Books by Cheryle T Ricks

This book is based on aspects of the author''s life. It seeks to encourage readers to forgive and work to repair the relationships in their lives, knowing that people have struggles and sometimes need more help than abandonment. The author also encourages readers to seek the Lord and His direction in the scenarios in each chapter.The author wants to help her own family heal and others who have been hurt. The author''s honesty about her mental health provides an opening to reach readers personally, encouraging their positive responses to the healing and understanding the book can bring.The author has keen insight into relationships and the importance of having God included in those relationships. Each chapter offers advice on how to really assess a relationship with someone and what might be needed in order to restore the connection or move forward with forgiveness and closure.- Xulon Pres This book is a life lesson for many individuals and families. It is a raw, uninhibited account of the writer''s personal journey. Life is unscripted and things don''t always go the way we would like, and relationships can be harmed or even broken, sometimes by circumstances beyond our control. The question becomes, "How do we view people we are in conflict with?" But more importantly, "How do we see ourselves and the implications of our conduct?" The book also explores the circumstances that can cause rifts in even the closest relationships. The pain and emotional toll are highlighted and helps to explain why people sometimes do what they do or why they are the way they are.The beginning of the book sets up a backdrop of how one woman struggle and decision to salvage the torn relationships with the people she loves. She sought spiritual guidance to learn how to see others'' perspectives and how to start the dialogue to begin the healing process. Second chances can be hard to come by. Therefore, torn relationships are not being reconciled and can affected people for years.But, faith in God and sincere introspective and forgiveness reconciliation can be achieved. The song, "I Need You to Survive" comes to mind, illustrating that life is so much more meaningful and rewarding when you have the right relationship with God and those who matter most to us.-Austin L. Patterson III

Through an inspiring work of spiritual teaching, the author explores the strength and rest that is found in Christ to help believers overcome any challenge in life. With profound wisdom and revelatory biblical insight, Rest in God: How to Keep Living When Life Gets Hard shares the powerful truth that you are never alone when you place your trust in the Lord. Each chapter offers new teaching that builds upon the previous teaching in the book. The author's voice is both comforting and confident, speaking compassionately to the reader while successfully guiding the reader to the spiritual truth within God's Word which allows the reader to build trust with the author, as the reader feels cared for and nurtured by the author's words. The author's focus on walking alongside the reader through the teaching and reiterating that the reader is not alone in life furthers this feeling of care. The author uses her personal experience to provide real-life examples for the reader to understand the biblical truths in the book. This use of personal experience also allows the reader to relate to the author, identifying with the author's challenges and hardships so the reader can have hope that they too can overcome their circumstances with the love of Christ to reach their destiny and purpose.