Review: Rest Assured: A Recovery Plan for Weary Souls by Vicki Courtney

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: W Publishing Group (Nov. 17 2015)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 084996492X
• ISBN-13: 978-0849964923

Book Description

 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest (Matt. 11:28

Women are overcommitted, overconnected, overburdened, and overwhelmed. Their lives are full, but oddly, their souls are empty. They are aching for a bold challenge one that will bring rest to their longing souls.Rest Assured is for the daring women who truly want to disrupt their current patterns and see lasting change.

Divided into two parts, Rest Assured offers not just an intervention: The Badge of Busyness, The Exhausting Pursuit of Happiness, Tethered Souls and Worried Sick.

But also a recovery plan: Prioritize the One Thing Needed: Time for God Create Room to Breathe: Time for Solitude Give Yourself a Break: Time for Leisure Pay It Forward: Time for Others

If the soul is weary, it s time for an intervention.Rest Assured is not a quick fix, but rather a bold challenge that aids women in identifying the negative patterns that prevent them from experiencing rest in their souls. Most importantly, it will give them the tools needed to break the cycle.

A Rest Stop challenge is included at the end of each chapter for use in Bible studies and book clubs. Bonus material includes a 30-Day Restitution Plan and 100 Ways to Give It a Rest."


About the Author

 Vicki Courtney is a speaker and the author of numerous books and Bible studies. For more information, check out her author page at www.VickiCourtney.com.


My Review


Rest Assured: A Recovery Plan for Weary Souls is a new book by Christian author Vicki Courtney.  This is the first book of Vicki's that I have read.

Rest Assured is divided into two parts. The first part, Enemies of Rest: The Intervention:

• The Badge of Busyness
• The Exhausting Pursuit of Happiness
• Tethered Souls
• Worried Sick

The second part, Redeeming Rest, The Recovery:

• Prioritize the One Thing Needed: Time for God
• Create Room to Breathe: Time for Solitude
• Give Yourself a Break: Time for Leisure
• Pay It Forward: Time for Others

 There are two other sections at the end:

• A Thirty Day Restoration Guide
• 100 Ways to Give it a Rest

 Rest Assured is a wonderful read and is a tool to help us to identify the things in our life that are causing us to be exhausted. Women need to learn how to say No, to be able to stop committing to helping with everything. There is only so much we can do in a day.  The author shares this thought with us in the introduction: question, “What is your greatest risk?” I realized that my greatest risk at that moment was not to do more, serve more, or prove more, but rather to do less. Much less. So I decided to tell the truth. “My greatest risk is slowing down and resting. I have forgotten how to be still.” (Vicki Courtney. Rest Assured: A Recovery Plan for Weary Souls (Kindle Locations 196-198). Thomas Nelson.) I think we all have forgotten to be still.

I really enjoyed Rest Assured and I think that it would be a great book for a women's bible study to take on.