Hey y'all! I've been MIA for a little while, between preparing for finals and dealing with illness for a week and a half, life's been busy but I'm finally getting a post up!
I don't know about y'all but Spring is one of my favorite times of the year. Here in Texas we have very few true "spring" days but they sure are beautiful when they come around. It's just refreshing to know that another school year is wrapping up and soon summer and lots of fun trips will be in full swing! So this afternoon my sis and I took advantage of some nice weather and had to have a little impromptu photo shoot in the backyard.
So first things first, I'd really love to share with y'all in this post some books that I've recently been obsessing over! I'm the kind of girl that will walk into the book store with one specific book in mind, and come out with three more. I just can't get enough! A good book can really spark inspiration and great thought that will carry on with you forever. My top three favorite books right now are totally Jesus filled and I love it. I'm not going to do full book reviews on these because it would just take forever for me to tell you everything I love about them, but I've added some links for you to go check them out for yourself!
So this next one is actually my favorite devotional that I've been reading daily. The God Girl Journey: a 30-Day Guide to a Deeper Faith written by Hayley DiMarco is a daily devotional for young women and teen girls. The description I've linked to Amazon makes it sound as though it's for a bit younger crowd, but I'm almost 20 years old and it has been perfect for me and my walk with Christ. love, love, love it!
The last one I want to share with y'all is Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul by John and Stasi Eldredge. I haven't actually dove far into it yet but my mom has read it and passed it down to me. There is also a guided journal that you can purchase to go with it. I'll share with you part of the description from Amazon which I think captures it perfectly: "The message of Captivating is this: Your heart matters more than anything else in all creation. The desires you had as a little girl and the longings you still feel as a woman are telling you of the life God created you to live. He offers to come now as the Hero of your story, to rescue your heart and release you to live as a fully alive and feminine woman. A woman who is truly captivating."
Phew! I know that was a lot to take in, but I promise that you will not regret checking out some of these books. They're great when you just need some time for yourself to sit back (pretend you don't have finals to study for) and be filled with all that the Lord has to say. Life can become overwhelming and especially as a young college age girl trying to find her place in the world, it is so important to get back to the root of it all... Jesus. If you do pick any of them up, let me know what you think! I hope you'll be as inspired as I have been by them so far.
{forever grateful, Ashley}
