Part One: How Can the Brokenhearted Keep Going?
Part Two: How Do We Live Like the Brokenhearted, Cruciform Christ?
Part Three: How Do You Let Your Broken Heart Receive?
Part Four: How Can the Brokenhearted Find Real Communion?
Part Five: How Can the Brokenhearted Release Control?
Part Six: How Do the Brokenhearted Get to Love?
I read some of the reviews on Amazon that were unfavorable towards this book saying that it was too depressing. My first thought after reading this book is that this book is for brokenhearted people. Those who have gone through deep suffering will identify with what the author is trying to communicate. I thought that the book was great in that it takes you from thinking about yourself and your circumstances to thinking about how you can imitate Christ in this fallen world. The following are some of the thoughts that stood out to me as I was reading:
"What would happen if the scars you carry are what God uses to carry Christ to a scarred and broken world?" (p. 12)
"Abundance isn't about having as much as you want--abundance is about having as much of God as you want." (p.13)
"Why--Why, you with your broken heart, why do you bother to keep getting out of bed? ...Because this is what I know: Nothing is more necessary than finding God and falling in love and deeper into Him. Love decides. Love decides everything. What you are in love with decides what you live for. What you are in love with decides what you get out of bed for." (p.18)
If you are grieving a loss in your life whether a loved one, a relationship, a dream, your health, this is a devotional that will start where you are and point you in a different direction. One that is away from yourself and toward God and serving others.
My Rating: ★★★★
***I received this complimentary book from BookLook Bloggers. I was not required to write a positive review. All opinions are my own.
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