Perfectly Unique: Praising God from Head to Foot - Softcover

Downs, Annie F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0310724341 ISBN 13: 9780310724346

Publisher: Zondervan, 2012

Synopsis

Stop struggling with your body image and start embracing every part of your body just as it was designed—sacred and unique with a specific plan and purpose—through this thoughtful, funny, spirit-filled exploration that will help you finally and fully accept ... you.

Because you were made in God’s image and likeness, the way you view your body is directly connected to how you serve God. So how would you see yourself differently knowing every part of your body is linked to the divine?

Each chapter in Perfectly Unique focuses on a different part of your body and the potential it has for growing your faith. With wit, wisdom, and compassion, having once walked the same road of daily self-criticism, Annie F. Downs will help you:

• Stop being so hard on yourself;
• Stop wishing you were designed differently;
• Stop comparing yourself to others;
• Stop criticizing the young woman you see in the mirror every day; and
• START honoring yourself instead.

Ultimately, Perfectly Unique will not only help you understand the reasons God made you the way you are, it will empower you to lean on timeless spiritual principles—like forgiveness and humility—to embrace and celebrate (yes, celebrate) each and every part of you.

About this title

About the Author:

Annie F. Downs is an author and speaker based in Nashville, Tennessee. Flawed but funny, she uses her writing to highlight the everyday goodness of a real and present God. Annie is the author of two books for teens: Perfectly Unique, a spiritual growth book for high school and college girls, and Speak Love, a challenge to women on how to use their words to make a difference in the world. By weaving together personal stories, humor, and Scripture, she invites the young women reading to experience fulfilled lives with a God who made them on purpose and loves them deeply.

When she's not working on books, Annie spends her days writing all over the internet- blogging at AnnieBlogs.com and (in)courage.me - sharing truths about her life in Nashville as a single Christian woman and the stories that are woven into each day. Annie also loves traveling around the country speaking to young women as a Girls of Grace speaker as well as at other retreats and events.

Annie is a huge fan of singer/songwriters, burritos, her community of friends, and sports of all kinds.

From Booklist:

In this attractively packaged book targeting preteen and teen girls, Downs hits on multiple issues—self-image, eating habits, false ideas, serving others, and handling the tough things life throws at you—and delivers up practical advice grounded in the Bible and iced with humor. Each chapter focuses on a part of the body (hence the subtitle) and relates it to things like keeping your mind pure, focusing your eyes on the right things, and letting your feet carry you where God wants you to go. Each chapter ends with “Chew on This,” an application type of exercise to make the chapter personal. Young women who are concerned about developing their internal character and becoming stronger Christians will gravitate to this beautiful and breezy title that deals with serious issues in a compassionate manner. The book should also find a strong following in Bible study groups for teen girls. Grades 7-10. --Melissa Moore

About this edition

• Publisher: Zondervan
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0310724341
• ISBN 13: 9780310724346
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224