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What is love? Romance? With Jennifer Rodewald plus #giveaway

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I’m happy to have my friend author Jennifer Rodewald back with us today at Inspy Romance. She has a new novel that will really leave you wrecked…but in a good way. It’s an honest and beautiful story that digs into when romance and marriage don’t go exactly the way we expect. That said, I’ll turn over this post to Jen.

“I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.” Ephesians 3:17-19, CSB

 

What is love?

Romance?

Is it a place we fall? Something that we do? Soft and tender? Fierce and strong?

Yes. To all of it, I think the answer is yes. Sometimes, though, we kind of forget the half of it.

I love me a good romance. The sigh worthy kind. The kind that makes you smile and feel gooey and warm and happy, as if all is right with the world. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that—I’ve written a couple of those hearts-and-flowers (and cupcakes!) stories—and I believe with all my heart that the God who inspires me smiles on those stories. He loves the emotion we equate as love—He made it (I am also firmly in the camp that claims that He loves laughter and humor as well. Why else would he have created the armadillo?)

Finding Evergreen, however, isn’t one of those kinds of romances. It is the other half—the one that in story we often leave out. It is the battle—the fierce fight to hold onto what was once the easy, gooey sort of love. A romance, yes, but one that is wrought with hard emotion—both good and bad. And one that once again begs the question, what is love?

 

I believe romance speaks truth at some level—and this one took me deep. What I found in the midst of an angry storm is precious and humbling, powerful and transformative. I found not just the redemptive tale of a marriage gone bad, but the beautiful truth of Love.

I am loved. I. Am. Loved.

The gentle hand of the Father surrounds me. The fierce and reckless love of His heart protects me. And from that place, this soil where I am rooting, growing, claiming His name, I can love like never before.

This is a new kind of romance. Deep and strong and unquenchable. Whirlwind? Yes—yet grounded. No, rooted. In His love.

From that place—the place of being loved—I can truly love. And so, the romance continues. Some days it will be light, full of smiles and sweet softness. Others, it will be fierce. Always, it is beautiful.

And evergreen.

So, now it is to you… what is love?

Thank you Jen for this inspiring post. Grab a hankie and get your copy of Finding Evergreen.

Jennifer Rodewald is passionate about the Word of God and the powerful vehicle of story. The draw to fiction has tugged hard on her heart since childhood, and when she began pursuing writing she set on stories that reveal the grace of God.

Jen lives and writes in a lovely speck of a town where she watches with amazement while her children grow up way too fast, gardens, and marvels at God’s mighty hand in everyday life. Four kids and her own personal superman make her home in southwestern Nebraska delightfully chaotic.

She would love to hear from you! You can find her at: https://www.authorjenrodewald.com

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Purchase Finding Evergreen on Amazon Here

Jen has graciously offered not one, but two eBooks as a giveaway. Leave a comment by April 30th, 2018 to be in a drawing for one Kindle copy of Finding Evergreen, and for grins (and balance–the lighter romance with the heavy) a Kindle copy of The Cupcake Dilemma as well–to the same winner. (Void where prohibited.)

Janet W Ferguson (66 Posts)

Janet W. Ferguson is a Christy Award finalist and the FHL Readers Choice Award winning author of realistic inspirational fiction. An avid reader, she loved books so much she found a job as a librarian so she could be around them all day. Then she turned that love of story into writing faith-filled novels with characters who feel like best friends. You’ll laugh and cry as the quirky heroes and heroines chase their happily ever after. ​Janet and her husband live in Mississippi where they say y’all a lot, and she forces him to visit the beach as often as possible. They have two grown children, one really smart dog, and a cat that allows them to share the space. Connect with her at http://www.janetfergusonauthor.com/


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Comments

  2. Hi Janet and Jen, I don’t think anything needs to be added to your summation of love. Praise God for second chances, mercy and endurance- and the times when love is easy:)
    Blessings:)

  4. Hi Janet and thanks for the delightful informative introduction to Jennifer and her romances. The stories are inspiring and thought provoking. Enjoy your weekend and best wishes.

  5. Hey Janet and Jennifer. Finding Evergreen sounds excellent and powerful. Thanks for the opportunity to win a copy.

  7. Without turning this into a Bible study ?, the Bible uses 3 different words for Love. What we think of as romance is one kind, and we’re supposed to enjoy that kind only in the marriage relationship. But love is so much more. Marriage should be so much more. In fact, it has to be more than the sigh-worthy, sappy stuff I love to read and write in order to last. We need the fierce commitment to each other even more to get through the hard times, which is what a truly Happily Ever After is going to include.

  10. Sounds great! In some book I read recently, the author stressed the idea that love isn’t a warm fuzzy feeling, but a choice.

  12. Hi Jenn,
    I love your writing. It’s real and refreshing. This whole series is one I want to read. I’ve got the first two books on my TBR pile. I also love the covers!

  13. I’ve read a couple of Jen’s books before and it’s one of those books that even a few years later you still remembers details about it. I love the fact that her books are different and the storylines are so emotionally charged and realistic that you can relate or know someone who had been or is going through it. I look forward to reading her other novels.

  17. I’ve been hoping a giveaway for this book would come along, as I can’t afford to purchase all the ones on my TBR list. I’ve been reading about it and the story sounds so moving!! I hope I win! :)

  18. Wow!!! Sounds like a great book and would love the chance to read this book. Cover catches my attention, as well as the sayings.

  20. Hi Janet and Jen! I read Jen’s book a few weeks ago and loved it! It was one of those stories that totally tugs on your heartstrings and has you reaching for the tissues, but it was soooo good. I had to read a lighter story after it. :-D

  21. I’ve actually read Finding Evergreen and still have book hangover from it. Love being evergreen is such a powerful image and thought. I’d love to read Cupcake Dilemma!

  22. Hi Janet and Jen. I wish I could have a a blessrd third chance let alone a not so great second chance so I would love to read this great book and get encouragement. All the best . Thanks

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