Reviewing I ONCE WAS BLIND by Renay Poirier from Eau Claire WI

THIS BOOK IS AMAZING!  I was given a copy to read by a friend at church, and I could not put it down, once I started reading it!  This is a TRUE story... Renay was electrocuted by 12,000 volts while at work which blinded him for ten years. He is married and has two daughters, and during those ten years he keeps his faith in God and works to help support his family and treat them as 'normal' as if he were sighted.  The book is amazing ... I found myself shaking my head at the things this man accomplished or tried to do, while blind, that some would never even do, or don't do, when sighted.
   I highly recommend this book to everyone. You will be in tears when you read how some people treated or mistreated him, you'll be in tears again when he gains his sight back. The pure awesomeness of God!  And then to realize this miracle happened in the town where Jim and I also found Jesus!  We had not heard of this miracle ... let's shout it from the rooftops!
    This book made me 'see' how I need to be more helpful, kind, understanding of others, and accept the will of God in my life each day, looking to Him, the author and FINISHER of our faith.  Over and over again as I read, I would say, "change ME, Lord" ...  and I pray a special blessing on all those who reached out to 'help' Renay while he was in this 'test'... for indeed, these tests are for all... the people involved and outside or observing.
   We should never forget that Jesus will use us whenever or wherever we are, and in whatever 'state' we are in when our desire is just simply to  please Him and accept/do His will.

Reviewing IN TOO DEEP by Mary Connealy, Kincaid Brides Book 2

This is the first Mary Connealy book that I have read, and I would highly recommend others to read them 'in order' if they read them at all ... it took until the end of Chapter 2 to figure out what was going on and well into Chapter 4 to understand.  Actually, there for a while, I didn't think it was a "Christian" book! I thought I was reading "Deliverance", [an old OLD secular story I do not recommend]  because of the terms this author used to describe different characters in this book.
   I felt the author didn't make it clear to a new reader who the people were; she cast them in an inaccurate description, or lack thereof so that your first impression of the character was different than what they actually were .  She constantly talked about things unclearly that must have happened in the previous book.   By the end of Chapter 4 and into 5, the story was pretty well coming together and moving on, but I thought the intimate scenes and thoughts were too descriptive and did not add to the story.
   I thought it taught a good moral toward the end that a lot of people could relate to, i.e., God's purpose in apparent disasters and troubles  affect us all and can cause healing if we let His will be done in our lives.  Her scripture quotes toward the end were also beautiful.
   I am guessing that book 3 will be about Seth and his bride that even he didn't remember he had. It was good how she first brought the name of the bride into the story and then picked up briefly on it later.
   I received a free copy of this book for my honest review, from Bethany Publishers.

Reviewing AMERICAN PATRIOT'S BIBLE published by Thomas Nelson

From the beautiful cover, to the Presentation page, through the beautiful scriptures interspersed with historical information, to the end of the concordance, colored maps and back cover, this entire Bible will amaze and excite you and make you proud you are an American IN a country founded on Christianity.   It is absolutely beautiful.
   I love the colored photos; the pages are 'antique' on the margins, and very easy to read.  Along with the scriptures, you have a complete history lesson as you read.  It is exciting to turn a page and see where a President laid his hand when he took Office, or read  how one of our public leaders used a particular scripture.  I believe this Bible should be in every  home in America, in every classroom, used in home-schooling, in every public place possible. 
   I cannot recommend it more highly.
   I received a hard-copy free from BookSneeze to review, and I am not required to give a positive review. This one warrants it!