LET. IT. GO. Sneak Peek & Giveaway
Psssst!
Want a sneak peek at my new book LET. IT. GO. How to Stop Running the Show & Start Walking in Faith?
It is on how NOT to be a control freak and start trusting God—-with our circumstances, our schedules, our homes, our hubby and kids (if we have them) and ultimately with our lives.
I am posting an excerpt over at Roomag from the chapter Hovering Over the Home. Roomag is the online magazine headed up by Candace Cameron Bure. (You may remember her as DJ Tanner from the sitcom Full House) She wrote the foreword to my book. :-)
I’d love for you to take a peek and then come back and tell me what you think.
In fact, I’ll give away a signed copy to one of you who does when it releases hot off of the presses on November 13th.
If you’d like to pre-order a copy to get it when it comes out, you can do so by clicking here. It also includes a 6 week dvd teaching and a Bible study workbook for group or individual use. Maybe you could grab a group of friends and study it together!
Okay, head over to Roomag to check it out by clicking here but be sure to come back here to comment!
My 2 girlfriends and i started a bible study group. this would be a good book for us to do
I can’t wait to get a copy of this book!
I sooooo need to read this book. I know I’m a control freak, am better than I was a few years ago, but still have such a long way to go. Thank you for writing this book!
This book sounds like a winner for all of us control freaks or trying not to be control freaks. It took me years to learn to not get upset about having your drawers organized. Now I am happy if it makes it to the draw period. I find my clothes in my 12 year old’s drawer. I just decided to buy extra underwear so I don’t have to go looking for it. It’s hard to choose battles some days!
Karen,
Once again you are speaking to my heart. As the girl whose first words were “me do it”, I fight my stubborn nature daily. I would rather just do it myself and know it’s done correctly (in my eyes). In the past year, I have been blessed with three stepchildren, boys ages 9-12, and I am finding that my attitude needs adjustment :>) Your excerpt today touched a raw nerve for sure. I can’t wait to read this book!
You just *had* to pick the dishes as an example, didn’t you? LOL I have realized while raising the 8 children GOD has blessed me with that I am more of a control freak than I realized before. While I might bite my tongue as the the mom of #2 I would have stewed about it afterwards so therefore not really letting it go. This looks to be a very good, instructional book! Thanks Karen!
This is something I have always struggled with, and still have to ask myself if I am trying to control or trust God? Thanks for being honest and writing this book. A timely message for all of us women!
I’ve put this concept into practice in many areas but still catch myself getting on to the kids for not doing it my way. Such as the 9 year old boy who takes forever in the bathroom with a shower – making faces in the mirror, etc. Drives me nuts!!! Can’t wait to get this book!!
I definitely have control issues. I don’t have kids yet but I get frustrated just like you said when my husband doesnt do things exactly like I think he should. This book will definitely be added to my bookshelf!
Karen, this was SO good. I didn’t understand that I was a control freak until after my girls were adults and they informed me and the Lord allowed me to see how out of control my being in control was and how much it was damaging my relationships and my ministries. As I have allowed myself to be led by the Spirit, that has changed immeasurably for me. I know in the flesh I will always have this battle but if I “Let.It.Go” and let God it will be one that I can win and He will be pleased with. As a grandparent, I am so much more sensitive to the needs of those children and not injuring them with our words and attitudes. I wish I had realized that when my girls were children. I still like things done a particular way but don’t come “Unglued” any more when they aren’t. Thanks for the blog post and the new book!
Oh wow! Do I need this book! My husband jokes all the time that I need to get my OCD in check before I go nuts! Even the smallest things drive me crazy, like our boys rearranging on the pumpkins on our porch! I believe I need to purchase this as soon as it hits the stands!
Oh Karen, how I struggle with this. I’m a homeschooling mom of 2 boys (ages 14 & 11) and a daughter (8). Just this morning she was “managing” her brothers, whereupon I heard, “stop trying to be a mini mom”. Seeking to enjoy one another while still teaching the “right” way to do things, and appreciating the wonderful differences God created in each of us.
I really enjoyed reading it. I am a control freak. Only been married 8 years with a stepson, no kids of my own yet. And I want to get my control freak personality under control before having kids of my own. I know I get this from my mother, and I hope this book will help me, and then I can find a way to kindly pass it on to her :)
I am so looking forward to this book! :)
Hello, my name is Cathy and I am a recovering control freak! I’ve been a wife and mom for over 22 years now, and this is a lesson that I have had to learn and relearn (the hard way) too many times. So looking forward to reading your book!
I am that way and need to let. it. go! I have two boys. I always get tense when they start to play with mixer! Of course, they LOVE speed on it! I always find myself saying…Hey! That will make a mess! But I need to let. it. go. Thanks for the blog!
Read RooMag first. Sounds like a book that will touch a lot of people’s lives.
Ouch and wow!! I needed that! I’m a control freak but never thought to call it what it is. I always just thought I was very conscientious and liked things done well. I now know I have some work to do!! Thanks, Karen. :)
Sounds like a book that should be in all households! Might be a good book to pass on! Thanks!
LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!! I have learned that if I let go and let my daughter do it her way, we are both happier. The work gets done, and she doesn’t mind doing it the next time.
Ha! This scenario was SO true in my house several years ago! I raised 3 daughters and our dishwasher didn’t always work! I’m afraid I was sometimes like the first mom in the story! I learned as time went on to pick my battles and lettigooooooooo! i pray that all the young mothers today will follow your great advise!
I find this is also how most women treat their husbands. As a young wife & mother many years ago a lady gave some good advice…they may not bathe the children how you would, wash the dishes n the same order nor cook as well as you but God never intended for you to do everything the same. We must pick our battles!
Now I must get up & find a sharpie & write a permanent reminder of this on my hand lol J/K
The excerpt on Roomag could an evening at my house. I can’t wait to read your book.
Oh, yeah. It’s my way or the highway at my house. I SO needed to see this in black and white today. I need help around the house, but I’m not gonna get it using my usual tactics. Thank you, Karen!
Karen- the post you wrote at Roo mag, you could have been a fly on the wall in my kitchen. I knew I had control issues, but seeing it written out is good for me to show me how much. This is the scene in our kitchen everyday! You are correct Karen in that they are really just a pre teen, being a pre teen. Thank you for your words. I myself am going to read it and see if a group of friends would like to study it together.