A Great Book

Today I went to a little pub for lunch with my mum and dad in a village by the sea, and I started reading a book called Practical Theology for Women: How knowing God Makes a Difference in Our Daily Lives by Wendy Horger Alsup. It is such an excellent book! I have never read anything for women that is so packed with foundational theology, and it isn't intimidating, but it's real theology not the kind of light theology that books for women sometimes use.

I just love this author, Wendy Horger Alsup, she tells her powerful testimony about how theology impacted her life during unemployment, a miscarriage, and her husband having to go for emergency heart surgery. Nothing speaks more clearly than someone who has been through incredibly difficult circumstances and found that studying the Bible and the truth of God's character changes everything. She writes;

"How can you explain to someone that you would not trade your year of unemployment and financial concerns for anything in the world because the beauty of God's provision so richly outweighed the struggle? Who would believe that your young husband's heart surgery was worth it - truly worth every ounce of pain - because God opened your eyes to something so incredibly beautiful about himself that it defies explanation?" (p. 35)

I was inspired by her faith, and challenged to let theology shape my life, particularly when the circumstances seem worrying, hopeless, or out of my control. I don't want to throw out my faith in God every time I find life difficult. Get the book if you can!x