Life is hard. We often find ourselves walking through stories that don't feel like they should be ours. And yet here we are. We wonder where our good God is in the midst of it.
But we are not left without hope. In fact-we have the greatest hope of all. Through vulnerable stories and rich insight, Paula Rinehart and Connally Gilliam point to the Larger Story that carries all the anxiety, longing, and beauty of your life. The backdrop of the big gospel story-creation (how life ought to be), the fall (how life is), redemption (how life can be), and restoration (how life will be one day)-gives context to our lives and hope for walking forward. The grand story of the gospel of Jesus Christ frames our every step.
Discover renewed strength and joy in the middle of your ache...and the goodness of God that will give you the courage to remain yet undaunted.
Table of Contents:
- CREATION - WHAT OUGHT TO BE
Longing for more - FALL - WHAT IS
Grappling with what is - Naked, afraid and ot so nice
- REDEMPTION - WHAT CAN BE
What redemption looks like - Seeing redemption in interior spaces
- Redemption always includes others
- Saying yes to God
- RESTORATION - WHAT WILL BE
How hope plays backward - And yet undaunted - living well in the unfinished symphony
Endorsements:
If life has turned out differently from what you expected, read this book. Paula Rinehart and Connally Gilliam skillfully write about our longings, our realities, our disappointments, and our hope for a life that’s more perfect. And Yet, Undaunted will take you into a deeper understanding of God’s Larger Story. The authors aren’t afraid to ask hard questions about why a good God allows bad things to happen. You’ll learn how to experience fresh faith, restored joy, and rediscovered hope as you apply Scripture to your life and find yourself surprised by God’s goodness. This book is powerful, thought provoking, unsettling (in a good way), and chock-full of biblical wisdom. Don’t miss it! (Carol Kent, speaker and author of When I Lay My Isaac Down)
This book will be such an encouragement to those who have experienced the trials in life that make it impossible to ignore the fact that all is not as it should be here on Earth.
It’s always refreshing to read a Christian book that doesn’t gloss over suffering with empty platitudes but moves through them before entering into hope. The authors tell personal stories of their own journeys to illustrate creation (how life ought to be), the fall (how life is), redemption (how life can be), and restoration (how life will be one day). This is a very honest, authentic look at how to find hope without dismissing the discrepancy between “what is” and “what should be.” Reflection questions at end of each chapter are a gift!
