Many of us are bad at resting, and I am the chief of sinners. This is why I’m thankful for Jami Amerine’s reminder that God invites us to a life of rest. This book is not an invitation to take a momentary breather; it’s a clarion call to change the posture of your life from one of worry to rest. As always, Jami Amerine’s writing is full of honesty and humor. She has experienced her fair share of storms, which makes her the perfect person to write about the One who slept through storms and empowers us to do the same. Why be ruled by worry when you can rule from rest? -Paul Ellis, Author of The Silent Queen: Why the Church Needs Women to Find their Voice and Stuff Jesus Never Said
Rest, Girl is a must read! Jami Amerine knows firsthand what it feels like to crawl through each day, exhausted and weary. And yet, through life-experience, the study of scripture, and a deep affection for Jesus, she has learned a better way. A way that leaves her energized, filled with hope, and eager to share what she has found with others—the way to true rest. Filled with hilarious antidotes and heart-stirring truth, Rest, Girl offers laughter and hope to your weary soul, and a promise that a life of rest and joy is truly possible. - Jennifer Bleakley, author of Joey: How a Blind Rescue Horse Helped Others Learn to See and Pawverbs: 100 Inspirations to Delight an Animal Lovers Heart .
I value friends who speak hard truths into me while praying peace and blessing over me. Jami Amerine is one such friend to me! As you read the following pages filled with what her own heartache, faith journey, and research has taught her, I imagine Jami will become a truth-speaking, peace-praying friend of yours too! In Rest Girl, Jami helps weary women like us to finally understand why we have never truly been at rest, even though we love God and trust His promises. Via her trademark mix of wit and humor, you’ll come to see that chronic unrest happens whenever our words and thinking do not line up. Allow Jami to show you how true rest can be your reality going forward whenever you take God at His Word; receiving His love over the fears and lies that have kept your mouth and mind wound up and misaligned for years. ~Tracy Steel, Mentor, Speaker, and Author of A Redesigned Life: Uncovering God’s Purpose When Life Doesn’t Go As Planned “Set on beautiful Mackinac Island, Michigan, Carrie Fancett Pagels has woven together intriguing historical and contemporary plots that will grip you heart and keep you up late at night, turning pages to discover the outcome for her heroines. Mystery, romance, and inspiration give this story what readers are looking for!” - Carrie Turansky - award-winning author of No Ocean Too Wide and No Journey Too Far What would it feel like if the rumbling in your heart stilled like the storm Jesus spoke to? What if your shoulders lowered out of your ears? What if your mind stopped racing? You would feel the rest Jesus promised. Jami repeatedly points us back to Christ as we wrestle with what leaves us exhausted and stressed. It’s time rest in the blessing. Read on, dear one! - Jill E. McCormick, co-author of Sister, Walk in Truth and host of the Grace In Real Life podcast
We tend to forget how important rest is in this crazy, mixed up culture we live in, but we’ve never needed to understand it more than we do now. In Jami Amerine’s thought-provoking new book, Rest, Girl, she shares powerful strategies for rest that can transform our lives and our world if we put them into practice. Filled with deeply honest and humorous stories, biblical truth, and valuable life applications, Jami’s newest book will help you maneuver through life’s most difficult challenges with true love, grace, and beautiful, peaceful rest. - Kate Battistelli, author of The God Dare, co-host of The Mom to Mom Podcast
