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simp4verosbooks's review
5.0
Quotes of Chesterton and Lewis, a lot of scripture quoted. A lot of practical advice, pointing to the Bible and trust in God, talks about rarer talked and difficult topics. Overall would recommend!
vero_nika's review
5.0
Quotes of Chesterton and Lewis, a lot of scripture quoted. A lot of practical advice, pointing to the Bible and trust in God, talks about rarer talked and difficult topics. Overall would recommend!
jnepal's review
4.0
This was a helpful book. It was not quite what I hoped it would be, yet still good.
I was helped by being reminded that emotions are gauges, not guides...
Although I think that statement is too absolute and simplistic, it was still helpful to be reminded not to let emotions steer the course by themselves.
It was also helpful to be reminded that God disciplines us for our good...
But here I think Jon focuses too much on the personal training aspect of discipline and leaves out the bigger mosaic.
God's disciplining us becomes almost contextless and this makes it feel like Jon is preaching a moralistic message...
His last chapter, "When the Perfect Comes," helps to bring some context, but he still seems not to connect the micro and macro and this was a disappointment to me.
When you lose a dear friend to suicide it's very hard to relate this kind of suffering to God disciplining us for our spiritual maturity and to leave it there.
Instead, it has been helpful to see that God's disciplining of me as a son is built into His infinitely grand narrative of who He is as He reveals Himself more and more in Jesus in space-time and beyond.
This means that God is disciplining me for far greater things than just to build my personal spiritual character. My friend, whether lost or saved, is a part of a far grander story on the scale of infinity and eternity and God has used my friend personally in my life not just to shape me spiritually in terms of character, but spiritually in terms of what I will be eternally when I am, and my brothers and sisters are, glorified with God in Christ.
So I wish Jon could have put Hebrews 12 in more context, because it skews the meaning and import of that chapter when we seem to make it entirely about our own spiritual righteousness and when we make righteousness to seem mainly or entirely about our personal spiritual-moral character.
Isn't righteousness inclusive of moral character, but also far more than?
I'm sensitive there... anyway... it was a good book though. Helpful.
I was helped by being reminded that emotions are gauges, not guides...
Although I think that statement is too absolute and simplistic, it was still helpful to be reminded not to let emotions steer the course by themselves.
It was also helpful to be reminded that God disciplines us for our good...
But here I think Jon focuses too much on the personal training aspect of discipline and leaves out the bigger mosaic.
God's disciplining us becomes almost contextless and this makes it feel like Jon is preaching a moralistic message...
His last chapter, "When the Perfect Comes," helps to bring some context, but he still seems not to connect the micro and macro and this was a disappointment to me.
When you lose a dear friend to suicide it's very hard to relate this kind of suffering to God disciplining us for our spiritual maturity and to leave it there.
Instead, it has been helpful to see that God's disciplining of me as a son is built into His infinitely grand narrative of who He is as He reveals Himself more and more in Jesus in space-time and beyond.
This means that God is disciplining me for far greater things than just to build my personal spiritual character. My friend, whether lost or saved, is a part of a far grander story on the scale of infinity and eternity and God has used my friend personally in my life not just to shape me spiritually in terms of character, but spiritually in terms of what I will be eternally when I am, and my brothers and sisters are, glorified with God in Christ.
So I wish Jon could have put Hebrews 12 in more context, because it skews the meaning and import of that chapter when we seem to make it entirely about our own spiritual righteousness and when we make righteousness to seem mainly or entirely about our personal spiritual-moral character.
Isn't righteousness inclusive of moral character, but also far more than?
I'm sensitive there... anyway... it was a good book though. Helpful.
midwesternreads's review
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I’ve read this book twice now and I still love everything about it. This book hit me hard, and yet gave me so much encouragement. It is a comfort to read, even if it’s hitting you with some hard hitting truths. It will always sit on my desk, it will always be something I revisit.
cassianlynne's review
4.0
An excellent devotional meant to anchor you in truth above the passing whim of feeling - yet he does this without denying the role that emotion plays in life. I really enjoyed each of these devotional days because he accounts for an validates emotion, yet anchors each emotion in scripture and truth. Would recommend if you’re looking for a 1-month devotional that helps you become aware of areas where your emotions are reality instead of Truth, yet emotion is still validated as vital to our lives.
brunanizer's review
5.0
Muito bom!! Usei como devocional e me abençoou muito! Espero poder andar nos caminhos do Senhor pra minha vida para sempre.
appledales's review
4.0
This book made me think that I have a friend that understands and explains why a lot of problems we have in this world is about heart. Not love, but our heart. The core of our emotions that creates a ripple of problems that basically only our heart can solve -- any way with the right perspective.
It explains clearly that love is not the sort of the problem we always have, but our heart and how we perceive things in the world.
I clearly tackles that for us to have a stable emotions, we should also have a stable leader -- that is the Lord. Never our Heart.
We should not follow our heart. We follow Jesus.
It explains clearly that love is not the sort of the problem we always have, but our heart and how we perceive things in the world.
I clearly tackles that for us to have a stable emotions, we should also have a stable leader -- that is the Lord. Never our Heart.
We should not follow our heart. We follow Jesus.
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