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Grace for the Race: Meditations for Busy Moms

Dena Dyer

Mothers looking for hope in their lives will be enlightened and encouraged by Grace for the Race. This series of devotions (geared toward different stages in the life of a woman and mother) will uplift readers in many ways. Each devotion starts with a quote, has a short essay, and then ends with 'Notes from the Coach,' which are Bible verses that apply to the reading.

Nine sections divide a mother's life into stages. 'Training Well' relates different things the author has learned about parenting. 'Warming Up' and 'Stretching Out' are about accepting our own weaknesses and those of our children. 'The First Lap' is all about those first few years of parenting. 'Using Proper Equipment' focuses on prayer, friends, humor, the church, and other things which can be our greatest weapons against discouragement. In 'Hopping Over the Hurdles', Dyer focuses on obstacles to growing and becoming a godly woman. 'Handing It Off' talks about reaching out to others and enduring difficult times. 'In the Final Stretch' shows how God can help us reach into our reserves if we need to. 'Crossing the Finish Line' helps us learn to share our faith. Finally, 'On the Podium' talks about the gifts we receive.

Each section imparts wisdom, humor, and just the right amount of encouragement for moms who are burned out, busy, and needing a pick-me-up. God's Word sprinkled throughout the readings gives added emphasis to God's ideal for our lives. For moms (including myself) who struggle with perfectionism and busyness, Dena Dyer's transparency is refreshing. The readings are the perfect length for moms to fit into the small bits of time available in their days. Grace for the Race would make an excellent gift for any mom in your life. THE LITERARY REVIEW: “... Be warned, Zapinette´s gems of insouciant wit tend to become infectious. This wise-child´s deceptively worldly innocence takes the entire gamut of human endeavor in its compass. Hardly anyone or anything escapes unscathed. Michael Jackson,Vittorio de Sica, Freddy Mercury, Mao Zedong, Bill and Hill, the Pope, Fidel Castro, and even Jesus of Nazareth all come under Zapinette´s delightfully zany fire as she "zaps" from topic to topic in an irrepressible flux. As the century of the double zeros dawns, we have seen the future and the future is sham. As a healthy dose of counter-sham, Zapinette Video should be on every brain-functional person´s reading list.” Impatient, impertinent, raucous, and often passionate in her opinions (a trait she obviously inherits from her hot-blooded uncle), Zapinette regales us with words we’ve never heard before. Like her mother, she’s a staunch "felinist;" she worries about the "heather-setchuals" who are "VIP positive;" is freaked out by the "Clue Cocks Clan" and the "androidous" Michael Jackson; has read about the English playwright "Shake’em pears;" wishes more people would go see a "sigh-kayak-tryst;" and can’t stand an uppity blue-blood classmate she calls "Charlotte de Jerq." With Zapinette, you will discover Paris, Italy, New York and Belgium and have the ride of your life.

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