Irish Splendour: Stained Glass Hearts ~ Patsy Clairmont

Much like stained glass, life's broken pieces become the prism through which God's grace shines most brightly and beautifully.

"Life is no doubt full of difficulties, but it is also filled with promise and possibility," says best-selling author and WOF speaker Patsy Clairmont. In Stained Glass Hearts Clairmont guides readers to view the difficult experiences of life through the lens of God's grace. Using art as a theme, and likening people to stained glass windows, she shares that it's when we're surrounded by darkness that His healing light shines most brightly within us. Encouraging women to step back and see life from this new perspective, Patsy offers help and hope for the dark places of life.

Along with character studies of women in Scripture, and modern-day, relatable stories, each chapter includes:

* Chalice-memorable quotes
* Mosaic-recommended music

* Spires-scriptures and readings

* Litany-sample prayers

Without a doubt the greatest asset of Stained Glass Hearts is the author's rapid wit and attractive charm. This is obvious from the first page and inundates incessantly to the close. The allure of Patsy Clairmont's bedazzling humor and spiritual passion make the book very difficult to put down and can be entirely read within just a few hours.

Delving into Patsy's penchant for prose and artistic insight, the reader is in for an adventure with a cross

between Frank McCourt and Robert Frost. Expounding from her personal experiences, she comforts the reader with the all too familiar struggles and questions through this mysterious journey so confidentally guided by our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

One of the highlights is a beneficial outline during transitional phases in life:

Plant seeds of hope...
Weed out regrets...
Water generously...
Remember it will take tilling and time...

Quotations by renowned historical figures are sprinkled throughout the pages, but Patsy enunciates words of wisdom, mostly humorous, which are fantastic enough to be bookmarked and recited. Another point of interest is Clairmont's seasoned suggestions for the road to recovery through healing emotional and psychological habits or breaking addictions. All of these are thoroughly familiar to the writer.

No complaints about this colorfully enjoyable work. In fact Stained Glass Hearts offers the perfect solace to any forlorn or humdrum soul. This is definitely a book worth re-reading and passing along.

Patsy Clairmont's quick wit and depth of biblical knowledge combine in a powerful pint-size package. She helps you to laugh God's truths right into your heart. Her mission to provide humor and hope for healing comes from her own struggles. A recovering agoraphobic, Patsy speaks at Women of Faith conferences, addressing tens of thousands of women, and has written more than twenty-four books, including Catching Fireflies, All Cracked Up, and I Grew Up Little. She loves a rainy day, a good book, and a deep cushioned chair. Given a day off, she shops, solves the world's problems with a friend over lunch, and hugs the stuffing out of her two grandsons, Justin and Noah. Patsy and her husband of forty-seven years, Les, live in Tennessee.