Description:
Secrets can be funny things . . .
We think they keep us safe, but
more often than not, they spill out when we least expect and make a mess
out of everything. It’s a truth Scarlett Jo Newberry knows all too
well—a truth Grace Shepherd and Zach Craig are about to learn the hard
way.
As the lives of this boisterous pastor’s wife, polished news
anchor, and beleaguered divorce attorney intersect on the tree-lined
streets of Franklin, Tennessee, scandal threatens to topple their
carefully constructed worlds. Grasping at survival, they embark on a
journey of friendship and courage, desperate to find a way back to
laughter, love, and life.
My Thoughts:
This was excellent! I have always loved this author's books and you can tell this one came from her heart. It spoke to me in a very real way about the way shame can hurt us and harden our hearts. I struggle with false guilt and shame all the time. Letting myself get sucked into terrible negative self-talk. I loved what Scarlet Jo says about shame:
"Shame is a cruel companion...it's okay to feel ashamed of something you've done wrong and take it to the Lord for forgiveness. But to just walk around in shame is basically to say that God's grace isn't enough for you--that it may be right for everyone else, but not for you. That's a big ol' lie. ...And shame carries another lie, too--that we're worthy of something in the first place. That we can act a certain way and that will make us good enough or right enough. But the thing is, you can't ever be good enough or right enough. None of us can. That's why we need Jesus so much." pg. 210
I loved watching Grace's journey toward her own dreams. A great read! In fact, I'm now reading the non-fiction companion that Hildreth Jones wrote, Reclaiming Your Heart.
Book Bullets:
- My rating: 5 out of 5 stars
- Genre: Contemporary Fiction
- Part of a Series: no
- Publication year: 2013
- Publisher: Tyndale House
