I must say after reading the reviews on the internet I did my best to avoid the book. When a friend finally made sure that I have it in my hand, I knew I had to face my fears and read it. The book is such an easy intimate read; she takes you through her journey of life. You get to experience her pain, heartache, anger, fear, anxiety, loneliness and also share in her bravery, courage, her honesty is refreshing. When you read the book it’s like you can touch her emotions. It is about her battle with depression and being in the sport light, how it nearly robbed her of true joy. I actually twitted to her after reading and said she is to the black woman what Peter was to the early church. (Depressions is viewed as a “white people‘s” condition) Peter was the first to raise his voice on Acts 1:14:39 and preach at Pentecost when the church came to be. By sharing her story and living no stone unturned she has given clinical depression a brand new face and voice, one which a lot of us can relate to and connect with. She has given me hope and for that I can recommend this book to anyone.

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On My coffee Table: Nothing lasts forever by Dr Anniekie Ravhudzulo

Nothing lasts forever by Dr Anniekie Ravhudzulo

This is such an easy read, which keeps you coming back for more, needless to say I completed the book within a week. The truth is, nothing last forever and life is nothing like the fairy-tale in the children’s books that we grow up reading. Life is a battle field, full of laughter, joy, pain, challenges, victories and falling and getting up. The book gives the necessary tools you need to live a victorious life in a world full of challenges. What I like the most is that it feeds you with the word of God and it has taught me to use the word as a weapon, it has given me the courage to face whatever comes my way with confidence in my Lord Jesus Christ. I now know that no matter what season I may be experiencing be it, winter, summer, autumn or spring, I face it alert, watchful, and vigilant according to 1Peter 5: 8-10.

Title	Nothing Lasts Forever
Author	Dr Anniekie Ravhudzulo
Publisher	Xlibris Corporation, 2010
ISBN	1456815938, 9781456815936

On My Coffee Table: Count Your Blessings by Dr Dematrini

Count Your Blessings: The healing power of gratitude and love by Dr F Dematrini

Six years ago when my husband was leaving his old company, they gave him the book as a present. I was reading the book for the sixth time over the weekend but there is a story behind this book, now do not lough at me or judge. The story goes like this, my husband first brought the book home and finished reading the book, and he had tried unsuccessfully to get me to read it. the book must have been in our house for more than 8 months before I could actually commit to reading it, I had tried a couple of times to read the book but could not get past the first chapter, then one time after one of our heated arguments, I decided that I was going to give him the silent treatment.

You know being as talkative as I am it was not going to be easy since at the time we were traveling together for about 70 kilometres to and from work. I thought reading this book in the morning while we drive to work will be the best tool to use in ignoring him. Little did I know that it was exactly the book I needed to grow as a person spiritually. I have since kept the book on “my coffee table” and I always go back to it for reference or to remind myself about the importance of gratitude and counting my blessings in my life.

In the book Dr Demartini teaches about the importance of counting your blessings, he teaches that every single experience in a person’s life is there to teach a lesson, if you do not learn from an experience, you will probably meet the same people or the same experience until you learn the intended lesson. So this is the perfect book for me whenever I have an unpleasant experience that seems familiar, I always go back and read it again. The book teaches you how to turn stressful situations into an inspiring learning experience. You learn how to transform the negativity of your fears and problems into positive actions. The author challenges you about the victim mentality and gets you to take responsibility for your life moving forward. Count your blessing has been an inspiration and a blessing that I keep coming back to over and over.