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Embracing Trust by Joanna Weaver: Book Review + Giveaway

I love to celebrate Galentine’s Day and #BookLove in February, so I’m hosting an Embracing Trust Book Bundle Giveaway this week! This is Joanna Weaver’s newest book – and it’s so very timely for each one of us! If you struggle to trust God with EVERY part of you life, you are not alone.

Trusting God is something every person finds difficult (whether they admit it or not), but it’s an especially big topic for women. We are the ones who watch over our family members more closely than anyone else, aside from God. We know every detail of what our people are eating and drinking (and whether it’s healthy or not). We know the state of their clothing, their shoes, their hair (it needs to be cut), their teeth (they need to be cleaned), their eyes (he’s squinting more, isn’t he?), how much they’ve exercised this week, what they’re reading, how much they’ve been on their screen(s), if they’ve seen any friends, how their friendships and love lives are going…and most important of all, we are usually pretty aware of the state of their spiritual and emotional health.

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If some of the above rings true for you, then that’s probably why there are times when you worry! But here’s the good news: While women tend to worry more, we also tend to PRAY more!

Let’s move from a worry mindset to a trust mindset and start fresh with a new look at how to truth God fully in every season, circumstance, and change.

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV

Joanna’s new book Embracing Trust: The Art of Letting Go and Holding On to a Forever-Faithful God is so timely for us in 2023. Our lives seem to get more complicated with every passing year, but our God is BIGGER than every problem, every issue, every detail of our lives. He’s bigger than every single thing in this world that can tempt us as women to fear.

Book Description

Trusting God. It’s such a cliché. Yet nothing means more to our heavenly Father than when we surrender our lives completely to him and choose to believe he has our best in mind. David modeled that kind of deliberate dependence: as a shepherd boy, as a man running for his life, as a king who made grave mistakes. In both triumph and failure, David looked to God rather than to himself.

In Embracing Trust, Joanna Weaver, bestselling author of the runaway hit Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World, shares personal stories, practical tips, and life-changing principles gleaned from Scripture. If you struggle with disappointment from the past, frustration with the present, or fear of the future, Joanna invites you to trust in the Lord with all your heart. Relinquishing control and putting your hope in a forever-faithful Father–that’s the beautiful secret of unshakeable faith. This book includes a 10-week companion Bible study.

Embracing Trust Journal

About the Author

Joanna Weaver is the bestselling and award-winning author of Having a Mary Heart in a Martha World, as well as Having a Mary Spirit and Lazarus Awakening. A pastor’s wife, mother of three, and avid Bible teacher, Joanna loves speaking to women about the powerful freedom that is found in making Jesus Lord and trusting him for things bigger than themselves. She lives with her family in Hamilton, Montana.

Giveaway Instructions & Details

One winner will receive a copy of Embracing Trust (book) and a companion journal.

⬇️Rules⬇️

💗US Only
💗 Participants must be 18+, or have parental consent.
💗 Giveaway is open through February 14, 2023. (Prize will be mailed the following week.)

GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.

⬇️To Enter⬇️

💗Comment below and tell me the title of a book you read in 2022 that you loved.
💗Share this with 2 friends.
💗For EXTRA entries, visit my Instagram @kindredspiritbooks and follow me!

Grace and peace,
Rachel xx

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28 Comments

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    Ellaina Ruse
    February 9, 2023 at 6:29 pm

    Blackmoore by Julianne Donaldson. It was so good!!!! Love it!

    ~Already following on Instagram!

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    Beverly Laude
    February 9, 2023 at 6:30 pm

    The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek

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    Natalya Lakhno
    February 9, 2023 at 6:34 pm

    Hope Beyond the Waves by Heidi Chiavaroli is a wonderful story!

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      Rachel Dodge
      February 25, 2023 at 8:50 am

      Hi Natalya, Can you please contact me? I’ve been trying to reach you. Thank you!

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    Ellaina Ruse
    February 9, 2023 at 6:35 pm

    Shared!

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    Julie T
    February 9, 2023 at 6:38 pm

    I started reading Jan Karon’s Mitford series last year and A New Song has been my favorite so far.

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    Anne
    February 9, 2023 at 6:39 pm

    Tides of Honour by Genevieve Graham.

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    Ann
    February 9, 2023 at 6:42 pm

    Feathers of Hope by Sharon Garlough Brown

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    Annmarie Weeks
    February 9, 2023 at 6:48 pm

    My favorite book is The Great Gatsby. So I thoroughly enjoyed reading Beautiful Little Fools by Jillian Cantor! It tells the Gatsby ‘tale’ from the point of view of the female characters in the original book, along with their backstories!

    I shared with 2 friends, and also follow you on IG (as amweeksinmd).

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    Jennifer Watkins
    February 9, 2023 at 6:55 pm

    Just Jessie by Jessie James Decker and Living Well Spending Less by Ruth Soukup were two of my favorites

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    Tracy Andrews
    February 9, 2023 at 6:58 pm

    The London House by Katherine Reay and I read Little Women for the first time.

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    Lila
    February 9, 2023 at 7:14 pm

    Last year I read Through the Blaze (Seasons of Faith, #2) by Milla Holt and gave it 5 stars! I already follow you on IG.

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    Cathy Picha
    February 9, 2023 at 7:30 pm

    Amanda Tru’s The Christmas Card and then I binge-read (something I never do) her Yesterday series.

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    Ana Brandao
    February 9, 2023 at 7:56 pm

    How Did I Get Here by Christine Caine. Her books are great!!

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    Diana Rendon
    February 9, 2023 at 8:00 pm

    When the Day Comes by Gabrielle is Myer. I love finding a new author and throughly enjoying the book.

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    Lynette
    February 9, 2023 at 9:10 pm

    I liked The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adam’s a lot! I had several rereads (and works I’m familiar with) as a result of my job. I did a production of Into the Woods, so spending the summer with Stephen Sondheim’s music and lyrics along with James Lapine’s script was pretty special; I was still discovering things when we performed!

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    Joan Biancardi
    February 9, 2023 at 10:02 pm

    The book I’ll start on Monday
    God is my refuge
    Breaking through

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    Lynn M
    February 10, 2023 at 7:40 am

    I really have many favorite books read in 2022, but Lisa Prysock’s Montana Meadows book series are some of my absolute favorites!

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    Wendi Lou Lee
    February 10, 2023 at 11:10 am

    I read The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh in 2022. Loved it!

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    Stephanie H.
    February 10, 2023 at 11:56 am

    Freedom’s Song by Kim Vogel Sawyer was one of many books I enjoyed reading last year.

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    Wendy L. Park
    February 10, 2023 at 12:19 pm

    “Potiphar’s Wife” by Mesu Andrews and Tessa Afshar’s “The Hidden Prince”

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    Jane Squires
    February 10, 2023 at 1:54 pm

    I just finished One Cinderella Day by Lorne Rose Burkard. Loved it.

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    StuffSmart
    February 10, 2023 at 2:17 pm

    Last year I read Point Last Seen by Christina Dodd

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    StuffSmart
    February 10, 2023 at 2:19 pm

    Following on Instagram

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    Lily
    February 10, 2023 at 8:44 pm

    I read a book called Waves Crashing Just Like Me last year, and I LOVED it. 🙂

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    Caryl Kane
    February 11, 2023 at 6:07 pm

    I enjoyed Rule of Law by Randy Singer.

    Already following on IG.

    Shared on Facebook.

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    Fritzie
    February 12, 2023 at 9:47 pm

    I read the “Nano Stealth” series by Vikki Kestrel. It is a Sci-fi which is by no way a typical genre for me. I have never been disappointed by any of her books however, whether historical, current or suspense..

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    Emily K York
    February 13, 2023 at 11:14 am

    “Marmee” by Sarah Miller…one of my faves of 2022!

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