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Broken into Beautiful
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Release Date: July 2008
Page Count: 176
Size: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
Binding: Perfectbound
ISBN: 978-0-7369-2317-0
Case Lot Quantity: 68

Broken into Beautiful

How God Restores the Wounded Heart


God delights in transforming lives. In Broken Into Beautiful, singer and songwriter Gwen Smith’s first book, she tells the real-life stories of women with shattered dreams, shameful secrets, and damaged souls, and the God who makes them beautiful again. Each chapter features a compelling personal story coupled with relevant biblical teaching and application. Readers will meet women wounded by infidelity, abortion, widowhood, abuse, and other tragic events, only to discover the joy of being restored by a loving heavenly Father.

The book will remind women of all ages of God’s willingness to eternally forgive and forget and of His heart to transform broken lives. Readers will be empowered to believe truth, to remember grace, and to live for God’s greater purposes. Broken into Beautiful is ultimately about a beautiful Savior who became broken for us so that all who are broken can be transformed to reflect His beauty.

Meet the author

Gwen Smith

Gwen Smith

Gwen Smith is a worship leader, recording artist, songwriter, and speaker for national women’s conferences and events. She challenges audiences all over the country to trade their brokenness for His beauty. Gwen is the cofounder of Girlfriends in God, a nondenominational conference ministry, and lives in North Carolina with her husband and their three...

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Editorial Reviews


“Smith encourages women to seek God’s grace and mercy for inner healing from past mistakes and for today’s trials. Each chapter brims over with stories of women who’ve ‘been there’ in the trenches of infidelity, abuse, widowhood and despair. Smith exhorts Christians to stop hiding behind their smiles and be brave enough to get real so that they—and others—can discover true freedom and God’s extravagant restoration.”
Publishers Weekly


“This book would make a great gift for any woman who needs to be reminded she is ‘valued and adored.’ It’s a light, easy read that will make you laugh, cry, and thank God for His personal love for you.”
Living Light News


Broken into Beautiful by Gwen Smith is a courageous devotional about what God can do with our broken pieces...I have plenty of my own broken pieces, and Smith helped me to see how God can use them to create a beautiful new work in me. Smith is humble and honest, and her book is a balm to the soul.”
BookBargainsAndPreviews.com


"Gwen really helps you understand that no matter what sin—God can change you...

"I have been reading it this week and have been challenged with some of my own 'impossible' issues and mistakes, and honestly I've felt my heart lifted after this book. It really opened my eyes and gave me some peace that I needed...and help me give a few more of my 'issues' over to God instead of clinging onto them the way I stubbornly do at times.

"I would thoroughly recommend this book to people who are struggling or can't feel like they can get over their issues...who may think that God isn't big enough to cover their issues. Because He is! It really is a great example of how God can turn our brokenness into beauty. You can really get a feel for Gwen's desire for us to be closer to God and through her own trails and trails of others she helps us realize the only hope we can rely on is God's."
The160AcreWoods.com


Broken into Beautiful by Gwen Smith speaks to the heart of women that have something in their past they wish had never happened. Smith shares her story along with others. She reminds us that our God is a God of grace and forgiveness. The stories are heartwarming and inspiring.”
Debra Gaynor for ReviewYourBook.com


“This book is all about how God restores the wounded heart (that’s its subtitle) and it is excellently done...There was something very real in the way that she shared her own story of brokenness and related various other women’s stories that drew me in, as the reader, and encouraged my own soul...

“This book is tasteful, encouraging, compelling and necessary. This book fulfills a need in a sympathetic yet solidly Biblical way for which I am incredibly grateful. After finishing reading the book I hopped on YouTube and watched an interview with Gwen and was left with the same impression of sincerity. She is a beautiful woman and has a beautiful story to share...I’d strongly encourage it because I believe you will find yourself blessed in doing so. I know I was.”
5MinutesForBooks.com

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“I could not stop reading this compelling story. It offers hope for all of us, especially women, who have believed that we could not be truly forgiven because of something in our past. Even better, Gwen shows how God actually uses our brokenness for His glory. This is told in such a compassionate, real way. It’s also very down–to–earth and filled with humor.”

"Gwen has impacted so many lives thus far in her ministry to the broken hearted. It is amazing to see God use her as a profound instrument to His glory. Without a doubt, this book will move to heal many that are looking to fill a void that lingers in everyone of us. Praise be to Him that He has given us such gifted individuals as Gwen Smith to relay his love in a tangible way.”

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"Broken Into Beautiful is well-written, and although it is filled with real-life 'trauma' stories, it was refreshing to see it was also packed with Scripture, which is one of the key things God consistently used to bring those people (and continues to bring us all) through the trials He allows in our lives.

"I have already passed it on to a friend to read, and will continue to recommend it to all the women I come in contact with. It definitely has something for women of all walks and stages of life."
Peg Wildermuth


"Broken into Beautiful is truly one of the most encouraging books I have ever read. Although Gwen tackles many tough subjects and examples of broken lives, her focus is truly on the delight that God takes in mending hearts and transforming lives for His glory. The book is beautifully written, doctrinally sound, funny, touching, and laid out in a consistent, easy to follow manner from chapter to chapter.

"Thank you Gwen for your obedience to write this book and to share your beautiful Savior with a broken world. I've said it before, but will say it again: I love Gwen Smith because she loves God and now readers of Broken into Beautiful will too."
Jane Currin

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