Book #13 of 2010 is...
Fearless
by Max Lucado
My church bible study group has been reading this book for the last few months. I love Max Lucado! He is one of my all-time favorite authors and I have read almost everything that he has written. In this book he asks the question "Can you imagine your life without fear?" He goes on to say that "each sunrise seems to bring fresh reasons to fear. They're talking layoffs at work, slowdowns in the economy, flare-ups in the Middle East, and upswings in global warming. But what if faith, and not fear, was your default reaction?"
This book and the bible study that we did around it has been perfectly timed for my life. God has not given us a spirit of fear (2 Timothy 1:7) and when we cower and live meekly, we are not living up to who we are meant to be. This has been a time for me, when there is a lot to be fearful of...many changes, money worries, sickness, the state of our country...but God can only use us when we are boldly walking by faith, and that is supposed to be the purpose of our lives, to be USED by Him. This book was good for my soul and the friends in my bible study are closer to me because of the time we have spent sharing over this book.
