Ann Voskamp invites us to slow down, to learn how to live the full life of eucharisteo (with grace, thanksgiving, joy) regardless of circumstances. With lovely word pictures inspired by everyday life in her family and on her farm, she writes about her struggle to live joyfully amid sin and sorrow and suffering.
WORLD Magazine
More than 1.5 million copies sold! What if you discovered that the life you already have is the life youâve always wanted? What if joy is possible right where you are? New York Times bestselling author Ann Voskamp invites you to embrace everyday blessings and embark on the transformative journey of chronicling God's gifts.How can you find joy in the midst of deadlines, debt, drama, and even the death of loved ones? What does the Christ-life really look like when your days are gritty, long, and sometimes even dark? How is God even here?âIt is in the dark that God is passing by . . . our lives shake not because God has abandoned but the exact opposite. God is passing by. God is in the tremors. Dark is the holiest ground, the glory passing by. In the blackest, God is closest, at work, forging His perfect and right will. Though it is black and we canât see and our world seems to be free-falling and we feel utterly alone, Christ is most present to us...âIn One Thousand Gifts, Ann Voskamp invites you to discover a way of seeing that opens your eyes to ordinary amazing grace, a way of living that is fully alive, and a way of becoming present to God that brings deep and lasting joy. It's only in the expression of gratitude for the life we already have, we discover the life we've always wanted . . . a life we can take, give thanks for, and break for others. Come to feel and know the impossible right down in your bones: you are wildly loved by God.As Ann invites you into her own beautiful, heart-aching moments of amazing grace, she gently teaches you how to:Biblically lament loss and turn pain into poetryIntentionally embrace a lifestyle of radical gratitudeSlow down and catch God in the momentNot a book merely to read, One Thousand Gifts is an invitation to engage with truths that will serve up the depths of Godâs joy and transform your life forever. Leave pride, fear, and control behind, and abandon yourself to the God who overflows your cup.
Les mer
Drawing heartbreaking beauty out of the simplest of details, Ann Voskamp invites you into her grace-bathed life of farming, parenting, and writing---and deeper still into your own life.
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780310321910
Publisert
2011
Utgiver
Vendor
Thomas Nelson Publishers
Vekt
317 gr
Høyde
211 mm
Bredde
147 mm
Dybde
22 mm
AldersnivĂĽ
G, 01
SprĂĽk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
240
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