Heart of my Heart Review & Giveaway
Heart of my Heart: 365 Reflections on the Magnitude and Meaning of Motherhood, by Kristin Armstrong, is a meaningful devotional book for moms of all ages. This devotional is one that speaks straight to mothers, to their innermost heart processes. Full of encouragement, advice, and personal reflection, this book is definitely a positive resource to have on my bookshelf.
Only when you become a mother can you truly understand all of the trials, the joys, the happy tears, the sad tears…..everything that a mother goes through in raising her children. Especially if you are a Christian mother, trying to raise your children to be “different,” to be Godly, in a rather ungodly world….this book can speak to your heart. The author shares her own dependence on God as her Partner, as she is a single mother. For me, this fact just made this devotional even more real to me, even more authentic, as I realized that the author was very real with the reader from the get-go, as she shared her own dependence on God.
With each month come devotions for each day of that month. There are Scriptures to start out each day, and then the devotional portion. The author uses personal reflections from her own life, spiritual realizations in her life as a mother, and Biblical examples of true faith. The devotionals really feel as if they’re speaking right to me, as they’re very down to earth and very thought-provoking, especially in terms of spiritual growth as a mother. One theme that continually came off the page for me was the fact that God needs to be first, and He needs to be the One I put my faith in and rely on to get me through each day, each moment.
You can purchase Heart of my Heart from Hachette Book Group for $16.99 or from Amazon for $11.55. I definitely recommend this book, as it will be a resource you can use all year long, or one you can keep on your shelf, to pull down when you need a word of encouragement or motivation.
Now for the giveaway. You can enter to win a copy of this book by doing one or more of the following. Just be sure to leave a separate comment for each way that you enter. I will draw the winner on Friday, April 23, using random.org.
1. Leave me a comment, letting me know why you would like to have this book.
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Good luck, and have a wonderful day!
(Disclosure: I was provided a copy of this book, free of charge, by Hachette Book Group, for the purposes of this review.)
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