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Overview
Do you dare believe in a God who wants to make your dreams come true? It seems like there is no time to dream these days. Yet the Bible is full of dreamers-those who exchanged their old dreams for new ones, and those who received unexpected dreams from God that changed the course of history. In this most personal and passionate book, Sheila Walsh wants you to catch a vision for God's love for you and His desire to work through you, freeing you to dream again.Synopsis
Sheila uses stories from The Wizard of Oz, her family, and the Bible to help women catch a vision for God's love and his desire to work through them and free them to dream again.
Publishers Weekly
Walsh, a popular songwriter and Women of Faith core speaker, has worn many hats (and shoes) over the years. It hasn't all been easy, however. While cohosting The 700 Club some years back, Walsh entered a psychiatric facility battling depression, feeling that she was living in a self-made virtual prison. She writes that though she gave her life to Christ at age 11, she could only give him her shame at 35, having lost the ability to dream and love as God had intended. Utilizing themes from The Wizard of Oz, Walsh takes evangelical women on a journey through Oz and weaves life lessons throughout. She asks poignant questions on gaining the freedom to love and be loved, to forgive and be forgiven. Claiming that most women go "gray" as a result of extinguished dreams and lifelong disappointment, Walsh tells them to believe in love rather than judgment, recognizing that God frequently uses pain as a bridge between individuals. The book opens forcefully, with Walsh making colorful connections between the messiness of life and God's sovereign, loving care. Sadly, the book grows less compelling near its close, fizzling to a flat send-off from Oz. (Mar. 6) Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.