Freshwater: Girl, Wash Your Face! by Rachel Hollis

Freshwater

Located in the wilds of Wyoming, the name Freshwater was chosen as a Western analogy to Christ. Just as He is the Living Water, and we must have Him to have eternal life, any desert dweller knows the importance of fresh water to life, both for self, and the nourishment of crops or livestock. By taking nourishment in God and His word, we strengthen our own relationship with Him, our faith, and the quality and abundance of our fruitfulness.

Our keystone verse is from Jeremiah, Chapter 17, Verse 8: "For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see whenSave heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

The fruit that we speak of is mentioned in Galatians 5:22
"²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

And the heat could be anything we experience that might test our faith in God; trials and tribulations, relationships, anything that focuses our love and attention anywhere but on Him...

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Girl, Wash Your Face! by Rachel Hollis

I thought I'd written a post on this book ages ago, but I couldn't find it anywhere. I'm going to tell you I probably won't be able to share a lot of details about the book because I read it last February, but I do remember it being one I enjoyed.

This book was recommended by one of my daughters, though my youngest two both read and liked it. In fact, my youngest reminded me that she owns it and I could borrow it if I needed any refreshers to write this post.

The full title is actually really long, Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies about Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be.

Each chapter actually starts with a lie that the author used to believe about herself, and the myth busting truth she has found.

I love that she is completely unashamed, willing to lay it all on the table, willing to be completely honest, to share her embarrassing tales, and to laugh at herself. She is unabashedly real, and willing to get down to the nitty gritty. She reminds us that we have to be honest with ourselves in order to combat mistruths.

I've written down some of my favorite quotes from within the pages, but you really need to go read it for yourself.

And, if you're looking for a good story to read, be sure to check out Party Girl, her first book in The Girls Series. I've only read the first one so far, but it was an entertaining read where I laughed, cried, and fumed at some of the characters, so it gave me "all the feels".