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The "Sure, I'll do it" volunteer. "To Do's" listed on bulletin boards, scattered on sticky notes, and hastily sketched on torn pieces of facial tissue. A fine-tuned schedule planned down to the minute.And no room to breathe. GOD HELP ME, PLEASE! A recovering perfectionist and must-do-it-now mama chronicles how she discovered meaning, purpose and - most importantly - relationship through God's surprising answer to her desperate plea: an unexpected relocation from city to country that stripped away everything that she thought was "necessary." Do you get sucked into the can't-say-no syndrome? Wonder why you're here? Or ponder the meaning of this crazy life? This insider's view into one woman's lost-then-found may serve as your springboard into "the other side" - sweetened with ah-ha moments and never-gonna-leave-you Love.

We live in a world where people seek to be strong. It is survival of the fittest. Life is about competing with others and only the strong will survive. We strive to be the best, the fastest, and the strongest. Yet with all of the emphasis on strength it is weak things that matter the most in life. We neglect the one part of us that made us who we are. Our weaknesses have helped us to become better people. It is through our weaknesses that we are able to grow and learn. We focus on ignoring or attempting to fight our weaknesses instead of understanding and learning from them. Through how we go through the process of overcoming our weaknesses in our lives we finally are about to learn the valuable lessons they teach us. Weak things are about taking life one step at a time to not be better than everyone else, but to be more humble and Christ like. It is through weak things we are made strong. It is the weak things in life that overpower the strong. Wind and water are able to move mountains. Through faith and humility we are able to persevere in overcoming our weaknesses and change them into our strengths.

The authors share how, tired of just preaching the words of the Gospel, they tried to manifest the Gospel in their intentions and actions, and how this shift in focus from words to action changed their family, church, and relationship with God.

Chris was born in a typical Mid-western town in southern Michigan in 1951. His parents, returning from World War II, began building a life with their two children. As he grew older, Chris was driven by a restlessness that denied him any measure of peace or serenity. After years of odd jobs and geographic moves, he slipped into a subtle disrepair, ultimately sinking into a near irrevocable insanity on skid row, surviving on drugs and alcohol, missions, blood banks and strange women. Existing for many years in a small room deep within an abandoned tenement building, there appeared to be no inspiration for change. A most desperate condition, and one of which only divine intervention makes recovery possible, is when a person becomes a non-person. When someone loses interest in life, yet retains that vita, the spark forbidding a swift and deliberate self-destruction, one carries on but less?intact as a human being.

You may be wondering why I've decided to write a book to you, Bill. You've impacted my life more than you will ever know! There's no way that I could describe to you the impact that you have had on my life in just a letter, in a short conversation, or even a lengthy conversation! Bill, you've impacted my life more than any other person on planet Earth, and because of that, I am forever grateful. There are so many things that I want to share with you, so I decided to write you a book about the impact that you have made on my life, Bill, and because of it, the power of the Gospel has touched thousands of people--not only through my life--but through the lives of many others. As you read this book, I hope that you are encouraged, and I hope that my love and affection shine through.