What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

I only have a picture of one page and can't find what book this is.

"God is a God of justice. I don't know how long it will take, but God has promised He'll make the wrong right. He'll restore what the enemy has stolen. It doesn't matter how badly someone has hurt you. It doesn't matter how wrong they were. If you'll let go, God will settle your accounts. God will pay you back."

That's the quote. This is on page 151. Either the book or chapter name is "Traveling Light"
There also seem to be a character named Les.
The quote also seems to take place during a service of some kind.

Have you looked for a book called Traveling Light to see if that quote is in it?

Have you done a Google (or other search engine) search on the quote or parts of it?

Maybe telling folks what sort of research you have done will help people know what kind of research to try.

I did a search on Traveling Light on Goodreads and got these search results:

https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8...

Any of them might be your book?

I've looked on google a bit, but seeing as I've never seen the book, I don't know. All I know is the quote and that it has at least 151 pages.

Can you upload the picture somehow? And have you tried doing a Google image search?

Rachel, is this a novel or a non-fiction book which might contain stories about people?

An example of the latter is Choosing to Forgive Workbook by Les Carter. If your book might be something like this, you can check if Amazon's Look Inside preview looks similar to your sample page - http://www.amazon.com/Choosing-Forgiv...

If the picture is from page 151, then "Traveling Light" is more likely (though not guaranteed) to be the chapter name than the book title. Unfortunately, that makes things harder. Where did you see the picture of the page? Any idea how recent the book is?

So "Traveling Light" appears in the header or footer (the very top or bottom) of your sample page - perhaps beside the page number? It's not a subheading elsewhere on the page? (The latter made me think of a non-fiction book like a workbook.)

Google Books says it's from Every Day a Friday: How to Be Happier 7 Days a Week.

https://books.google.com/books?id=Jk_...

Sophie wrote: "Google Books says it's from Every Day a Friday: How to Be Happier 7 Days a Week.

https://books.google.com/books?id=Jk_......"

I have the ebook. Part IV is called "Travel Light". The OP text is nearly in the first chapter of Part IV called "Forgive So You Can Be Free" sub-para "Ours Is a God of Justice".

The text is not identical:
"God is a God of justice. I don’t know how long it will take, but God has promised He’ll make the wrongs right. He’ll restore what the enemy has stolen. It doesn’t matter how badly someone has hurt you. It doesn’t matter how wrong they were. If you’ll let it go, God will settle your accounts. God will pay you back."


EDIT: from the acknowledgements page it is clear that the book is a collection of stories and not the sole work of Joel Osteen. So the original might still be somewhere else.

In this book I offer many stories shared with me by friends, members of our congregation, and people I’ve met around the world. I appreciate and acknowledge their contributions and support. Some of those mentioned in the book are people I have not met personally and, in a few cases, we’ve changed the names to protect the privacy of individuals. I give honor to all of those to whom honor is due. As the son of a church leader and a pastor myself, I’ve listened to countless sermons and presentations, so in some cases I can’t remember the exact source of a story.

There's also this, which might have the quote as well: Daily Readings from Every Day a Friday: 90 Devotions to Be Happier 7 Days a Week

Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear seems like a possibility.

Sophie wrote: "Google Books says it's from Every Day a Friday: How to Be Happier 7 Days a Week.

https://books.google.com/books?id=Jk_......"

Thank you so much! I think we ca consider this one solved!

Good find, Sophie! :)