My friend and fellow author’s new book, LET. IT. GO. How to Stop Running the Show & Start Walking in Faith released YESTERDAY! Please keep reading for a sneak peek and interview with KAREN EHMAN and a chance to WIN a FREE copy!!!

 Women are wired to control. We make sure the house is clean, the meals prepared, the children are dressed, and everyone gets to where they’re going on time. But sometimes our strength of being conscientious can morph into the weakness of being a slight—or all out—control freak! This humorous, yet spiritually practical book will help you to:

• Take control of your schedule yet welcome interruptions from God
• Draw the line between mothering and micromanaging
• Influence your husband instead of manipulating him
• Learn to control your emotions when you can’t control the circumstances
• Stop pursuing the appearance of perfection and start pursuing the person of God

 Special Interview with Author Karen Ehman

 1. Karen, you seem to be a Recovering Type A, like I am. What brought about your change from trying to be “in control?”

 I saw how it was negatively impacting my relationships, especially with those in my immediate family. No one likes a control freak!

 2. Was there a special impetus for writing Let. It. Go.?

 I discovered at the root of why we over-control is that we really don’t trust God. We think we know better than Him just what is best for us.

 3. In what area do you most STILL struggle with letting God take it?

 The behavior of my kids. I want to make them behave and make good choices although I know sometimes we have to learn lessons the hard way through our own bad choices and the results. I just want them to choose the right way to spare them the heartache (okay…and sometimes to spare my reputation as a mom!)

 4. What is your FAVORITE tip in the book?

 It is a chapter called soul control where I walk women through learning how to control their emotions when they can’t control the situation.

 5. What is your best advice for women who keep giving things to God but then “taking it back” in the form of worry, or trying to control outcomes, situations, relationships, etc.?

 We need to learn to stop asking God to take us out of our circumstances and instead we need to ask, “What does God want me to learn about Him that I might never discover if He were to suddenly pluck me out of these circumstances?”

 6. For those of us who want to take the Let. It. Go. Christmas Challenge, what’s your favorite way to reclaim the special sparkle of this holiday?

 Learn the thrill of an “out-of-control Christmas” where we allow others to make decisions, call the shots, even {gasp} decorate the house! Learning to defer and back off helps us to live the relinquished life and trust God instead of trying to control.

Weren’t those great ideas? I’m going to try an “out-of-(my)-control Christmas this year. Who knows, it just might be the best one ever.

**For a chance to WIN a FREE copy of Karen Ehman’s new book, just post a comment telling us how YOU are going to STOP taking control this Christmas and TWO readers will be drawn at random!!!!