HOPE is a Four-Letter Word: The Four-Letter-Word Series (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781096069805)

I grew up hearing four-letter curse words in the home. I never liked the way they were used or the emphasis behind them. The words were spoken in anger, harshly, judgmental, condemning and hurtful. Many were about body functions and body parts and some were about God and His son, Jesus, which confused me and challenged the minimal faith of my youth. As a young adult, four-letter-words were a natural part of my vocabulary. Mostly when I was upset with people or situations. One late night, when my husband returned home from work, a friend and I were in the middle of the living-room floor finishing off a bottle of alcohol. My friend and I greeted him with, "We just discovered 'wife' is a four-letter-word." I was 30. I was becoming aware of my deteriorating moral standards, and the weight of responsibility of my marriage and our 2 young sons. While surrounding myself with people who thought they were helping, when they were actually enabling, I also was plotting an escape from my life's challenges. I was the victim of my own poor choices, but blaming anyone else but myself. I was living in hopelessness. The journey to hope is the reason for this series. Why have I written a series of books on four-letter-words? These book/journals will have compelling questions interspersed with brief stories that challenge and encourage. There could be famous quotes or scriptures interspersed with many blank lined pages to record your thoughts and feelings. Each book becomes a seed-thought journal for your future autobiography.Why start the series with the word "hope?" I did this with purpose. Seeking hope is a common theme in culture. Walking in hope challenges us to choose our words carefully, begin speaking positive four-letter-words and actually imparts a new confidence. Without hope there is no purpose. Starting with hope and learning to use wisdom in our language, moves us to many valuable and useful four-letter words. Whether you say them, or think them, words have power, thus, I believe we can change the meaning of the phrase, "four-letter-words." At least that is my hope.

Author: Judy Cockrum
ISBN-10: 1096069806
ISBN-13: 9781096069805
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 04/27/2019
Pages: 54
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.13d