All good things come to those who wait
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As many have said, this book is not Austen's most celebrated, but the main character, Fanny Price, is one of her best. Austen is a champion of the disadvantaged female and in this story, much like Bronte's Jane Eyre, Fanny, our heroine, goes to live with another family as a child and is kept from the enjoyments of others. Not to say she is misused or treated like a servant, but is prohibited from the enjoyments of her adopted familys' life. Because of her inferior birth she is no more than a bystander, watching the enjoyments of others from a distance. But, through the course of events, each of her immediate family and a few neighboring friends, come to value her each in their own way. Though not overtly accomplished like the ladies around her she is a self-made woman. It is frustrating to be the reader at times, knowing what is in Fanny's mind, especially of her desires. If she would but speak, react, defend herself we know she would be more noticed and would have more of a chance with those she wishes would notice her. What is interesting is why she doesn't make those choices. Her personal discipline and conscience are, at times, her biggest enemies. The only reason this novel fell short for me was it's ending. As per usual with Austen's heroines, they eventually get what the want, which really can be said for any of her characters. For a character like Fanny, who we've been rooting for the entire time, who we want to succeed, who we want to have the man she's wanted all her life, and who has never been able to communicate her wants or desires to anyone, the ending felt like an empty victory.  She is this sad, simple, smart, incredibly deserving woman and we can only expect that her lifetime of waiting will pay off. It does, but not as she deserves. Not to say she doesn't get exactly what she wants, but I don't feel that we get to share in her triumph.
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Satisfied with my purchase, but still waiting for my 'good luck'.
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Waiting for God is not easy for anyone, specially  me. This book is very helpful to an impatient person such as myself.
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A great way to share hope and encouragement while we wait!!!  I loved the simplicity of the chapters and the prayers.
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Couldn't put it down, left we with a good feeling that things work out if you wait for it to happen.
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Great to see that good things happen to good people. Chip and JoJo are down to Earth, easy going, hard working, good people and deserve all the success they have achieved. Wish I lived nearby, I would totally want to to hang out with them!
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Product was as described. Delivery was delayed briefly but overall 5 stars is fair. Life is full of delays
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Some wonderful truth here, for those viewers with the patience and love to embrace other people.
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Who hasn't had to wait for something they wanted -- a house to sell, a better job, a spouse, a wayward child to return? This book is one you won't want to put down because it is so on target for each of us. In her delightful writing style, Karon Goodman teaches the reader how to stop begging, pleading and demanding that God adjust life to her own timing, and learn to find purposes, direction, closeness to the Lord, and, yes, even enjoyment in the wait. I'd highly recommend this book to anyone who's ever felt like they've been stuck in a 'waiting room.'
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This book is short, easy to read and uplifting. This is the perfect reminder to wait on God and his timing.  How we wait will show just how much faith we have while we wait.
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I enjoyed reading this book of family, progress and hope. It shows that there are good people in the world,
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Having seen the PBS series on TV,  I was intrigued by how  William Boyd handled the stages of life  that propelled Mountstuart through his journey on the planet earth.  Was life as simple as good luck stacked against bad luck in the end?  Boyd does not disappoint as he weaves and pulls us  into each fate filled interlude toward the final destination we all must travel.  However, I found myself smiling in the end.

I would recommend this to all my friends and especially to my son Benjamin.  This time we have In a lifetime is short for a reason.  So, discover this early, that the reason is to live your life as full as you can every day that presents itself.  Enjoy the sheer happiness of those who you love and those who love you.
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Helps my disabled Mom wait patiently for me to get back to her because she can see that there is an end in sight.
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This is what I've been looking and waiting for.
I recommend this to seekers and searchers for relief and release, and for the "knowing." It's all here.
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I've owned this book for many months, but had to wait my turn as various males in my house read it. It was worth the wait. I read a chapter or two--really a column or two--at a time. Sometimes one can see what is coming in Kirkland's writing, but then again sometimes one is surprised. Regardless, he is clearly an admirable man; someone to be desired as a neighbor if not, as Lynn Johnston jibes, a spouse. I recommend this book whole-heartedly to anyone who finds life challenging. We are not alone.
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Eileen Button is part preacher's wife, part English professor and part newspaper columnist, living in the suburbs of Michigan. The essays in her first book, "The Waiting Place," gently ask us to redefine the way we think of waiting; waiting for the mail, for children to grow up, for a sign from God. Throughout, she reminds us that, as John Lennon sang, life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

Waiting is not down time or lost time or wasted time; it's life. Whether she is describing her youthful longing for her father's approval while on a fishing trip, or her affection for her husband-to-be's clavicles, or her love of her grandmother's weathered but beautiful hands, Button's soulful prose illuminates her Christian faith with simple, often funny stories. ("Note to self: Next time you tape undergarments to your chest, use duct tape instead of masking tape").

As the wife of a preacher, she has a unique vantage point from which to view her local congregation ("...the divorced and dying. Grumpy and grateful. They have been blessed beyond measure; they have survived astonishing loss. They come because they always have. They come because they never have").

There are humorous observations ("We know the verse that reads 'The first will be last, and the last first,' but we race each other to the front of the potluck line and never notice the irony"). There are also glimpses into the more difficult side of a preacher's life; the seven-day-a-week demands of his congregation, the psychological stress of easing other people's burdens, burnout.

But the tone of the book is ultimately uplifting, whether Button is taking a rare break to fly a kite with her kids, pulling her hair out trying to find the perfect Mother's Day card, or crowing about her ability to put on her makeup without looking in a mirror (to which her sister replies, "Are you bragging about that, Eileen? Because I'm thinking that's not something you should be bragging about").

Button has that rare ability, which Erma Bombeck had, to effortlessly mingle humor and poignancy in the same story. She recounts the time her uncle, on his deathbed, lamented the fact that he would not live long enough to enjoy the new toilet he had just installed in his bathroom. This book will make you laugh, and it will also bring a few tears.

She even eventually gets that sign from God.

Christians, and even those of other faiths or no faith at all, will find an awful lot to like here.
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Its been a while since we've heard from The Kry but with songs like you'll find on the new album, the wait is worth it. Though their sound is fairly simple (being a three-piece band), it is flawlessly suited to their  message. Their songwriting is among the best in Christian music and the  performances are never tiresome, vocally or musically. This is one of those  "every song is good" albums.