There Is Joy in My Heart and Muck on My Shoe

Kathleen K White

Description

This book will make you want to take off your uncomfortable shoes and walk around barefoot in your heart while holding Jesus's hand. You will laugh, cry, get real and break down all ugly uptight fake religious meanness.
WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU STEP IN IT??
“There is Joy in my Heart and Muck on My Shoe” is a down-to-earth perspective on how to navigate life's unforeseen challenges. Everyone has a dream of how they want life to go. Often, unexpected obstacles change what you thought your life was going to look like.
God will hold your hand and walk you through tough times. Life is not perfect or fair, but it is the only adventure you are going to get on this earth. Adventures are full of scraped knees, broken bones, joy, laughter, triumphs, failures and tragedies. If you prepare for hard times, you can be wiser when challenges come your way. Then when you have difficulties and tragedies, life is more manageable when you recognize what you are going through and you know you are not alone. God is with you. Most of all, know you can be OK even in the middle of your pain. In fact, you can be better than OK. Hard things happen to everyone. You will get through it. It might even turn out to be a blessing.
Journey through this book with me by reading scripture, stories, devotionals and prayers. Let's laugh, cry, question, get angry, mourn, rest, be willing to be hurt again and learn to thrive. Live your adventure to the fullest. Let all who know you experience the love of Christ in your life. Show the ones you love that you really can live life with joy in your heart and muck on your shoe because-
LIFE HAPPENS!

Sujets

• Christian Living
• Questions
• Personal Growth
• Philosophie et théologie
• Hopeless
• Question (disambiguation)
• Sickness
• Laughter
• Depression
• Religion
• Faith
• Hope
• Christian
• Hypocrite
• Church
• Death

Informations

• Publié par: WestBow Press
• Date de parution: 16 août 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781664274464
• Langue: English

Extrait

THERE IS Joy IN MY Heart AND Muck ON MY Shoe
 
 
 
 
KATHLEEN K WHITE
 
 
 

 
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WestBow Press rev. date:  08/15/2022
 
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I dedicate There Is Joy in My Heart and Muck on My Shoe to my wonderful siblings, Kerry and Paul. I wrote this book as if I was with them. When we spend time together, we talk, laugh, work things out, and pray. Many times, we will be midsentence in a conversation and will transition to prayer. If you were privy to our time together, you wouldn’t be able to tell when we were talking to God and when we were talking to each other. It just flows. God is a part of it.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Section 1: Prepare
Excuse Me, Dear, I Think You May Have Muck on Your Shoe
Prepare Ye
Full-On Trust
Thinketh
End of the Diving Board
I Ain’t Scared of You!
Set a Plan in Your Heart
You Need a Hard Bottom and a Soft Heart
Fasting
Quack, Quack, Let It Roll off Your Back
Uptight Ninny
Been There, Done That—No More
Section 2: Shock
Take This Cup
More Than I Can Handle
Move Over, You’re Blocking Me
Protection
Move Along
Section 3: Share
Settle
This Is Gossip, Not Prayer
Balm of Gilead
I Can See
Wisdom
Section 4: Grace
Adored
Details
Shine
Laws to Love
Hurts
Not My Will, but Yours Be Done
Pigs Don’t Wear Pearls
Doing Right by You
Purity Falling from Heaven
Section 5: Mourn
Hacked
I Don’t Get It
Bring Us Godly Sorrow
The One He Loves
Hug Them, Lord
Ashes for Beauty
Section 6: Angry
Why I Think We Have Cusswords
Vengeance
Go Get ’Em
Robots versus Free Will
Casuistry Voices
Blind or Seeing?
Huge Gap
Epiphany
Let’s Celebrate
Surrender
Faith
Hope
By Faith
Section 7: Rest
My Peter Pan Trip
You Know What I’m Saying? No, No I Do Not!
Deliberately Nailed
Real Heroes
Take It Personally
Honesty
One Good Decision Away
Section 8: Dump
Licking Your Wounds
That Is Just Plain Nasty
Multitude of Sins
Teachable
Blessings and Judgment
Written in the Sand
The Thumb
Taking Out the Trash
Letting Go
Shots of Poison
Treats
Section 9: Forgiveness
Sitting in the Dank Corner
Notice: Scapegoat Season Closed Permanently
Stones versus Flesh
Forgive Me!
My Bad
Forgive First
Grace Bombs
Section 10: Never Mind
I. Don’t. Care
Rejoice!
Joke Night, because Even if Things Are Not Okay, It’s Okay to Laugh—It’s Healing!
Who
Pilate’s Final Say
Brokenhearted but Full of Compassion
Doors Open
No Matter What
Before, Beside, Behind—Time Traveler
Fruit of the Spirit
What’s Right with You
Overcomer
Take This Last Bite of Wisdom, Then You Tie Your Shoes and Get Back Out There!
Section 11: Hurt Again
How Long?
Jump Back In
Relationships
Ask
The Bench
Healthy Fear
Love Always Protects
Sea Glass
Rough People
Section 12: Live Life
Hunter or the Hunted?
Backpack
Generous
Snort Laughter
Expired Party
Well-Liked
Sifting
“Live Well” Lifestyle
Water
I’m Hungry
This Little Light of Mine
Notecards
Sing, Shout, and Dance
Hey, Can You Play Today?
I’m Good
Getting Mileage out of Life
Farewell
Acknowledgments
A huge thank-you to my parents for encouraging me, for reading the manuscript countless times, and for their fun way of living life.
Thank you, Christy, for all your help with editing and with life!
I want to thank my sweet husband, Daniel, who is so kind about the time I spend with my parents and friends. He knows I am better for it.
Thank you to my family for encouraging me and giving me the time to write. Thank you to all the men in my life: Harrison, Philip, Andrew, and Daniel. Y’all keep it real and make me whole. I wouldn’t want my life any other way. I love all of you.
Introduction
The Journey to Joy, Even if You Have Muck on Your Shoe
Life happens. Stepping in a mess happens! If you can have muck on your shoe and still maintain joy in your heart, then you are living! Sometimes the muck on your shoe is huge and life-changing; sometimes it is messy and stays messy. Muck sometimes represents irritating inconveniences. You go through different stages where you run into difficult times. You can be in shock, need grace, get angry, mourn, rest, need to be forgiven and forgive, and be in the dumps. Eventually you want to move on and have a great life. Life is a journey. It is the pain, the joy, and the relationship with God that makes life worth living. You are going to face hard times again and again as part of life. When you live on earth, you often step in muck. This should not define you. Earth is not our final destination, so clean up the muck and get on with the only life you will ever have.
If only it were that easy.
When you are hurting, sometimes you can barely get through the day. Daily devotions are easier to digest when you feel like a chewed-up mess. So, let’s take one day at a time. Everything will be okay. Write, scribble, pray, and take your time with There Is Joy in My Heart and Muck on My Shoe . Please know that this book was born through my own deep pain, sin, selfishness, and sorrow, and is the result of my own journey. If by sharing my story helps you with your story, then we both win. Hard things happen to everyone. You will get through any hard time you are facing. You will be better than okay if you choose wisely. After a while, your pain could become a blessing.
This book of devotionals is divided into twelve sections: Prepare, Shock, Share, Grace, Mourn, Angry, Rest, Dump, Forgiveness, Never Mind, Hurt, and Living Life.
Section I PREPARE
Get ready, think, plan!
Enjoy the adventure of your only lifetime even if it’s not perfect, because it rarely is.
What exactly is muck? What does it sta