When Life Doesn't Match Your Dreams: Hope for Today from 12 Women of the Bible

By Jill Eileen Smith

Book Overview

Life is full of twists and turns. Relationships falter, careers fizzle, health fades. We may be faced with choices we never wanted to make or have situations pushed upon us we'd never expected. Yet, in all of it, God is at our side--even when he feels far away.Drawing on her extensive research into women of the Old Testament, novelist Jill Eileen Smith turns her pen to the lessons in trusting God that we can learn today from women like- Eve- Noah's wife- Sarai- Hagar- Lot's wife- Rebekah- Rachel- and moreReaders will learn from what these ancient women did right--and even what they did wrong--when faced with dashed expectations and deferred dreams. And they'll come away with the confidence that ours is a faithful God who loves us and is forming us through our trials into the women he longs for us to be.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080072867X
• ISBN13: 9780800728670
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Fleming H. Revell Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Excellent Book !!!

I just finished reading Jill's latest Book " When Life Doesn't Match Your Dreams"and must say that I thought it was an excellent read. It is based on twelve woman from the Bible. Some of which include Eve, Noah's Wife, Sarai, Lots Wife, Rebekah and Rachel. Some we know more about than others, but all of great importance, if mentioned in the Bible. We often, try to understand how these women might have felt during their their lives, but have little to no imagination to comprehend, which is why Jill's take often brings life to these Biblical Scriptures and women and helps us to understand that these woman were real, not simply , just another character in a book. This Book looks at the some of the decisions each of these woman possibly faced, some decisions harder than others and some made out of raw emotion and how those decisions may have effected the remainder of their lives. IE: How did Eve feel after she convinced Adam to eat the apple? Did she feel Remorse? Regret? Anger? I believe any woman can read this book and relate to at least one of the 12 woman written in this book. I found Jill's raw honesty about her own struggles in life touching and her Points to Ponder Sections, with well intent, thought provoking. It made me take a deeper look into recognizing certain things about myself. I'm hoping that by bringing other readers to the same place that she brought me, that we can all help each other with each of our own brokenness thru kindness and knowing that we have a God who truly loves each and everyone of us. If we think we have made mistakes along the way, which we clearly have, also know that even woman in the Bible who proceeded before us did also, yet God Loved them and continues to love each of us. Thank You, Yet again Jill for a wonderful book, I look forward to your next one. Memo: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the author, however these opinions are strictly my own.