If You Only Knew: My Unlikely, Unavoidable Story of Becoming Free

Posted on 17 June 2017 by Jamie Ivey

What if you knew all the moments of my past that I am not proud of What if you really knew me, the messy parts that I ve hoped to forget and worked hard to conceal For so long, my greatest fear was what you might think of me if you only knew the whole story It s exhausting, this guarding of our stories and struggles Fear of being found out had caused me to hide but I wasn t just covering my flaws, I was unintentionally blocking the beauty of God s grace My journey to real freedom began when I quit running from my mess and started trusting Jesus to make something beautiful of it This book is that story It s stepping out of shame and insecurity into gospel freedom It s letting God turn our failures and frailties into testimonies of His faithfulness I ve discovered that when we quit hiding, God gets the glory and we are able to fully embrace not only our relationship with Him, but also with one another Transparency brings freedom, and in every moment, we ll find that God can absolutely be trusted. Best Read eBook If You Only Knew: My Unlikely, Unavoidable Story of Becoming Free author Jamie Ivey – kino-fada.fr The writing isn t spectacular, but her goal in her writing as she states in the beginning is to tell her story as if you are both sitting at the table in her back yard She intends the book to be very casual I really appreciated her honesty about her past and how God used difficult and shameful circumstances to draw her back to him I am evenencouraged by her confession of how her past shapes her current sin and heart struggles and how she presses into a gospel centered community in those The writing isn t spectacular, but her goal in her writing as she states in the beginning is to tell her story as if you are both sitting at the table in her back yard She intends the book to be very casual I really appreciated her honesty about her past and how God used difficult and shameful circumstances to draw her back to him I am evenencouraged by her confession of how her past shapes her current sin and heart struggles and ...This is a tricky book for me to review Based on the message and heart of this story and the author s testimony, I d give it 5 stars So many truths and freeing ideas put into an easy to read conversational style But If I m rating on the writing, it s a 3 star review Hear me out it s not that a person needs to be an accomplished writer to produce a ...Unlike many reviewers, I had no idea who Jamie Ivey was prior to receiving this book for review and had never listened to her podcast I feel that I got a chance to get to know her through reading If You Only Knew and appreciated the book for its vulnerability and Gospel centered message I mean truly Gospel centered, as in she tied the work of Christ back into every mistake she s made and lesson she s learned and for that reason alone I would recommend this book because I believe that God can Unlike many reviewers, I had no idea who Jamie Ivey was prior to receiving this book for review and had never listened to her podcast I feel that I got a chance to get to know her through reading If You Only Knew and appreciated the book for its vulnerability and Gospel centered message I mean truly Gospel centered, as in she tied the work of Christ back into every mistake she s made and lesson she s learned and for that reason alone I would recommend this book because I believe that God can use it to help free many p...The introduction says it all Stories are important When we see our stories not as obstacles to freedom, but rather as the key to unlocking it, a book like If You Only Knew becomes a MUST READ In her first book, Jamie Ivey does just this shares her beautiful, broken, and redeemed story to encourage her readers to remove the labels they put on their own journeys and to own how the gospel can truly work in our lives She reminds her readers that our stories are not really as unique as we The introduction says it all Stories are important When we see our stories not as obstacles to freedom, but rather as the key to unlocking it, a book like If You Only Knew becomes a MUST READ In her first book, Jamie Ivey does just this shares her beautiful, broken, and redeemed s...I read this book in one day, because it was that compelling This book surprised me, because it isn t the precious commonplace story I ve come to expect from Christian women writers Jamie Ivey sets up the reader sharing about other sinners from the Bible, then she dives into her own story of how Jesus rescues her Along the way she steps on various soap boxes She encourages women to be vulnerable She urges Christians to stop being shocked by sin Finally, she encourages the reader to seek out I read this book in one day, because it was that compelling This book surprised me, because it isn t the p...The pages of this book are drenched with me too tears, poured out over a so far lifetime of failing and following, failing and following Yet God has forgiven me, just as God has forgiven you And even on days where we may seelosing than winning, His faithfulness and forgiveness will hold us together For as bad as it s been and as bad as it can get, Jesus is better Let us all be women who believe that to be true I really enjoyed this book It s very convicting as Jamie sheds light on The pages of this book are drenched with me too tears, poured out over a so far lifetime of failing and following, failing and following Yet God has forgiven me, just as God has forgiven you And even on days where we may seelosing than winning, His faithfulness and forgiveness will hold us together For as bad as it s been and as bad as it can get, Jesus is better Let us all be women who ...I bought this book because I love her podcast This is her story to finding freedom from the bondage of sin She is incredibly vulnerable in these pages and encourages others to be the same because walking around like we have it all together doesn t help anyone She talks about the importance of having a fight club friends that you can open up to and they will speak truth in your life, point you to Jesus and pray with you and for you She speaks truth in this book and talks about the importance I bought this book because I love her podcast This is her story to finding freedom from th...I think everyone s got a skeleton or two in their closet I know I certainly do This isn t the time or place to really talk about the bad I ve done in my life, but, suffice to say, it s enough that I was curious about Jamie Ivey s If You Only Knew The book while aimedso at women readers is about all those sordid mistakes you ve made in the past, and how you might be able to come through them to a place of peace Given that the author is a conservative Christian from Texas, you know t I think everyone s got a skeleton or two in their closet I know I certainly do This isn t the time or place to really talk about the bad I ve done in my life, but, suffice to say, it s enough that I was curious about Jamie Ivey s If You Only Knew The book while aimedso at women readers is about all those sordid mistakes you ve made in the past, and how you might be able to come through them to a place of peace Given that the author is a conservative Christian from Texas, you know the answer to the predicament Jesus.I m not going to admonish the author for her beliefs, because that s not how I roll But after reading John Shelby Spong s upcoming book Unbelievable, I had a hard time reconciling God and or Jesus as a supernatural person living in the clouds up in the sky This version of Go...The easiest thing to think that the way things are is the way they are supposed to be That we have no choice in how things in our lives will go Though I do believe in some destiny I also believe that we can make choices to direct what that destiny will be I believe we must listen the to guidance in our hearts Reading through Jamie s story made me realize how much hiding we do in this world We hide the feelings we have about what we really want, really believe We hide the way we feel about The easiest thing to think that the way things are is the way they are supposed to be That we have no choice in how things in our lives will go Though I do believe in some destiny I also believe that we can make choices to direct what that destiny will be I believe we must listen the to guidance in our hearts Reading through Jamie s story made me realize how m...This is a truthful, gospel centered memoir, that doesn t hit on the tired themes of girl power and follow your dreams or woe is me, I m so wounded but tells a story with a purpose and goes back to Biblical truth throughout I wasn t expecting to like it as much as I did, or learn from it as much as I did My history is not at all like Jamie Ivey s, but that didn t matter, as truth is truth no matter what and what she gives in this book is just that I wasn t expecting to like If You Only K This is a truthful, gospel centered memoir, that doesn t hit on the tired themes of girl power and follow your dreams or woe is me, I m so wounded but tells a story with a purpose and goes back to Biblical truth thro...

If You Only Knew: My Unlikely, Unavoidable Story of Becoming Free

17 June 2017

Jamie Ivey