Intimate Conversations: Devotions to Nurture a Woman’s Soul-Book Review

Intimate Conversations: Devotions to Nurture a Woman’s Soul by Alicia Britt Chole is a beautiful gift for a busy Mom. Simple in style yet powerful in content, the pages of this devotional are flowing with poetic words, intimate thoughts, and entertaining experiences. If you are a new Mom, a Mother of Preschoolers, or would like to give a gift to a women expecting her first child-this book is a necessity for your busy day.

This book is a devotional written for busy Moms, providing a few minutes of Intimate Conversations during her day. With a sense of humor the author explains that Motherhood is a “chronically interrupted era of life.” She encourages Moms to continue a relationship with God through daily devotions and a personal quiet time of reflection. Knowing her readers are overwhelmed with Mom-duties, Alicia keeps each daily devotion brief, entertaining and intimate. She writes “every minute of every loud, distracting day is pregnant with potential for intimacy if I can simply and intentionally live with God.”

Intimate Conversations: Devotions to Nurture a Woman’s Soul is a beautiful parallel between the author’s experience as a busy mother and her role as God’s daughter. I found the writing style poetic and intimate. In one devotion she writes “turning from the ocean of undone I took his offered hand” as she speaks of her desire to be intimate with God.  Alicia encourages discussion and reflective journaling with three or four questions after each devotion. She says once she found time for devotions, “Less busy and more fruitful became my mantra. Simplify and focus became my means.” Her words, her book and her daily devotions will nurture a woman’s soul- essential for new Moms.

Some of the devotional themes included in this book include:

• I Ache to Know You More
• Grow Something Good in My Soul
• I Think I’m Doing All the Talking
• Why Do I Feel So Unproductive
• I’m Not Sure I Can Keep Going

I’d highly recommend Intimate Conversations: Devotions to Nurture a Woman’s Soul for a MOPS group study (Mothers of Preschoolers), church Women’s Small Group for new moms,or a local Moms group with a Christian interest. I lead an online Bible study and would include this in the study EXCEPT the book is applicable for Moms with preschoolers and not applicable to the general audience. When my children were little, I was vice-president of the local Moms Club- this book would meet their purpose: Moms connecting in friendship, growing in faith and enjoying life as a new Mom. For older Moms like me, it has the value of reminding me that “Being with God was and still is the first priority of a disciples job description” as stated by the author.

Alicia Britt Chole is an international speaker, a mentor, and the author of a women’s Bible study called Anonymous. Her writing style is entertaining and intimate, so I look forward to reading other books written by Alicia. You can learn more about the author at www.TruthPortraits.com or follow her on facebook: truthportraitstribe

My Amazon Rating 4/5