Paula Rinehart - Better Than My Dreams: Finding What You Long For Where You Might Not Think to Look

PRAISE FOR
BETTER THAN MY DREAMS

When the dream you thought your life would be gets shattered, its hard to see the sovereignty of God among the broken pieceslet alone, the goodness of God. In Better Than My Dreams we see both. And something else. We see something beautiful. And that something beautiful is the dream God first dreamed of when He dreamed of you, and when He dreamed of me.

Ken Gire
Author, Windows of the Soul and Moments with the Savior

Whether you are wrestling with overwhelming challenges or just experiencing low-grade disillusionment in life (as we all do at times), Paulas out-of-the-box thinking will help you get God out of whatever box you may have Him in. Her wisdom and insight will open your eyes to the joy of truly living lifenot the life we always dreamed of, but one thats even betterthe one we already have!

Shannon Ethridge, MA
Best-selling Author, Every Womans Battle and Completely His

With remarkable insight, Paula Rinehart cuts to the chase, revealing the longings, disappointments, dreams, challenges, and spiritual hunger of every woman. If you long for a book that describes your deepest desires and leads you on a journey to joy, look no further. Paulas writing is fresh, vibrant, penetrating, and personal. The built-in study guide makes this book ideal for personal or small group study.

Carol Kent
Speaker and Author, A New Kind of Normal

Desire is often an undeclared war in the heart. We want, and we dont get. We fail to receive because we either dont ask or we ask for what will divert us from glory. Desire is the territory where we battle with the core questions about the goodness and power of God. Paula Rinehart is a wise, generous, and honest woman who knows this terrain and has found in her own struggle a sweet passion for the risen, self-giving love of Jesus. Her invitation is so profound and yet so simple it is staggering: find the passion you were born to engage, and in giving you will find the deepest desire aroused and fulfilled beyond measure. Better Than My Dreams will transform and refine every heart that risks desiring God.

Dan B. Allender, PhD
President and Professor of Counseling, Mars Hill
Graduate School; and Author, The Wounded Heart,
To Be Told, and Leading with a Limp

From the first paragraphs I felt like Paula was reading my mind and my heart, and it was hard to put the book down. With a style that made me feel as though we were sitting in her office talking about life, she encouraged me to be honest about the disappointments in my life and to ask God to meet me there. Its a book of great encouragement and hope.

Alison Pollock
Associate Campus Director, Campus Crusade for Christ

Better Than My Dreams is a must-read for women of all ages and stages of life. Paula is gifted with a divine ability to help women recognize and deal with real-life issues, thereby enabling women to live beyond their wildest dreams. Practical applications and the small group guide are most helpful in our journey to live life to the fullest and make progress in our walk with the Lord.

Debbie Stuart
Director, Womens Ministry, Prestonwood Baptist Church, Plano, TX

Sooner or later every woman feels stuck in her own life. Thankfully, Paula Rinehart has been there and knows the way out... with honesty, compassion, and a steady vision for the life we women long for.

Carla Barnhill
Author, The Myth of the Perfect Mother

Come, all you who are weary and wounded, and find hope. Disappointment is, strangely enough, Rinehart writes, the doorway to real adventure with God. How thankful I am for such an articulate Christian woman, using the truths of Scripture to set us free. Life is so hard, yet that pain can be a gymnasium for the soul. I was compelled by Better Than My Dreams, turning pages to the satisfying end.

Dee Brestin
Author, The Friendships of Women, Falling in Love
with Jesus, and A Woman of Worship

Insightful, honest, and beautifully eloquent, Paula Rinehart gives a voice to what all of us women already knowwe have big dreams for ourselves. Regardless of our seasons in life, our longing to find deeper meaning unites us. Written with transforming truth, Better Than My Dreams is a book for every woman everywhere. It is a practical and hands-on approach to our quest for more. I will wholeheartedly share it with all of my friends!

Lisa Whittle
Speaker and Author, The Seven Hardest Things God
Asks a Woman to Do and Behind Those Eyes

Rineharts book reads like a velvet plow, gently but relentlessly breaking up the frozen tundra of our souls, making way for a radiant hope. With the turn of each page, the alluring possibility of a lifewith its losses and longings includeddrenched with Gods irrepressible goodness begins to glow. Rineharts book is a wise and beautiful offering, one worth a profoundly warm reception.

Connally Gilliam
Navigator Metro Mission Staff, Washington, DC; and Author, Revelations
of a Single Woman

Paulas book points at the elephant in the roomour mistaken belief that our faith will somehow fix every heartache we face. But more than pointing out the elephant, she points us to the God who is far grander and far sweeter than a life lived as a fairy tale. Thank you, Paula, for the bracing freedom of reality and the reminder of a love that never lets us go.

Sally Breedlove
Board Member, Anglican Mission in America; and Author, Choosing Rest

The secret... the secret to life. How much would that be worth to you? Paula Rinehart pulls back the curtain, exposing secrets to living the life of Jesus that I certainly wish someone had given me years ago. If you are wanting to live the life Christ intended for you, amidst this confusing, messy, broken world, this book is for you. Paula takes well-known truths of Scripture and brings them near where they can be experienced and their implications embraced. She has a wonderful way of walking amidst the reality of most of our not-so-perfect lives and the ravenous hunger we have been gifted with by God for so much more. Paula doesnt offer an easy path, but she offers motivating and deeply practical ways to taste more of all God has for those He has chosen and calls His beloved. This book will help you live the life God longs for you to enjoy. If it were up to me, I would make it mandatory reading in the Life 101 course!

Dr. Cheryl L. Meredith, PhD
Vice President, Missions/Human Resources, The Navigators

As I read Better Than My Dreams, I was shaken to the depths of my heart as I was faced with the reality of my own belief in who God truly is. I was challenged to see my life and how God views me. I have repeatedly asked God to take away some problem, trial, or difficulty in my life, and sometimes He has. But this book has helped me to ask a new question when God does not remove the problem, and that is Will I let God transform me in this? Those who read this book will be convicted, challenged, encouraged, and ready for Gods transformation.

Alana Combs
Womens Mentor

All of us who have watched Disneys Cinderella know the first line of that famous song. A dream is a wish your heart makes when its fast asleep. Some go through life fast asleep, still holding on to their dreams. But what do you do when you wake up and realize that your dreams are not there? Paula Rineharts new book Better Than My Dreams gives you gentle reality and a tender hope in a world of broken dreams. She warmly takes you by your delicate heart and walks you through the charred brokenness, then kindly helps you see that every shattered dream is never wasted in the hands of our loving heavenly Father. I believe as you read her book, you will discover for yourself how precious your broken dreams are to Him and how He longs to use them in your life just for you. I encourage all women who have dreams that have never come true to embark on a personal journey with the living God through this book so you may find freedom on the other side of those dreams.