Micah and Serena McDaniels are living the life many people envy. Out of the public eye is where their battles are waged. Their marriage has been tested through the changing of careers and personal tragedy. Just when they believe the past is behind them, opposition raises its ugly head in an attempt to overtake them. The couple’s faith is stretched to the limit when Micah’s pastorate position is challenged and Serena’s estranged friend Erika contacts her after four years. The choice Erika has made to better her life is a positive one. It is also one that could endanger the safety of the couple if they agree to lend a hand.
Nothing But The Right Thing touches upon subjects that are usually reserved for hushed conversations behind closed doors. It provokes readers to examine their hearts in the realm of true service while inspiring by showing what can happen when we dare to love outside our comfort zone.
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Linda F. Beed, D.R.Ed., On Assignment Reviews, lindabeed.com
More than a great story, Nothing But the Right Thing, is an object lesson for serious kingdom builders who are willing to surrender everything in order to have the right thing.
First, readers will be inspired by the persistent faith and sheer determination of a pregnant, battered woman who leaps from the suffocating grip of a life-threatening marriage into the hands of strangers, old friends, and ultimately God for help to create a new life. Then, they will marvel at the tenacity of a young pastor and wife who risk their home, church, and dreams of a family, to obey God’s call to truly minister.
As each turn of the page reveals God’s faithfulness and protection toward those who dare to trust in Him, readers will pray, cry and believe in a God that brings new life and heals old wounds like only He can. Stacy Hawkins Adams reminds us of the true cost and the ultimate reward of serving Him. This book is a must read for every Christian who has the courage to decide that they want “Nothing But the Right Thing.”
- Sharon Linda Ricks, Managing Editor, ACW Informant Newsletter
Do all things really work together for good? When you don't immediately see your desired results from any situation, it's hard to believe there will be a good outcome. So it's easy to think don't come together for good, when your heart's longings are not quickly met.
In the sequel Nothing But The Right Thing, our old friends continue their journey from the novel "Speak To My Heart."Erika leaves Elliott after he physically abuses her one too many times. "Sometimes she felt like a junkie in recovery..." After several years of marriage, Serena and Micah struggle with the ache of miscarriages and the lost of their primary income. "He really was out of a job, one he believed God had called him to do." Through these trials, God interrupts their thoughts, with positive affirmations, such as "I am with you son" and "I AM love." The reader soon understands how all things come together not for good, but for God's master plan.
The Holy Spirit moves through the pen of Stacy Hawkins Adams. Nothing But The Right Thing will bless all readers with spiritual encouragement. She effectively reacquaints familiar characters while seamlessly moving along with the new story line.Not only a storyteller, but also a teacher, Stacey demonstrates how to handle negative thoughts, which occasionally creep into even the best professed Christian's life. When you listen and act upon what God speaks to your heart, He will lead you to "Nothing But The Right Thing."
- Judine Slaughter, eybooks.com
This is a story about choices and consequences, dependency and letting go. Serena, Micah and Erika each face life-changing decisions and must confront their own fears and trust God.
Erika finds herself in an out-of-control situation, but leaving means giving up everything and becoming God dependent.
Serena is challenged to wait on the Lord, and accept His timing. She works hard to make things happen her way, but doors closed. God has an even better plan.
Micah has an opportunity to have his church be a great success, in man’s eyes or listen to the Lord and do the work God called him to do.
In Nothing But the Right Thing Ms. Adams shares the intimate lives of this young minister, his wife and their friend. It is well written and a fast, page-turning story that reveals the realities of life.
- Glenna D. Livingston, Author of How I Got By, A Family Saga, glennalivingston.com
