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Finding Your Fairy Tale Ending
Aimed at encouraging “Girls to Live 4 God,” author DeChari Cole shares the true story of a girl in search of happiness and love – a search that leads her through the wild and unpredictable world of friendships, dating, heartbreak, and loneliness.
Only when she is captured by the beauty and majesty of Christ does she find real joy in the center of God’s will for her life.
Finding Your Fairy Tale Ending shows teenage girls how to look beyond the make-believe messages of today’s culture. They will discover that with Jesus “happily ever after” isn’t just for fairy tales!
Only when she is captured by the beauty and majesty of Christ does she find real joy in the center of God’s will for her life.
Finding Your Fairy Tale Ending shows teenage girls how to look beyond the make-believe messages of today’s culture. They will discover that with Jesus “happily ever after” isn’t just for fairy tales!
176 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2013
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January 18, 2018
I've read a couple books talking about purity, relationships, and so-on, meant for Christian girls like me, but this one took me a bit by surprise.
Dechari pulls you into her journey of boyfriends(a loooot of guys), breakups, and trusting God. In the end, you can see how God was molding her and growing her, but it was hard to see her growth through the book(in her high school years). When a relationship didn't work out, they'd break up and she'd basically move on. I found it hard to believe that she really learned from her mistakes, since she was so quick to say, "Yes!" to a cute guy that asked her to be his girlfriend. I am aware that her parents were divorced and her mother was too busy to properly teach her about boys and the drama that comes with foolish decisions concerning them, and that made for a very long journey of relationships. I lost count with how many boys she dated and kissed!
In the end, though, it was sweet to see how she and her Prince finally found each other, but it was especially cool since you just know God had orchestrated things for His glory.
After reading this book, I find it to be a good warning to the girls unaware of the dangers that come with these matters.
Dechari pulls you into her journey of boyfriends(a loooot of guys), breakups, and trusting God. In the end, you can see how God was molding her and growing her, but it was hard to see her growth through the book(in her high school years). When a relationship didn't work out, they'd break up and she'd basically move on. I found it hard to believe that she really learned from her mistakes, since she was so quick to say, "Yes!" to a cute guy that asked her to be his girlfriend. I am aware that her parents were divorced and her mother was too busy to properly teach her about boys and the drama that comes with foolish decisions concerning them, and that made for a very long journey of relationships. I lost count with how many boys she dated and kissed!
In the end, though, it was sweet to see how she and her Prince finally found each other, but it was especially cool since you just know God had orchestrated things for His glory.
After reading this book, I find it to be a good warning to the girls unaware of the dangers that come with these matters.
August 23, 2016
book review for fending your fairytale ending .by Dechari cole
My first thought as,I started reading this book. I'm stryck with in overwhelming, cents that this book is going to lie. To me.
That,overwhelming sense turned out to be true in; certain respects.
I was, barely 10 pages into the book and I could.
already see the building blocks,of something that for,me is incredibly disturbing.
That is the purity or sometimes called the virginity mythos.
What does,does and I don't have time to get into the social context of the word virginity in,and of itself.
But;
the whole concept of this cloud, purity phenomenon is telling girls that the,whole value,as human beings.
Solely.rests,in their,virginity or lack there of.
Some text,not this one in particular but some,
That I read to.
go as far as telling girls that they that have had sex that,they are used cars.
For obvious reasons that Doesn't sir right with me. A lat of this book, is fall of falsehoods. what do i mean by this. outdoor goes, as for as saying.
that Everey, relationship can and, will.
be, helthy.
if god, is in the center of it.
by evenry, relationship, does not is by,extent.
unhealthy. is completely untrue. Healthy relationship Are based in,communication, and mutual support. Now we have reached a, particularly, disturbing part of the book. for me at is, I'm one of those people. A believer in true love.
But not the principle,
of conditionality.
It's this weird triple and double standard.
That states that you have to be, following purity and,order for Love to be true.
And that,Love found in any other context simply isn't love.????
way.
love is not conditional.
if you have to be a cerant way act a certant way. to obtain love from someone. then that simply and profoundly, is not love.
It is.
weird if you think about it because Christianity talks about the unconditionality of God's love but for some reason that doesn't follow through to,
teenage girls and,their sex lives.
Another, big component of this,book.
Is the idea that cheating.
is the same as having sex in a committed relationship with someone you're not married to.
And that all of that is cheating and that,the only way not to cheat is, to be married.
This is your definition of cheating.
that is fine for you but if we're,not in a relationship do not tell me what it should be for me.
Quotes stood out for me. " the further you stay away, from the edge, the or's likely you'll be to go over."
OK yes, this has a technical level of truth but only for talking about falling off of cliffs.
After all a leap of faith is not caught a.
leap of faith because there's a trampoline at,the bottom.
I would argue that,people that live their lives away from the edge of the cliff it,will never do anything with them they will hide.
And paraphrase Nelson Mandela.
Or at least have "I'm not sure of the difference .
Playing it safe is the same to a lesser stand,then living a life that we were less. Capable of.
which also holds,married,to a certain law,of motion which is the first and object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by another force.
Yes this comes from physics but it's,
also true with humans just pay.
tension,and you'll see what I mean.
To simplify all of that extensively be the change you want to see in the world.
No of course whoever,you are that's reading.
this I'm not you.
But for me it leaves,changing the world making a difference doing something worth something is.
something I strive for.
So as you have,gathered I'm sure no I did not like this book although it hold much less sense, then the others of it's genre.
They're,
incredibly good points that are brought up in this book as.
well creating relationships with people of the opposite sex that,
I've nothing to do with sex.
Talks,
about why you're in a relationship if you're in it to make you happy it, can't and it,won't.
This is an important thing to talk about.
But at the same time she values her, self with,the same standards as her prom dress.
in addition the author takes nearly 2,chapters going into what she calls the lie,of Hollywood.
Ok I don't know about you and I don't know about.
the offer,but I know the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Know, although unfortunate,they will never actually be a Batman or Superman for that matter.
Because it's fiction sorry I use,Bvs to get through this book.
Which by the way it was,
the only way I got through this trust me when you tell yourself you're only watch.15 minutes of the,
movie you really want,
to see you'll.
read four chapters right,quick.
So is this book,sexiest, ?yes,
Does this book,contains elements of rape culture?absolutely.
Do I get the overwhelming sense that the author is giving me an idealized version of her life.?yes.
Either and relief.
or figure,
I'm not sure which I do not believe in this case the author is doing those things intentionally.
Meaning I think she's,
heard these messages that are sexist and full of reporter,so many times that.
she can't see them for what they are.
So in conclusion,
Unlike a lot of books of the genre I'm not afraid for people to read this one it doesn't give messages that are disturbing and I honestly believe.
That, it's coming from a place of love.
This book was not easy for me to get through, incredibly hard in,fact.
The only way I got through of it to be completely frank was because of,
bvs ( batman vs superman). so yay,
now I know how to get through something I don't want to get through,
just put a movie I really want to watch and,make myself do.the thing to watch the movie.
Now as always and with every review that I will ever end with but is written at least.
I'm going to urge you to read the book for yourself make up your own interpretation because after all this is just mine and I want you to think for you not me.
My first thought as,I started reading this book. I'm stryck with in overwhelming, cents that this book is going to lie. To me.
That,overwhelming sense turned out to be true in; certain respects.
I was, barely 10 pages into the book and I could.
already see the building blocks,of something that for,me is incredibly disturbing.
That is the purity or sometimes called the virginity mythos.
What does,does and I don't have time to get into the social context of the word virginity in,and of itself.
But;
the whole concept of this cloud, purity phenomenon is telling girls that the,whole value,as human beings.
Solely.rests,in their,virginity or lack there of.
Some text,not this one in particular but some,
That I read to.
go as far as telling girls that they that have had sex that,they are used cars.
For obvious reasons that Doesn't sir right with me. A lat of this book, is fall of falsehoods. what do i mean by this. outdoor goes, as for as saying.
that Everey, relationship can and, will.
be, helthy.
if god, is in the center of it.
by evenry, relationship, does not is by,extent.
unhealthy. is completely untrue. Healthy relationship Are based in,communication, and mutual support. Now we have reached a, particularly, disturbing part of the book. for me at is, I'm one of those people. A believer in true love.
But not the principle,
of conditionality.
It's this weird triple and double standard.
That states that you have to be, following purity and,order for Love to be true.
And that,Love found in any other context simply isn't love.????
way.
love is not conditional.
if you have to be a cerant way act a certant way. to obtain love from someone. then that simply and profoundly, is not love.
It is.
weird if you think about it because Christianity talks about the unconditionality of God's love but for some reason that doesn't follow through to,
teenage girls and,their sex lives.
Another, big component of this,book.
Is the idea that cheating.
is the same as having sex in a committed relationship with someone you're not married to.
And that all of that is cheating and that,the only way not to cheat is, to be married.
This is your definition of cheating.
that is fine for you but if we're,not in a relationship do not tell me what it should be for me.
Quotes stood out for me. " the further you stay away, from the edge, the or's likely you'll be to go over."
OK yes, this has a technical level of truth but only for talking about falling off of cliffs.
After all a leap of faith is not caught a.
leap of faith because there's a trampoline at,the bottom.
I would argue that,people that live their lives away from the edge of the cliff it,will never do anything with them they will hide.
And paraphrase Nelson Mandela.
Or at least have "I'm not sure of the difference .
Playing it safe is the same to a lesser stand,then living a life that we were less. Capable of.
which also holds,married,to a certain law,of motion which is the first and object at rest will stay at rest unless acted upon by another force.
Yes this comes from physics but it's,
also true with humans just pay.
tension,and you'll see what I mean.
To simplify all of that extensively be the change you want to see in the world.
No of course whoever,you are that's reading.
this I'm not you.
But for me it leaves,changing the world making a difference doing something worth something is.
something I strive for.
So as you have,gathered I'm sure no I did not like this book although it hold much less sense, then the others of it's genre.
They're,
incredibly good points that are brought up in this book as.
well creating relationships with people of the opposite sex that,
I've nothing to do with sex.
Talks,
about why you're in a relationship if you're in it to make you happy it, can't and it,won't.
This is an important thing to talk about.
But at the same time she values her, self with,the same standards as her prom dress.
in addition the author takes nearly 2,chapters going into what she calls the lie,of Hollywood.
Ok I don't know about you and I don't know about.
the offer,but I know the difference between fiction and nonfiction.
Know, although unfortunate,they will never actually be a Batman or Superman for that matter.
Because it's fiction sorry I use,Bvs to get through this book.
Which by the way it was,
the only way I got through this trust me when you tell yourself you're only watch.15 minutes of the,
movie you really want,
to see you'll.
read four chapters right,quick.
So is this book,sexiest, ?yes,
Does this book,contains elements of rape culture?absolutely.
Do I get the overwhelming sense that the author is giving me an idealized version of her life.?yes.
Either and relief.
or figure,
I'm not sure which I do not believe in this case the author is doing those things intentionally.
Meaning I think she's,
heard these messages that are sexist and full of reporter,so many times that.
she can't see them for what they are.
So in conclusion,
Unlike a lot of books of the genre I'm not afraid for people to read this one it doesn't give messages that are disturbing and I honestly believe.
That, it's coming from a place of love.
This book was not easy for me to get through, incredibly hard in,fact.
The only way I got through of it to be completely frank was because of,
bvs ( batman vs superman). so yay,
now I know how to get through something I don't want to get through,
just put a movie I really want to watch and,make myself do.the thing to watch the movie.
Now as always and with every review that I will ever end with but is written at least.
I'm going to urge you to read the book for yourself make up your own interpretation because after all this is just mine and I want you to think for you not me.
August 23, 2016
A quick read. I think this is meant to be more of a study or devotional type of read, but I still highly enjoyed it. I think it's perfect for any single person, not just those that are younger.
I received a complimentary copy of this book to review. I was asked to give my honest opinion of the book - which I have done.
I received a complimentary copy of this book to review. I was asked to give my honest opinion of the book - which I have done.
March 25, 2014
Recommended reading for any person who has contact in any way with a young person and who wants to see that young person lead a moral lifestyle. Very well done. Not preachy at all. Definitely worth the time and money spent.
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