This is a wonderful book for those going through some hard times. Where should we turn when we need encouragement? God's word. This book will certainly comfort and give encouragement to those who need it.

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Encouraging Thoughts for Women: Comfort is an attractive little book with a beautiful floral cover and floral pages containing uplifting and encouraging scripture, thoughtful stories, prayers and encouraging quotations by famous people.

Various topics such as Perspective, Wisdom, Forgiveness, Patience, Strength and Healing are listed in the Contents with corresponding page numbers allowing you to quickly find the section most helpful and meaningful for you.

Thanks to NetGalley and Barbour Publishing, Inc. for an ARC of this title.

A good and quick read. Lots of Bible verses, along with some quotes, and stories that offer encouragement and comfort. I really liked this book and can see myself referring back to it again. I liked the way the book was broken down by different topics and then verses, quotes, and a story were given around each topic. I received an advance copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Synopsis:

Every woman can use some encouragement and a little comfort in her day. Here, in a brand-new book, are simple, heartfelt devotions that will speak to women of all ages. Overflowing with thoughtful devotions, prayers, memorable quotations, and Bible promises, you’ll find the blessings, encouragement, joy, and comfort your heart truly desires.

Review:

This book is filled with encouraging words, scripture and quotes to help you when things are not going exactly right. Who could not use some encouragement to help you get through life? It cover such topics as perspective, wisdom, healing and gratitude, to name just a few. I found the short sections dedicated to different topics helpful and I could read whichever pertained to me on any given day. I can go back and reread this book when I need extra encouragement.

I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for inspirational readings that you can read everyday. I found this book very helpful in my everyday life.

I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for a honest review. I would like to thank NetGalley and Barbour Publishing Inc. for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Quick review for a quick read. I'd probably give this around 3 stars. I appreciated reading it, but admittedly it wasn't quite what I was looking for in the context of narrative resources I was searching for. I regularly seek books with inspirational quotations because I love reading those kinds of quick bit narratives and they make for quotations that I refer back to frequently the context of inspiring my writing, mood, among other things. Some of these quotation books can be non-denominational (just general good mood quotations) or those that may come from narratives of different faiths or ideologies - and I read them with the appreciation of what they bring to the table. This book had me from the beginning noting the theme of the title and nice illustrated imagery that's contained on the printed pages. It's Christian based, and the context of this is that it contains quick bit inspirational stories, quotes from the Bible, quotes from various figures in historical context that are inspirational, prayers that one could recite based on the particular theme, and ending thoughts/takeaways based on that theme.

The organization of this format is consistent, and I found some quotations inspiring, but I'll admit that I found the narrative as a whole difficult to really have more grounded takeaway from it. It might be because there's little central voice or lead in to tie together the themes, quotations, prayers, etc here. Even in narratives where there are almost exclusively quotes from a number of different sources centering around a theme, daily meditation, or concept, I didn't feel a sense of immersion with this narrative. In comparison to other resources, even from other books of this particular faith, it didn't really give me the connection to the narrative and thematic that the title would convey. It may be useful to those who know the context of these citations (and even the snippets of prayers and stories may be useful depending on the idea conveyed: the chapters are broken down to ideas like patience, gratitude, wisdom, dreams, forgiveness, etc.), but unfortunately didn't quite give me the inspiration and return to the narrative that I'd hoped for.

Overall score: 3/5 stars.

Note: I received this as an ARC from NetGalley, from the publisher.

A wonderful, heartfelt read that is highly encouraging to women of all ages.