I always enjoy Joyce Meyer's teachings and books. She's straightforward and talks from her heart in a no-nonsense style.

This book gives you a guide to help you heal emotionally, physically, spiritually, and find restoration for your soul. Joyce shares her own journey of child abuse and neglect, and how her faith in God helped her to finally come to terms with it. It also helped her to quit ruining other relationships because of misplaced blame.

The title 'Beauty For Ashes' is based on Isaiah 61:3:

To appoint to them who mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness, and they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

Joyce acknowledges the pain, setbacks, and anger one will go through on the journey to healing, but she never lets the reader lose hope that it can't be done. She is empathetic, and gives us the tools we need to allow God's help in healing us. Joyce reminds us that God is capable of taking our brokeness and turning it into something beautiful.

We are given scriptures, prayers, and real steps to take when we are feeling overwhelmed by fear, shame or the weight of the past. (Rather from childhood or adulthood). It helps that she has been through her own hell, because it makes her more relatable.

If you feel your pain is still stagnant and so deep that you will never heal, this book will give you hope.

With God, healing is possible.

Those looking for help with healing past hurts, those looking for actual steps, prayers, and scriptures to help them heal.

Her straightforward, no-nonsense style of teaching, and that she had to go through what she is helping others to get through. If she did it, we can too.

She has a tendency to repeat herself a lot. Though she may be doing so to drive the point home.

Hopeful and thankful that God is so good.

Joyce Meyer is one of the world's leading practical Bible teachers. A New York Times bestselling author, Joyce’s books have helped millions of people find hope and restoration through Jesus Christ. Through Joyce Meyer Ministries, Joyce teaches on a number of topics with a particular focus on how the Word of God applies to our everyday lives. Her candid communication style allows her to share openly and practically about her experiences so others can apply what she has learned to their lives.

Joyce’s programs, Enjoying Everyday Life and Everyday Answers with Joyce Meyer, can be seen around the world through television, radio, and the Internet. Joyce has authored more than 100 books, which have been translated into more than 100 languages and over 65 million of her books have been distributed worldwide. She teaches in cities across America as well as internationally. Joyce Meyer Ministries has offices in nine countries.

Joyce’s passion to help hurting people is foundational to the vision of Hand of Hope, the missions arm of Joyce Meyer Ministries. Hand of Hope provides worldwide humanitarian outreaches such as feeding programs, medical care, orphanages, disaster response, human trafficking intervention and rehabilitation, and much more – always sharing the love and Gospel of Christ.

272 Pages
Published Nov. 1, 2003
#45 in Abuse Self-Help
Rated 4.8

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