Great book to give a friend to express your appreciation and love.

This is a gift book that is made up of 8 sections: love, kindness, commitment, compassion, hope, courage, wisdom and friendship. Max took the stories from his many books. They are real incidences, I believe. I cried while reading "Love Makes a difference" in the first section.

The book inspired me. I asked myself if I could do what these wonderful characters did, many times I had to admit I can't. While I love to read stories like that, I do feel rather rotten that I can't measure up. To me, it is a perfect book to present to anyone on his or her birthdays. I find that I couldn't put it down. I read everything in one sitting. Within the next day, I picked and chose to reread many of the stories. If everyone on earth read this book and aspired to emulate it, our world would definitely become a much better place.

I would recommend this book highly to everyone from seven to ninety-seven.

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In the past few weeks, when life got a bit too much, this book would put life in perspective. 'You changed my life' by Max Lucado is divided into eight chapters on love, kindness, commitment, compassion, hope, courage, wisdom and friendship. It is full of stories where selfless acts of kindness from ordinary people make you laugh, cry and put a smile on your face, knowing that God is in control. It is a quick read which is inspiring and uplifting. An additional bonus is the Bible verses which are at the end of each story . You can see how the people in the stories showed God's love in the action they took. I would recommend this book to be given to someone special.Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.

"You changed my life" is a great gift book from the always inspiring Max Lucado. This book is filled with touching stories meant to inspire and encourage the reader while celebrating the relationships we have with the people in our lives. I loved this book from the very first page where Max shares an amazing story about a pastor that compared our look on the hardships in our life to the "wrong" side of a stitched bookmark; it doesn't look like it makes sense but God sees the "right" side and it's a beautiful picture. The book is made up of several short stories about people that changed the lives of those around them. I loved being able to pick up the book whenever I had a second or two and was able to quickly read an uplifting and inspiring story. I highly recommend gifting "You changed my life" by Max Lucado to someone that has made a change in your life. Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commissions 16 CFR, Part 255

Is there someone in your life that has change your life? Made a difference in what you have become for the better? Someone you'd like to thank and you just don't know how. This is the book for them. It is full of inspirational stories of people that have made a difference. The themes run from compassion to commitment, kindness to hope, courage and wisdom to friendship. The author has the bases covered in every area. There are quotes intermingled as well as scripture verses. What a cool way to say thank you to someone who has made a difference in you life. It is the perfect size, gift size (approx. 7x7) nice enough to leave lay out on the coffee table. a copy of this book was provided for this review by Thomas Nelson