Sheryl Maxey

Growing in Godliness Sheryl Maxey

For many years author Sheryl Maxey has been recording word pictures in her journal. These glimpses of God's character in everyday images will give you a fresh perspective and renewed hope that God desires to work in the day-to-day experiences in your life. Spend the next forty days seeing God's hand in places you may never have thought to look. ]++++++++++++++++ There are thousands of devotional guides out there, why pick this one? How do these 40 devotionals stand out? This book written by Sheryl Maxey uses the same teaching motif of our savior Jesus. Sheryl takes our common, everyday experiences and with gifted insight brings a godly perspective to life. I know I will never play Monopoly again without thinking about a stack of "Get out of Jail Free" cards and the grace of God or about how I need to let go to move forward as I am teaching my own children how to use the monkey bars. Growing in Godliness is an effortless read that doesn't hide from some tough subjects such as the goodness of God and the difference between faith and presumption; yet Sheryl explains them so that anyone can understand them. The great German theologian Dietrich Bonheoffer said that if one could not explain God and the Bible in simple terms something was amiss. Sheryl has painted graphic word pictures that express difficult themes and ideas so simply one wonders how they were complex to begin with. Growing in Godliness is inspirational. You'll read the devotionals and become engrossed in the life of people. You can see her friend John dancing with joy in the aisle of the church. You can imagine a family of eight sleeping on the living room floor. These very human stories help us look with grace at each individual uniquely created by the savior, which is how He looks at us! --Pastor Steven Beeman