title: The Envy of Eve: Finding Contentment in a Covetous World (Focus for Women)
author:  Melissa B. Kruger 
description: I commend this fine, new book...with a prayer that we all read and follow her Biblical counsel to fully understand the condition we are in and flee quickly to the One who truly satisfies our deepest longings and our true desires. (Michael A. Milton ~ President and Senior Fellow at D. James Kennedy Institute for Christianity and Culture)<br /><br />"With empathy and grounded biblical insight, Melissa Kruger shows us the path to abiding joy amidst life's varied 'ups' and 'downs'." (Lydia Brownback ~ Author of <i>Contentment</i>, Wheaton, Illinois)<br /><br />"With I've-been-there understanding and been-in-the-Word insight, Melissa B. Kruger helps us to look beneath the surface of our discontent, exposing our covetous hearts to the healing light of God's Word." (Nancy Guthrie ~ Bible teacher and author of Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament series)<br /><br />"By focusing on Biblical truths and examples, Kruger opens our eyes to the scope and depth of covetousness in our lives, while also drawing us into the path of holiness and a life honoring and glorifying God." (Diana Lynn Severance ~ A historian with broad experience teaching in universities and seminaries, Spring, Texas)<br /><br />... the author loves Christ, shares her struggles honestly and writes with a sincere desire to encourage her sisters n Christ. (New Horizons Magazine)<br /><br />"In an age and culture where we all tend to have an overdeveloped sense of entitlement, this book makes a brilliant diagnosis that goes right to the heart of the problem." (Ann Benton ~ Author and family conference speaker, Guildford, England)<br /><br />"Through biblical examples and sympathetic counsel we are pointed again and again to the delivering power of the Lord Jesus Christ." (Faith Cook ~ author of Troubled Journey, Derbyshire, England)
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  American Sizism
  
  Sucks
  
  by
  
  katy glenn willis
  
    
  
  American Sizism Sucks
  
  Authored by Katy Glenn Willis
  
  Copyright © 2012
  
  ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
  
  ISBN-10: 1479370711
  
  ISBN-13: 9781479370719
  
  **
  
  Cover art by Katy Glenn Willis
  
  Cover design by Rachel Lackey
  
  Thank you to all who gave permission to print your songs and poems in this
  book.
  
    
  
  “It is what it is,
  
  it’s
  
  all
  
  in
  
  the handling.”
  
  -John Trudell
  
    
  
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  HELLO
  
  Once upon a troubled time, in a small tennessee town where a lot of people
  reside who are connected to the literary and academic world, a group of us
  women formed a monthly gathering wherein the purpose was always evolving, but
  consistently included beginning with open communication about our current
  experiences. And so it began, one eve, with a newer member sharing the
  disturbing event in her day.
  
  While enjoying the natural quiet of her rural surroundings, she was seriously
  shocked by turning to see a stranger on the property! It w