Have
you read any good books this summer? Looking for something a little lighter to
read as we head into the busy autumn season? I started writing reviews on the
following three books, but I continue to struggle with that particular
assignment so felt that I wasn't saying anything of merit. I decided to clump
all three of these books together. Then, imagine that, by the grace of God, I
was able to find the common thread in these books. Maybe it is just what I am
drawn to reading.
Just
like its sister devotion, "Be Still and Let Your Nail Polish Dry",
"His Grace is Sufficient" speaks to women everywhere. Women who are
not perfect, women who may have messed up big-time, but as we learn, God
forgives us for all of our messes. His grace will smooth over all our wrinkles
and settle all our crinkles. All we need to do is keep plowing through life,
with as much caffeine as we need, and God will take care of the rest.
Michelle
takes the messes we have made in our lives and shows us how they can be turned
around for the good. Not only things like discarded objects we pull from the
garbage, but mistakes we have made in our lives. She shares stories from her
own experiences and shows us how to recycle and repurpose even the sorriest
incidents.
I
can relate to so much about this book, because I have been there, not only
physically been to Kenya, but emotionally and spiritually been to a place where
I knew I was called but woke up some mornings wondering what was going on. I
loved Ryan's honesty and sincerity in his memoir. Things aren't perfect, he has
problems with things that an outsider wouldn't imagine should be a problem.
Yet, Ryan perseveres. Whether you're
considering short-term or long-term missions or just wonder what life is like
in a third world country, you have to read this book.
So
see, in all three books, we are handed messes or we make messes of our own, but
God is the ultimate janitor. He cleans them all up for us.
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