About
this book:
“How do you hold on to hope when you don't get the ending you asked for?
When Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda, accidentally founded a booming organization, and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the miracle of adoption, she determined to weave her life together with the people she desired to serve. But joy often gave way to sorrow as she invested her heart fully in walking alongside people in the grip of poverty, addiction, desperation, and disease.
After unexpected tragedy shook her family, for the first time Katie began to wonder, Is God really good? Does He really love us? When she turned to Him with her questions, God spoke truth to her heart and drew her even deeper into relationship with Him.
Daring to Hope is an invitation to cling to the God of the impossible--the God who whispers His love to us in the quiet, in the mundane, when our prayers are not answered the way we want or the miracle doesn't come. It's about a mother discovering the extraordinary strength it takes to be ordinary. It's about choosing faith no matter the circumstance and about encountering God's goodness in the least expected places.
Though your heartaches and dreams may take a different shape, you will find your own questions echoed in these pages. You'll be reminded of the gifts of joy in the midst of sorrow. And you'll hear God's whisper: Hold on to hope. I will meet you here.”
Series: It is connected to “Kisses from Katie” by the same author.
Spiritual Content- All about God, Jesus, Katie’s faith and her love for Jesus, having Hope, blessings, witnessing, praying, God’s grace, His will, trusting God, & Him leading her; Tons of Scriptures are read, quoted, mentioned, talked about, & referenced; Many prayers; Tons of Talks about God, Jesus, praying, blessings, having Hope, & faiths; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; All about talks about & mentions of those & events from the Bible; All about mentions of God, trusting Him, His will, having Hope, praying, blessings, & witnessing; Many mentions of prayers & praying; Many mentions of Bibles, Bible reading and studying, devotionals, & Bible studies; Many mentions of blessings & being blessed; Many mentions of Jesus’ birth, the nativity, & Christmases; Mentions of thanking, praising, & worshiping God; Mentions of Christians, faiths, & love for the Lord; Mentions of churches, church going, & songs/hymns; Mentions of Heaven; Mentions of miracles; Mentions of sins; A couple mentions of missionaries;
“How do you hold on to hope when you don't get the ending you asked for?
When Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda, accidentally founded a booming organization, and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the miracle of adoption, she determined to weave her life together with the people she desired to serve. But joy often gave way to sorrow as she invested her heart fully in walking alongside people in the grip of poverty, addiction, desperation, and disease.
After unexpected tragedy shook her family, for the first time Katie began to wonder, Is God really good? Does He really love us? When she turned to Him with her questions, God spoke truth to her heart and drew her even deeper into relationship with Him.
Daring to Hope is an invitation to cling to the God of the impossible--the God who whispers His love to us in the quiet, in the mundane, when our prayers are not answered the way we want or the miracle doesn't come. It's about a mother discovering the extraordinary strength it takes to be ordinary. It's about choosing faith no matter the circumstance and about encountering God's goodness in the least expected places.
Though your heartaches and dreams may take a different shape, you will find your own questions echoed in these pages. You'll be reminded of the gifts of joy in the midst of sorrow. And you'll hear God's whisper: Hold on to hope. I will meet you here.”
Series: It is connected to “Kisses from Katie” by the same author.
Spiritual Content- All about God, Jesus, Katie’s faith and her love for Jesus, having Hope, blessings, witnessing, praying, God’s grace, His will, trusting God, & Him leading her; Tons of Scriptures are read, quoted, mentioned, talked about, & referenced; Many prayers; Tons of Talks about God, Jesus, praying, blessings, having Hope, & faiths; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God; All about talks about & mentions of those & events from the Bible; All about mentions of God, trusting Him, His will, having Hope, praying, blessings, & witnessing; Many mentions of prayers & praying; Many mentions of Bibles, Bible reading and studying, devotionals, & Bible studies; Many mentions of blessings & being blessed; Many mentions of Jesus’ birth, the nativity, & Christmases; Mentions of thanking, praising, & worshiping God; Mentions of Christians, faiths, & love for the Lord; Mentions of churches, church going, & songs/hymns; Mentions of Heaven; Mentions of miracles; Mentions of sins; A couple mentions of missionaries;
*Note: A few mentions of the
devil.
Negative Content- Many mentions of diseases, illnesses, starvation/malnutrition, wounds/injuries, blood/bleeding, pain, & deaths (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of wars, fighting, & deaths; Mentions of a fire & injuries (up to semi-detailed); Mentions of alcohol, making alcohol, drinking, & alcoholics/drunks; Mentions of throwing up & vomit; A few mentions of drug addicts & rehab; A couple mentions of someone who was poisoned; A couple mentions of thieves & stealing; A couple mentions of lies; A couple mentions of jealousy; A couple mentions of swearing; A mention of murder; A mention of a women abused by many men; A mention of divorce; A mention of human waste.
Sexual
Content- Mentions of dating, dates, & romantic relationships;
*Note: Mentions of labors, mothers
dying in labor, mothers losing a lot of blood after labor, & cutting the
cord (barely-above-not-detailed); A mention of a miscarriage; A couple mentions
of prostitution; A mention of rape; A mention of someone’s daughter that was
assaulted.
-Katie
Davis Majors
Non-Fiction
224 pages
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Non-Fiction
224 pages
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My personal Rating-
{Add ½ star for those interested in caring for orphans}
Ever
since I first read Kisses from Katie
when I was fourteen, Katie Davis has been one of my top role models.
To say
that I was giddy about this new book by Katie Davis Majors, is a compete
understatement. I was thrilled.
Another
girl, who's also slightly older than me, that I look up to is Meredith Toering and she is
constantly talking about hope, having hope, and sharing about Who gives Hope.
When I found out that this new book was about Daring to Hope, it felt like both
girls I look up to were sharing about the same thing and I loved that.
While
part of me still enjoys Kisses from Katie
the best (review of that wonderful book coming next month) because of all the
adoption connections, I did really (obviously) love this book as much. Katie’s
faith is just as inspiring and makes me want a faith that’s strong like her’s
just like when I read her first book for the first time.
One of my
favorite quotes from this book would be: “We
hold on to our hope. There is always a ram in the thicket. Because there is
always the Lamb on the Throne.”
See y’all
on Wednesday with a new review!
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
*I received this book for free
from the Publisher (Multnomah Books) for this honest review.
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