Precious Gift Priceless Treasure

"Precious Gift, Priceless Treasure," is a book for parents of special children. It deals with the challenges these parents have to face. The author candidly shares her trials and the wisdom gained from the laughter and the tears. She does not discount the value of early intervention. However there are instances when even the most religious and judicious management does not bring the desired results. Furthermore, there are still places where handicapped children are shunned and discriminated against. With these thoughts in mind, she emphasizes the importance of spirituality and the need for an intimate relationship with God. Using appropriate Bible verses at the end of each chapter, she encourages the reader to reflect on the story and the Word of God. Her strong faith in God helped her accept the reality that her only daughter is different. She has learned to let go of society's norms and focus instead on man's real goal-HEAVEN! The book tries to minister to parents who are lost, helpless, and hopeless. Many of them feel like failures when their special child is unable to lead a "normal life." With their incessant quest for normalcy, they fall into the trap of neglecting their other children, themselves, or turning their ire on God. Instead of clinging to God and imploring Him for necessary graces needed to cope, they erroneously depart from His presence. There is danger in this mindset, for turning away from Him who gave us the gift of LIFE will only lead to hopelessness and desperation. The book conveys a distinctive meaning to the words, "gift," and "treasure," as perceived by the author. "HOPE AMIDST HOPELESSNESS" is the slogan for this book.

Precious Gift, Priceless Treasure, is a book for parents of special children. It deals with the challenges these parents have to face. The author candidly shares her trials and the wisdom gained from the laughter and the tears. She does not discount the value of early intervention. However there are instances when even the most religious and judicious management does not bring the desired results. Furthermore, there are still places where handicapped children are shunned and discriminated against. With these thoughts in mind, she emphasizes the importance of spirituality and the need for an intimate relationship with God. Using appropriate Bible verses at the end of each chapter, she encourages the reader to reflect on the story and the Word of God. Her strong faith in God helped her accept the reality that her only daughter is different. She has learned to let go of society's norms and focus instead on man's real goal-HEAVEN! The book tries to minister to parents who are lost, helpless, and hopeless. Many of them feel like failures when their special child is unable to lead a normal life. With their incessant quest for normalcy, they fall into the trap of neglecting their other children, themselves, or turning their ire on God. Instead of clinging to God and imploring Him for necessary graces needed to cope, they erroneously depart from His presence. There is danger in this mindset, for turning away from Him who gave us the gift of LIFE will only lead to hopelessness and desperation. The book conveys a distinctive meaning to the words, gift, and treasure, as perceived by the author. HOPE AMIDST HOPELESSNESS is the slogan for this book.

Are you looking to build meaningful relationships that will support you in achieving your dreams? Look no further than "A True Friend, A Priceless Treasure: Building Lasting Connections That Support Your Dreams." This book is a comprehensive guide to cultivating and maintaining genuine friendships that will enrich your life and help you achieve your goals. The book delves into the many benefits of having a strong support system, highlighting the power of friendship in helping us overcome life's challenges and reach new heights. It provides actionable strategies for building lasting connections that will support you through thick and thin and ultimately lead you to a happier, more fulfilling life. Through personal anecdotes, relatable examples, and expert advice, "A True Friend, A Priceless Treasure" explores the qualities that define true friendship, including trust, honesty, and mutual respect. It also provides tips for maintaining healthy boundaries, resolving conflicts, and overcoming obstacles that may arise in even the strongest of friendships. With its practical insights and warm, encouraging tone, "A True Friend, A Priceless Treasure" is a must-read for anyone looking to cultivate deeper, more meaningful relationships. Whether you're looking to strengthen existing friendships or forge new connections, this book offers a roadmap for building the kind of support system that will help you achieve your dreams.

Are You the Ruby Woman? The word virtuous means high moral excellence. As you look into becoming the Virtuous Woman, you must realize she is of great value to God, and - more importantly - she is very rare. Rubies are the rarest and most valuable of all gems and rubies are exceedingly fragile. The miner that finds them must have great skill in cutting and removing the ruby because it is easily fractured and lost when handled incorrectly. However, when the ruby is mined, cut with precision, and placed in a setting, its strength rivals that of a diamond. You are the precious ruby in this story, and your value to God is far above the value of many rubies. The Master Miner, God, has found you, loves you, and desires for you to be set in a ring to show off how rare and beautiful you really are.

Solutions for All Seasons In Gifts of Love, Dr. Deb gives you the best of her relationship tips to see you through each season of the coming year. December Feuds, Frenzy, or Fun: Surviving Your Family at the Holidays January The Anti-Resolution New Year February How to Prevent V Day from Becoming D Day March Keeping Love Alive after Valentines Day April Relationship Clean-Up May Getting Your Groove Back in Mating Season June Renewing Your Warranty July Under the Boardwalk 2: Lessons from Teenage Love August The Griswolds are Coming! September Stress Busters for September Start-Up Syndrome October Hitting the Wall in the fall of Your Life November Avoiding Relationship Flu

His Majesty is written with two view points, that of a boy and of a man. I came to know Jesus as my Savior around the age of five. The poems within this book tell alot about my relationship with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. My dad left home when I was five, and I heard the pastor say that God wants to be our Abba Father, which means Daddy God. In my heart, God became my Daddy that day, and has fathered me all of my days. When my earthly father passed away, I never felt Fatherless for a second and I know my Father will never leave me. This and other heart felt messages are contained within the writings of His Majesty. I pray that God will richly bless all who read these poems and that they will know that God truly loves all people. There is also a salvation message at the end of this book which I pray will help to lead many people to Jesus.

This collective work aims to critically reflect upon contemporary citizenship aspirations and practices in sub-Saharan Africa. Focusing on different realities, such as Angola, Mozambique and the Great Lakes region, it tries to unveil multiple historical commonalities, especially those arising from shared experiences of postcolonial violence and vulnerability. Thus, albeit the social realities under scrutiny cannot stand for the complexity of the Continent, the studies here gathered enlighten similar processes that can be identified in many other African contexts. That is certainly the case of the proliferation of religious manifestations and democratic demands that are currently being articulated in different countries such as Burundi, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda and Nigeria. One such commonality can be referred to as a quest for being. Indeed, this quest for being has always underpinned African discourses and practices, either in postcolonial approaches, either in intellectual traditions, either in popular productions. These multiple practices reveal how, in certain circumstances, identity, as a product of historical wills of knowledge, power and truth, can be questioned as a site of possession and entrapment. How is one to be beyond colonial possession? Or beyond postcolonial authoritarian rule? Or beyond eurocentrism? African quests for being have always been quests for freedom. And they impose a debate on regimes of citizenship. Active citizenship is not merely a by-product of formal political systems; it is one that challenges them from the outside while actualizing the lessons of historical liberation struggles. As times goes by, the right to be still stands. The chapters of this book were originally published as a special issue in Citizenship Studies.