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A few lines from a Beth Moore Study: Believing God

Just feel like sharing some great lines I read in a Beth Moore study.

“Tenacity is more than hanging on, which may be but the weakness of being too afraid to fall off. Tenacity is the supreme effort of a man refusing to believe that his hero is going to be conquered…remain spiritually tenacious.” Oswald Chambers

“We must persevere in our commitment to Christ, not in our commitment to commitment.” Beth Moore

“Expect great things from God, attempt great things for God.” William Carey

If you’ve never seen Beth Moore speak, I encourage you to do so. I find her very REAL and a teacher who can really get to the heart of the hang-ups we have as believers. She has several video driven Bible studies that are very good. Really get you thinking about how the Word applies to our times. My Bible study group is following BELIEVING GOD and we’ve also completed the DANIEL study. Love it!!

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Review of The Help

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

My neighborhood book club chose this novel to read and although I haven’t done a review in a while I wanted to say a few words about The Help. First of all, it’s well done. I love her voices. Amazing and unique. She really does a fabulous job of capturing the three very different personalities. I also thought she got the League thing down pretty well and the general historical references are very clear and take you back the fifty years. But what makes the book is the fabulous subject matter–one near and dear to my own heart as I had a maid as a very young child growing up in the South.

If I had to be really negative I would criticize the ending. So much build up to what could have been an exciting finish and, well, frankly I was disappointed. Something wrong with the pacing and the closure in my opinion. I sometimes like a book that leaves you with possibilities but this didn’t work as well as it could have. Regardless, it’s a very good read–and I think a “must read” if you grew up in the deep South.

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