A Treasury of Miracles for Women: True Stories of Gods Presence Today

by Karen Kingsbury

#1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury shares a collection of inspiring true stories from women whose faith has sustained them through monumental trials. For mothers, wives, sisters, and friends, this book will uplift the hearts of its readers through accounts of faith proving triumphant over any obstacle.

Genres: Christian, Nonfiction, Christianity, Religion, Christian Non Fiction

176 pages, Hardcover

First published April 4, 2002

About the author

Karen Kingsbury, #1 New York Times bestselling novelist, is America’s favorite inspirational storyteller, with more than twenty-five million copies of her award-winning books in print. Her last dozen titles have topped bestseller lists and many of her novels are under development with Hallmark Films and as major motion pictures. Her Baxter Family books are being developed into a TV series slated for major network viewing sometime in the next year. Karen is also an adjunct professor of writing at Liberty University. In 2001 she and her husband, Don, adopted three boys from Haiti, doubling their family in a matter of months. Today the couple has joined the ranks of empty nesters, living in Tennessee near five of their adult children.

See more at: http://authors.simonandschuster.com/K...

Reviews

[January · Rating 5 out of 5]

A Treasury of Miracles for Women - True Stories of God's Presence Today edited by Karen Kingsbury(2002)
Miracle Books Collection
vii+165-page Kindle Ebook story pages 1-161

Genre: Inspirational, Christian Nonfiction, Religious Life

Featuring: Introduction, Author's Email and Website, Miracles, True Stories, Tragedies, Supernatural Interventions, Children, Mothers, Doctors, Religious Aspects, Survivors, Anxiety, Grief, Prayers, Trusting God, Miscarriages, Medical Traumas, Cerebral Palsy, Cystic Hygroma, Operations, Faith, Death, Peace, Angel Encounters, Author's Bibliography

Rating as a movie: R for medical trauma

Songs for the soundtrack: "Great Is Thy Faithfulness" by Maranatha! Music, "You Are My Sunshine" by Jimmie Davis

Books and Authors mentioned: The Holy Bible written under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit

Memorable Quotes: As Kari and Mel grieved for Cole, their friends and family clasped hands and formed a circle of prayer around them. The prayers continued for the next six hours, while surgeons worked in the delicate damaged portion of Cole’s brain. Again Kari felt an overwhelming sense of peace and acceptance. Not only was God in control of what happened to Cole, but—for the first time since Kari had become a mother—God was in control of her fear as well.

My rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🏥✝️

My thoughts: 😇🛣 Angel in the Intersection - This was very good but short and to the point, like someone shared a story and then a storyteller repeated it I feel like every story is going to be good. 📖
⚾️😥 At Every Game - Oh, I was not expecting that. That hurt my heart a little.
🚚📦🏥 Letting Go - Praise God! This is a very touching story. 📖
🏕🌧🙏🔥 A Child Shall Lead Them - This a good testimony about the small things.
🩰 The Gift of Dance - This one was hard to get through, my abdomen still hurts from the labor portion of the story.
⛲️🐠 Rescued by an Angel - This was good.
🤰🏻👶🏼 A Dream Come True - This is a beautiful story but I'm not sure why the dad was so fixated on coloring, but ask and you shall receive. 📖
🤰🏥👨🏻‍✈️ Whatever It Takes - This was hard to get through, so much so that I'm taking a break from this book.
🔖Page 95 of 165 Heavenly Reminder - These stories were very beautiful at first, but the last couple has traumatized me a bit. This is why I rarely read medical stories, fiction, or non-fiction. I was not expecting so many of these to have medical aspects. These stories are truly wonderful, but I'm gonna need a moment to recover from the last couple, especially the one where there were 7 surgeries involved and tons of bleeding. My empathetic self has been physically in pain since The Gift of Dance, but once I start, I can't stop as the pain and anxiety will not diminish until the happy ending. I don't know if this is snowballing from that story or if each one is just more medically traumatic, so I'm going to take a break.
🏠🔥 Heavenly Reminder - I wonder if the couples whose homes have been spared in the recent Los Angeles fire have similar stories about prayer. 📖
🐦👵The Miracle of Good-Bye - This was sad but sweet. 📖
🤰🏽👶🏽👶🏽 The Miracle of Life - 😔💔 I know too many stories like this a never knew this outcome was an option.
🦃☎️ A Phone Call Home - This is a beautiful story and perspective is important because I would not have picked up that phone and I would have labeled this a horror story If I was watching it play out in a silent movie If I was watching it play out in a silent movie, but when you have peace from the Lord you see things differently. 📖
⛰️🛻 On Angels’ Wings - This one is going on my list of stories to share on the prayer call 📖
🏥👼🏼Angel in the Darkness - Oh I was expecting a different ending. 📖
👼🏾 The Littlest Angel - This was so sweet, I may share it first. 📖

I fell in love with this book; the first and the last stories embodied what I thought this book was gonna be about, but the ones in the middle that dealt with death and medical heartbreak I had a hard time with, and I'm not sure if I can read another one of these books for a while. I love blessings but I don't like enduring pain to get to them. I'm looking forward to reading these stories to my family during our weekly prayer calls, I'm marking them with 📖 so l can easily remember which ones I loved.

Recommend to others: Yes!


Miracle Books Collection
A Treasury of Miracles for Teens (2001)
A Treasury of Christmas Miracles (2001)
A Treasury of Miracles for Women (2002)
A Treasury of Miracles for Friends (2004)
A Treasury of Adoption Miracles (2005)
A Treasury of Miracles for Families (2006)
Christmas Miracles (2023)

[Diane Wallace · Rating 5 out of 5]

These stories are a treasure! Reading these true stories makes you believe God is really active in our lives!

[Catherine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kingsbury- 9 letter author

True to form, Kingsbury provides stories of miracles and hope for women.

3/5

[Debby · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a wonderful book filled with stories of miracles that inspire, encourage and uplift the believer's soul. I was so blessed and heard stories that I will share with others to encourage and relate the supernatural still here and available to us.

I would recommend this book to any one who is hopeful, has lost hope or is sure there's got to be an answer. In the retelling of the miraculous, we become more faith filled with the belief that if that could happen for someone else, it could happen for us as well.

You will be blessed in the reading!

[Laura · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book started out very frustrating to me, as I felt it assumed that all women are mothers. Then I got a hold of myself and realized that although I am not a mother, I am a child, so these stories are still about me. The biggest take home for me was that I need to pray more.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a heart warming read, that's great for a rainy afternoon. All these stories are about the imaginable happening to people, keeping faith and remembrance of prayer with God he will take car of us who are faithful..

[Doris Powell · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very quiet book full of inspiration to believe in miracles. From babies first born, to young adults, to the aged, it witnessed miracles to all. It helped me to pray more and believe miracles were possible. It also witnessed to angels, heavenly bodies that I truly believe in. One of my favorites stories was titled "The Gift of Dance." It was about a girl who had cerebral palsy brought on by a premature birth. Bur she conquered it by dancing. With her mother's encouragement, she danced her heart out. And was rewarded in the end by a job. It was a miracle that she had overcome her disability. Nice stories.

[Lis Sigona · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book I’ve read is entitled: A Treasury of Miracles True Stories of God’s presence Today. This title is one sub chapter of the book I read, as are others such as: Miracles for Women; Miracles for Friends; Adoption Miracles, Christmas Miracles and a Bonus Section - a section regarding Karen’s life’s Miracles.

I found the book published by Guidepost to be enlightening, enchanting, spiritual and refreshingly rewarding most especially in today’s dark news world.

[Lis Sigona · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book I’ve read is entitled: A Treasury of Miracles True Stories of God’s presence Today. This title is one sub chapter of the book I read, as are others such as: Miracles for Women; Miracles for Friends; Adoption Miracles, Christmas Miracles and a Bonus Section - a section regarding Karen’s life’s Miracles.

I found the book published by Guidepost to be enlightening, enchanting, spiritual and refreshingly rewarding most especially in today’s dark news world.

[Susan McGuire · Rating 5 out of 5]

inspirational

Heartfelt inspiring stories that helps us remember God’s love for his children and helps us to understand that even in the midst of sorrow, He is with us guiding the way. We may not understand why some things happen, but He has a plan for us and will give us peace and strength to get through the tough times.

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although this book is named a book for women, it can be for anyone. The stories are mainly about families and children and God's great intervention in their lives. A very encouraging book and a reminder that God is ever present in our lives, guiding and directing us and, most of all, loving us.

[Marsha Ronquist · Rating 4 out of 5]

Miracles are all around us.

Wonderful and short stories of miracles that happened in the lives of people. Each person re with a different background and different life styles. Very enjoyable and easy to read.

[Danni · Rating 5 out of 5]

very good.

[Sherri Sutton · Rating 5 out of 5]

very inspirational true stories! Highly recommend

[Rena · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a heartwrenching book to read. It brought me to tears often. But I kept reading because as I did I saw Jesus more and more.

[Kernita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Well written

Well written stories of miracles that covered a range of experiences. Very good reminders of God's love for us. Recommended.

[Angie · Rating 5 out of 5]

God uses our darkest moments to show us his presence and his glory.

[Elaine Betancourt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Karen Kingsbury never lets me down with these books of hers always shows us God is always there and in control even when we may forget. I haven't come across a book of hers that is less than 5 stars.

[Lora · Rating 4 out of 5]

So easy to forget the miracles in our lives. They are real and they are daily. A refreshing reminder and read. Written so much better than most books like this.

[Rhonda Frechette · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love books about true stories of God’s Grace in peoples lives. Godwinks..they really do happen, everyday!

[Charlene · Rating 5 out of 5]

wonderful stories

[Trista Tidwell · Rating 5 out of 5]

An inspiration!!!

[Bethany Stewart · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting stories, but seems like a very sugar coated / idealistic selection of stories

[Marie Kester · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exactly what I needed. God IS in the miracle business!

[Kathleen (Kat) Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Women are a busy lot, rushing through the days trying to manage a dozen different roles. We are mothers, daughters, friends, neighbors, counselors, house cleaners, chauffeurs, cooks, caretakers, and dreammakers. Often we are responsible for the well-being of everyone in our own little worlds. But in the rush of life we rarely take time to revel in the miracles around us - the living examples and awe-inspiring proof of God's love.

The baby that should have died but lived.

The child saved from a pond without a trace of the golden-haired rescuer.

The paralyzed young woman who walked down the aisle a year later and married her high school sweetheart.

The angelic reminder that even in death, God is there.

Miracles abound if we only take the time to look.

It's been said that we women were created with a relationship manual built into our hearts. But we are nothing more than harried, hassled, dried-out machines if we don't take the time to allow our souls to sing again. Time to sit quietly in the presence of God's miracles and be reminded that he is still working among us. " (pg 7-8)

In Karen Kingsbury's latest book, A Treasury of Miracles for Women: True Stories of God's Presence, it is a heart-warming inspirational look at just how powerful prayer can be and how active God and His angels are in our everyday lives. 15 soul stirring stories from real families who have experienced God's intervention in their seemingly simple and small lives in a powerful way. This will encourage and lift your spirits as you begin to feel God's presence in every single one of this amazing stories.

I received A Treasury of Miracles for Women by Karen Kingsbury compliments of Faith Words, a division of Hachette Book Groups for my honest review. I did not receive any monetary compensation for a favorable review and the opinions contained here are strictly my own unless otherwise notated. This is such an encourage book to give as a gift to anyone struggling with their faith or going through a difficult time, to see how God can answer a simple prayer in life changing ways. I easily give this one a 5 out of 5 stars in my opinion.

[Cynthia · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always, Karen Kingsbury is my all time favorite author. This was a good before bed read to remind us of God's miracles. I often put God in a box as to what He can do. This reminds me to not underestimate what God do.

[Laura Pratt · Rating 5 out of 5]

Proof that angels are among us

If you doubt the existence of angels read this book and believe. God uses angels to give us strength, hope, peace and belief in the existence of Him and angels to help us when we need it most.

[Lynnea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent quick read to give hope and build faith!

[Gary L McNally · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting

Recommended for every age and gender.no objectionable language. A good way to spend an evening after a stressful day at work.

[Jodi Escalante · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the idea that there are angels round about us to help lift our burdens and bear us up. God is mindful.