Vera Jo Strickland

Mama Said Vera Jo Strickland

Many young folks have come around talking about their own lives with author Vera Jo Strickland, sharing the decisions they were needing to make and the questions that confronted them as they grew up. They would sit together at the table, on the porch by the pool, and even in the living room when the other rooms were filled and voice the never-ending thoughts they were grappling with. This book compiles the responses she gave them as they grew and started becoming the men and women that the Lord called them to be. These are Strickland's efforts to teach her family first, then others, the Word that guided her own life through happiness or pain, through feast or famine and through early and late years. This book of devotionals is meant to bring comfort and cheer, as well as joy and courage to those living in the real world where pain and sorrow live too. It was developed through eighty-plus years of experiencing the wonder and joy of newborn babies and the unbelievable pain of standing by the many gravesides that have been a regular part of life. Presented in one book for the first time, Mama Said presents a year's worth of daily devotionals based on scripture and focused on family. This 400+ page book features hundreds of relevant, insightful Bible passages and commentary. Each day's meditation is designed to bring God's word close to home, to make it personal, and to have a real impact on our Christian lives. These reflections are brief and easy to enjoy, filled with anecdotes, beginning with a Bible verse, and headed with the date, making it possible to dive in every single day. Plus, there's plenty of white space in the wide margins for people who like to make notes as they go. Vera Jo Strickland's own personal life verse is Psalm 71:18, "Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, my God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your mighty acts to all who are to come" (NIV). If you don't have a life verse already, you surely will once you finish reading this book-Mama Said!