A year with God by R.P. Nettlehorst

My first Thomas Nelson book arrived. I have read and thought about this and I'm ready to weigh in my thoughts. First my "official" review for the website:

"A year with God" is a devotional book devided into 365 short segments with the reccomendation that you read one a day, thus encourageing people to spend some time with God every day for a year. The format is very easy reading and it compares to popular short devotionals such as "Our daily bread". However, that being said, I did not like the content. I found it lacking in depth and scriptural truth. The first segment is about Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and includes Genesis 3:8-13 for the reader to see the scriptures for themselves. I love this and think it is convenient for people who may not have a Bible handy. What I did not like was the author's interpretation of the scriptures. He said "Adam and Eve didn't really comprehend why God instructed them not to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, so they followed their own reasoning." This indicates that Adam and Eve were not fully aware of the consequences of their sin when in fact God made it very plain to them. This is just one example of many I have found of scriptural innacuracy among other small errors such as poor writing style and projection of points. All in all, I can't give this book more than one star becasue I believe it is of utmost importance that biblical accuracy be upheld even in a devotional





I am having so much fun with booksneeze already!
I can't wait till my next book comes. I hope the next one is better than this one since it's clear by my review I had a very hard time with this book. I wanted to love it but I just couldn't because it wasn't accurate!

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An attempt to get this up and going again!

Hey all the blogger fans out there! I logged on and realized it's been a LOOONG time since I posted anything on here. So much has been happening with our family.
I had our first baby Abigail Nichole in December of 08. She is quite the character and we love her very much!


















Ryan and I had our third anniversary on June 16th. Hard to believe it's been three years. I'm so thankful to be married to such a wonderful man. He works so hard for me and our family!


My brother Tim (the youngest Marine) met a girl in Seattle and they married August of last year. His wife Tina just had their first baby Faith Alicia. They are now stationed in CA.




















My oldest Marine brother Joe met a girl online from near the Quad Cities. They moved to Seattle for about 8 months and are now stationed in North Carolina. His wife Krista just had their first baby Kacie Jane. Joe deployed overseas just 2 days before she was born. We are sad he couldn't be there but happy Kacie is healthy.



















Ryan and I have moved back to Decatur and have been there for right around 2 years now. We are currently in the process of moving yet again. Most likely out of the Decatur area.
Lots more to come but for now I must say goodbye and get my little munchkin to bed its half hour past her bedtime!