This Year it Will Be Different

Do the holidays bring more stress than spirit?
Trying to slow down and enjoy the season more?

Give a friend (and yourself) the gift of peace with this contemporary devotional journal. This book isn’t for those who aspire to be Martha Stewart or Mother Teresa, but for all women who fall somewhere in between! Follow its simple formula and enjoy the holidays with your mind, heart and soul intact!

Here’s what women just like you are saying about this beautiful book:

Christmas preparations taking all your energy and time?

I liked the fact that the daily reflections were short and not overwhelming as it would be so easy to say “I don’t have time.” Marilyn

Need help keeping the Christmas spirit?

Your wisdom is so positive – I love the scripture quotes for each day and your insights and wholeness in living well and happily. We need it so badly! Barbara

Looking for a way to really enjoy Christmas even with all there is to do?

I had, over the years, come to hate Christmas..really really hate Christmas with all of it’s “musts” and “shoulds.” Your book helped to “re-mind” me of what Christmas is supposed to be - a celebration of love. It helped me to see that I can choose to reinterpret Christmas; to take my attention and focus from those aspects that drive me crazy and, instead, place them on the multitude of blessings God sends my way. Thank you for that timely lesson. Jocelyne

This book is for all women who want to prepare for December 25^th in the true Christmas spirit, and to enjoy the season with her mind, heart and soul intact!

Prepare Your Heart for a Great Christmas combines unique reflections with real life, using daily prayer and to-do lists to ease your mind and inspire your heart. The reflections begin on Thanksgiving Day and proceed through Christmas Day to the Feast of the Epiphany, celebrated in many churches as the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus. Here’s a sample:

All things work together for good for those who love God.  Romans 8: 26-30

There’s a lot of work that goes in to getting ready for Christmas. Whether you’ve been preparing for months or have barely started, the clock starts ticking this weekend. And it doesn’t give you much time. There’s a very special baby on the way, and you know how demanding babies are!

Before you start running to catch up, keep in mind our scripture passage, above. No matter where you are with your preparations, God’s grace will work with you, right where you are. Before you give in to the weight of feeling that it all depends on you, remember that, in reality, it doesn’t. God is in charge, and God will get you through.

We set our minds on an ideal of what the perfect holiday celebration will be. Maybe there are other possibilities out there, things God has dreamed for us and those we love. Those new possibilities will break through only when we step aside and let them emerge. Don’t play God by trying to control everything or by pretending it all depends on you. Remember, there is a divine providence in our lives that wills great joy for you and everyone you love. Trust that providence to be big enough and generous enough to provide a great Christmas again this year. You don’t have to do it alone.

When we take time with God on a daily basis, our days are blessed.  Order your autographed copy now and get started on a great Christmas!