*Book Review*

Hello everyone. I was thinking of things to blog about and I thought, maybe i'll review some Christian books. To be quite honest I haven't read too many books besides the Bible, but please enjoy this review :)

Book Title: Before You Meet Prince Charming
Author: Sarah Mally
Price Range: $10 - $14 (New)

Review: I thought this book was very informative and it really made me think about taking my relationships with boys a little more seriously. This book is made up of a "fairytale" part and also a "chapter review" portion. To be honest I didn't really read the fairytale part (i'm 15 and felt it was a little to young). However, the chapter review portion was very nice. Miss Mally spoke about her own personal experiences and it was refreshing to hear about courtship and purity from another persons point of view.

Would I recommend it to a friend: Yes

Overall Rating: **** (4 stars)

A Little Bit About Me - My Testimony

My name is Shelby, I'm 15 years old and I live in a small community in Michigan. This upcoming school year I will be in 11th grade. I was adopted as a baby from a difficult situation. I was not raised in the church, in fact I was raised far from it. Both of my parents were raised Catholic, but after they were married they stopped attending church and dropped religion all together. When I was younger the thought of God rarely crossed my mind, if people asked my religion I would tell them Christian because that's what all of my other friends were. The reality was I had gone to church maybe 10 times in my life and it was always with family friends or my friends.

It wasn't until about 2 years ago that I started thinking about where my life was headed in terms of spirituality. I had started developing bad habits that I knew were sinful, but I had never thought of it like that because I had been taught that, "these things were natural." Even though I had realized what I was doing was wrong I still continued doing it. About a year ago I decided to seek help. I stared to read the Bible and talk to friends who I knew would be able to help me. As time went on I started to pray and one night I prayed that the Lord would allow me to come in contact with my birth mother (who'd I'd been searching for, for about 5 years). The next day while surfing facebook I found her profile! I prayed about whether or not to send her a friend request and after a few hours I figured that the Lord had wanted me to find that webpage for a reason. I sent a friend request and that thanksgiving we chatted over facebook for about an hour. That was the first time I truly had full faith in what God was doing in my life and ever since I have been a faithful servant to him.

This year I have gotten to do so many great things with the help of God. I have almost completely rid myself of the bad habit that got my faith started in the first place, I have gotten to meet my birth family, I have joined a church (Fundamental Baptist) and a Bible study club at my school, and found overall peace in my life.

I have created this blog with the hope that those who see it will take the information within it and use it to help their own lives and build a stronger relationship with their Lord and Savior.

Peace and Blessings,
Shelby Renee