confidence “I’m embarrassed to say for many years I confused confidence with arrogance. I thought pride (which is clearly marked sin)as a good thing. I thought pride meant you had a positive opinion of yourself and that no one could or would dare take advantage of you.”
I haven’t read the entire book, but it’s a great start in getting you thinking about certain areas of a woman’s life. But what brings in all home and makes it personal is the discussion/journal questions in the back for each chapter. It makes it easy to dig deeper into each chapter and make this book a personal journey to God’s grace in your life!
