Saturday, April 20, 2024

Now and Not Yet Book Review

Ruth Chou Simons' previous books have encouraged and inspired me, but Now and Not Yet was probably the most timely for me. I was looking for answers to my "right now" because my husband was struggling with health issues and about halfway through reading this book, he had a stroke. 

Our faith is challenged when our circumstances seem overwhelming. I appreciate Ruth's vulnerability when she admits that "some of my most significant times of communing with God have happened when my life has felt the most out of control." She constantly looks to God's Word to encourage us not to lose heart. I claim along with Ruth that "I'm going to rejoice in the midst of this. This is hard, but God is refining me in this, making me more like Christ." 

Now and Not Yet will fortify your faith because "the truth about who God is and who we are in Him changes everything about how we think about right now."