Bloom Where You Are Planted And Shine

This powerful book will support you in discovering how to Bloom Where You are Planted and SHINE! No matter what has happened to you, this powerful anthology will support you to take take practical and profound steps forward. So that you can bloom and SHINE!

I have been transplanted. I have been moved. And you have been transplanted too. From one country to another, From one culture to another, From one language to another, From one place to another. Esther was transplanted to the palace of a very powerful king. This young Jewish girl became queen and was able to save her people. As we look at her story, we can learn how even in the most challenging times, we can bloom where we are planted.

Jesus is seen in these pages as a friend, a miracle worker, a healer and a Savior to name just a few. Th e selected little vignettes will alternately leaving you laughing at God’s wonderful sense of humor, or silently shedding tears of joy at his faithfulness in times of sorrow and distress. It is a recollection of how God has used Pam ’s faith as a conduit of His love and power It is her prayer that you will be encouraged and challenged to reach out so that He can work through you in even greater ways. She desires that you too will feel free to bloom wherever you are planted!

That we live in the Information Age is fairly evident to most. One estimate claims that on an overall average, available information is doubling every year. By comparison, it would seem at times that the rate of wisdom increase is almost stagnant. Yet for purposes of daily living, wisdom is much more important and beneficial than raw knowledge. Proverbs is the Bible’s central book of wisdom, and in the New Testament, James 1:5 tells us, “If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who give generously to all.” Much of that wisdom is found in the pages of Proverbs, and this book, Proverbs to Live By, examines a different wise saying every day of the year.

BLOOM Where You Are Planted ________________________________________ A garden story about overcoming your challenges It is Little Wayne s season to bloom and he is waiting to be planted in someone s garden. He looks forward to all future possibilities so he starts counting the days the sun will shine on him. However, he is facing several obstacles (challenges) in the garden which may prevent him from blooming during his intended season. What will Little Wayne do?

ALS is a degenerative, always-fatal disease. The average life expectancy after diagnosis is two to five years. It will take away your ability to walk, talk, breathe, and swallow. You will slowly become paralyzed and be dependent on others. Well, that will hit you like a ton of bricks! After about a year and a half of having symptoms and seven months of testing, Lesley was diagnosed with this horrible, nasty, unrelenting disease. This canaEUR(tm)t be true! She had done the Ice Bucket Challenge just four short years ago for another woman her age in her small Southwest Iowa town. This canaEUR(tm)t be happening to her too. It is supposed to be such a rare disease. Soon after her testing had begun, she started a small, closed Facebook group to use as a form of support and a way to communicate with family and friends. But God had something else in mind for this page. Suddenly, LesleyaEUR(tm)s page was reaching so many, and GodaEUR(tm)s Word was being heard. This is a funny, heartwarming, tear-jerking, and honest look at the authoraEUR(tm)s everyday life with ALS. With God and her faith, she is navigating untraveled territory, finding clinical trials for new treatments for ALS. As long as she is able, she will participate in clinical trials to help further research. She has also become an advocate for ALS. We need to get the word out about ALS. We need to create funding to further research. We need to find a cure!

Darkest Hours, Greatest Powers: One of the most powerful realizations in life comes when you discover the strength that grows from your darkest hours and know it will become the unbreakable foundation for your success. Read Darkest Hours, Greatest Powers When: • The odds, statistics and past failures are all stacked AGAINST you. • Your goals are sitting stagnant without momentum or results. • The world is saying “no” to you. • You don’t know where to start. • You’re losing hope, and vision. • You need a reminder of everything you are, and all you can become. • Inspiration seems hard to find. • You’re dealing with toxic relationships and circumstances. • You want to give up. Expect Darkest Hours, Greatest Powers to Give You: • Short and saturated Success Stories. • Mentors with messages that target you personally. • Power from within, that can never be taken from you. • Inspiration, motivation, and blueprints to achieve BIG. • The ability to turn negative odds, statistics, and past failures into your greatest advantages. • A regained ownership of the power you were born with.

De Colores! See in color and in light; bring an end to the darkness and to the night. Change your perception, get out of your detention, and remember to the Good News the Lord has mentioned. The Cursillo is a short course in Christianity founded by Roman Catholic laymen in 1944 in Majorca, Spain, with the goal of improving ways to train Christian leaders. The primary objective of the three-day session to ask the Cursillo participants, or cursillistas, to go back into the world and practice what they have learned; this is called their fourth day. The Cursillo: How’s Your Fourth Day? presents a collection of hip-hop poetry inspired by author Ryan Lee Nevins’s experience with the Cursillo in 2006, an event that helped restore his faith and radically changed the course of his life. Taking forty topics explored during his session, he spins them out into verses designed to connect with believers and encourage them in their journey.