"When Life Doesn't Match Your Dreams" by Jill Eileen Smith.

Book Info:

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 more

Readers 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.

Author Info

Jill Eileen Smith is the bestselling, award-winning author of the Wives of King David series, the Daughters of the Promised Land, the Wives of the Patriarchs, and the Loves of King Solomon series. Her research has taken her from the Bible to Israel, and she particularly enjoys learning how women lived in Old Testament times.

When she isn’t writing, she loves to spend time with her family and friends, read stories that take her away, ride her bike to the park, snag date nights with her hubby, try out new restaurants, or play with her lovable, “helpful” cat Tiger. Jill lives with her family in southeast Michigan.

My Review

I have nothing but praise for "When Life Doesn't Match Your Dreams" by Jill Eileen Smith. I have loved every book that I've read that she's written, but this one really is the best. Maybe because she uses twelve woman from the Bible to show us that whatever we are going through in life is nothing that others haven't experienced and shows us that hope is available through our Lord. I so wish I could afford this book for every woman I know, because I believed every woman should have this book available to them whenever they think they can't go on in the trials and struggles that life gives, whether it's their fault or the results of others.

I think all women will find a little of herself in each of the twelve women stories. I  know the situations and facts will be different but the reasons and feelings are familiar to all of us women at one time or another.

I think if I had to choose one book that was all I was allowed to read and keep, and never read another book, It wouldn't be hard to choose, I would most definitely choose "When Life Doesn't Match Your Dreams" by Jill Eileen Smith.  I can say that now but I am  all ready for her second book about twelve more women from the Bible.

This book is  twelve stories and also Jill Smith shares some of her personal struggles.

I received a complimentary copy from the author. These opinions are my own.

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