"The One Year Experiencing God's Love Devotional" by Sandra Byrd is a lovely and inspiring devotional book! Sandra Byrd is one of my favorite authors, so when I saw she was coming out with a new book I jumped on the chance to review it. I haven't read any of her non-fiction books before, but I can now say that I am just as pleased with this book as I am with her fiction books! My husband and I are currently reading through Tyndale's "The One Year Devotions for Couples: 365 Inspirational Readings" by David and Teresa Ferguson, so I am familiar with Tyndale's "One Year" line of devotions.
Ms. Byrd breaks her book up into months and has a devotion written for each day of the year. Each month loosely follows a theme that goes along with that season and/or month. Some of her devotions go along with the season or day (for example, there are ones that are Christmas themed). I also think you can read the devotions any day of the year, no matter what month or season you are in and still get a lot out of it.
For each day, the devotion has a short section to read and a correlating verse. At the end of each month, there is a benediction. In the devotions, Ms. Byrd uses stories from her own life, quotes, parts of hymns and recipes to make each one unique and interesting. Sometimes there are application questions to help tie in what you have read and apply it to your life. The devotions are filled with Scripture and are Biblically based and accurate. They are also Gospel focused. I have many of the devotions and pages marked as I love them so much and I want to go back to them to remember the truths and encouragement shared. Some examples of my favorites are her devotions on hard seasons, having joy during hard times, Surviving and Thriving, and “The Best of Times” (which has a Dicken theme). This book convicted me and encouraged me in my walk with the Lord. I highly recommend this book!
Content: This is a clean read.
Rating: I give this book 5 stars.
Genre: Christian non-fiction; Self-help; Devotional
After earning her first rejection at the age of thirteen, bestselling author Sandra Byrd has now published more than fifty books.
Sandra’s series of historically sound Gothic romances launched with the best-selling Mist of Midnight, which earned a coveted Editor’s Choice award from the Historical Novel Society. The second book, Bride of a Distant Isle, has been selected by Romantic Times as a Top Pick. The third in the series, A Lady in Disguise, published in 2017. Sandra is excited to continue writing Gothic romance and will be adding books to that genre beginning in October 2018 with Tyndale House Publishers.
Check out her contemporary adult fiction debut, Let Them Eat Cake, which was a Christy Award finalist, as was her first historical novel, To Die For: A Novel of Anne Boleyn. To Die For was also named a Library Journal Best Books Pick for 2011, and The Secret Keeper: A Novel of Kateryn Parr was named a Library Journal Best Books Pick for 2012.Sandra has published dozens of books for kids, tweens, and teens, including the bestselling The One Year Be-Tween You and God Devotions for Girls. She continued her work as a devotionalist, this time for women, with The One Year Home and Garden Devotions. Her latest book, The One Year Experiencing God’s Love Devotional, will be published in October 2017.
Sandra is passionate about helping new writers develop their talents and their work for traditional publishing or self-publication. She has mentored and coached hundreds of new writers and continues to guide developing authors toward success each year via novelcoaching.com.
Please visit http://www.sandrabyrd.com/ to learn more or to invite Sandra to your book club via Skype.
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Love your review! Looks like I'm going to have out this devotional! :)
ReplyDeleteAwww thanks Rebeccca!! You're so encouraging! I hope it inspires you as much as it did me : )
DeleteThank you, Megan, for this lovely, encouraging and so thorough review. I appreciate the time you take to read, review, and lift up the authors you bless!
ReplyDeleteAwwww, thank you so much Ms. Byrd for your super sweet comment!! I'm so glad my review was able to encourage you. Your devotional certainly encouraged me! It's my pleasure to help spread the word on such a wonderful book!
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