Shattered Dreams

I really think everyone should read this book. I just love how it puts things into perspective and really wraps words around things that EVERYONE feels.  It also gives permission to not always be ok and not always feel good and peppy about what God is doing in our lives.  It also helps remind us that sometimes the prayer isn’t that things get better, it’s that we stay in the process to become who God wants us to be. Umm, so much easier said than done.  Just really helpful to read it.  I also put this together based on what I read in here, but sometimes God has to break our dreams to put them back together in a more beautiful, radiant way than we would have ever seen them had they not been broken in the first place. Really powerful for me.

 This is the book that helped me so much after my dad died and so many dreams of mine were shattered. This is the book that helped put a diagnosis in perspective.  Turns out the diagnosis was wrong, but the 2 weeks of waiting were spent writhing at the feet of my Jesus.  Thankfully, I’m more who God created me to be because of it. My mind was taught that it is not my master or creator, those spots are reserved for Jesus thankfully.  As a self professed worry wart with a vivid imagination to create worst case scenarios that create DEEP fears, this was a turning point for me in my relationship with Christ and myself.

All this to say, I love this book. I’m sure I’ll have more brilliance to write about from it soon.