A Thankful Heart: How Gratitude Brings Hope and Healing to Your Life - Softcover

Lewis, Carole

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0830760318 ISBN 13: 9780830760312

Publisher: Gospel Light Pubns, 2012

Synopsis

So many people are stuck in the pain of their problems, unable to see beyond the hurt in their lives. Giving thanks in such circumstances may seem impossible, but thankfulness is a powerful tool God uses to heal wounded hearts and transform “stuck” people. In A Thankful Heart, readers will hear real life stories from people like them who have discovered the power of thankfulness to change both their inward attitude and their outward situation. Plus, this warm, inspiring book contains a Thankfulness Journal to guide readers into a new perspective and record the healing process as it unfolds.

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About the Author

CAROLE LEWIS is the national director of First Place 4 Health, the Christ-centered health and weightloss program. A warm, transparent and humorous communicator, Carole is a popular speaker at workshops, seminars and conferences around the country. She is also the author of several popular books, including Stop It! and Give God a Year, Change Your Life Forever. Carole and her husband, Johnny, have three adult children (one deceased), eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.  

 

     

 

     

From Publishers Weekly

As national director of First Place, an evangelical dieting counterpart to secular programs such as Weight Watchers, Lewis understands the power of motivating people to change. She does it effectively and has applied this positive discipline to her own life. In this book on thankfulness, Lewis is candid about her own struggles to embrace gratitude when on Thanksgiving Day 2001, her middle daughter, a married mother of three, was killed by a drunk driver. With this admission, Lewis immediately gains an audience as she challenges readers to adopt by choice (and not simply assume by a faith-inspired osmosis) an attitude graced by thankfulness in all things, in all situations and at all times. With personal stories of trials including her own past bankruptcy, loss of employment and her husband's current battle against cancer, Lewis probes into the pain of life, proving she's experienced enough with its stings to speak from its darker side. The book doesn't always deliver fresh insights; many of these themes have been hashed out before. But Lewis's personal experiences give her authenticity as she expounds with conviction that it is only via a grateful heart that Christians can experience daily peace despite the reliably unreliable circumstances of life. (Nov.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Gospel Light Pubns
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0830760318
• ISBN 13: 9780830760312
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 158