The dust jacket shows normal wear and tear. Hardcover Book, Good condition but not perfect, Cover has minor nicks and tears, spine shows some creases from use. Ask Questions and request photos if your buying for the cover and not the content. Items are uploaded with their own individual photo, but when Multiple Items are for sale only one representative photo may be shown. Actual Photos are availible upon request. Fast Shipping Monday Through Saturday! - Safe and Secure! Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: While flying a kite, I once asked my father, "Dad, what holds the kite up? "The string," he replied. No, Dad, the string holds it down, not up. If you think so, let go of the string, he said, and see what happens. I let go and the kite began to fall! Its seems odd that the very thing which seems to keep the kite down, is actually what keeps it up. And this is true not only of kites but of life. Those strings that are tied to us, those rules and regulations that seem to hold us down, are actually holding us up! And certainly in the realm of the spirit, in the field of faith the same truth holds with even greater force. The word "religion" is said to come from a Latin root meaning "to hold back" or "tie back". And this is what religion does. It provides the string to the soaring kite of our spirit; it keeps us from falling. It binds us to great values; it attaches us to great causes; it helps us fly high in the air of God's truth and lifts us until our heads touch the stars and our lives take on the beauty and the glory of men and women who are bound closely to God.