I received an ARC from Leafwood Publishers, via NetGalley. This review is my opinion.

In this book, we find hope for those unseen moments and how important for us is to change our perspective especially on those long and seemly unending season God enters us. As Abby McDonald shared, even in the pain of the unknown or those steps that maybe seems so small. God is there, this book is the type of book that you must read more than once. To refresh the powerful and necessary remainders we find here, we are not alone, we are known, loved and surrender is not optional. As Abby says and I must say I’ve done the same thing, when we are in an uncomfortable situation we pray for being released; but we need(even as we don’t want to) to see God’s hands in this. Great book I recommend it!

This was difficult for me to get into. I tried to start it multiple times and got lost within the first 20-30 pages.

I appreciated her life experiences and you can feel her love for God. However, I think that I would need to be in the right spiritual mindset to truly appreciate the rest of what she shares. I hope this will be a book that I revisit and give another chance.

This is an amazing book. There are so many things published that claim to give you the tools or the recipe to cennect with God, or to enrich your faith life- Ive read many of them! Shift really does, in my opinion, offer something real and concrete. Real life stories couples with ideas that are useful and attainable in out attempt to see the presence of God. I will be buying a hard copy copy of this because I need to attack it with my highlighter!

I feel like I stumbled upon this book at exactly the time I needed it. It was a practical book on changing mindsets to turn towards God in stressful times but also very thoughtful on a theological time. Especially timely to read right now, when the future feels so uncertain and frightening.

Thank you to the publisher and to Net Galley for the opportunity. I enjoyed the encouragement throughout the book about turning to God in the midst of our own struggles. I found the concept very uplifting. Every Christian will benefit from this teaching and guidence. This is a beacon of light in dark times for Christians that may have lost hope.

I read Shift at probably the perfect time, but maybe when a book speaks to you, any time is perfect.

I really appreciated how the author shared so many personal experiences and seeing how she related God's hand in the happenings in her life has changed the way I look at almost every activity/happening in my life.

Having just finished this book before the Coronavirus pandemic has really helped me in the way I deal with adversity and "why is this happening?"

Shift is a book I'm very glad to have in my library and am sure I will read it again soon. Sometimes I pick up things I didn't pick up the first time and I feel like there's more in there for me!

Many thanks to Net Gally (netgally.net) and Leafwood Publishers for ARC in exchange for my honest opinion about the book.

I think I have come across this book at the right time in my life. I found this to be a fantastic book, really helped me to realign my thoughts and perspective on life.
Engaging read and I will go back across a great deal of it.

Thanks for the advanced copy.

This was a fantastic book about shifting your perspective! It was very relatable and a quick read! The message of having the right perspective and trusting God was reinforced with real life stories from the author herself.

I think the information in this book was true and good, but I did not enjoy reading it very much. It seems like the topic has been covered quite a bit and it read more like a Sunday school lesson to me than a book. I do appreciate the content and would suggest it to a new believer or someone having trouble changing perspectives.

I liked Abby McDonald's new book. It came to me during a challenging time. My family and I were in the middle of a move, and it was stressful! The message in Shift helped me to be a little big more peaceful and calm than I would normally be, and to wait on God.

In this book, McDonald shares stories of her own life experiences, and what she has learned about God and her relationship with him in the process. You can tell that she has a heart for God and a love for his people.

There are many good nuggets found throughout the pages. I highlighted many quotes as I was reading!

Here's a couple!
“Our confidence in our ability to hear God’s voice must become greater than the voice of doubt.”

"If a God that great and limiteless loves us and thinks of us more than we think of ourselves, don't you think we can lay our hopes at his feet? I promise you, they're safe there.
He will never trample them like a careless Father; he will exceed them in ways you never thought possible."

If you are in the middle of change, or need some encouragment that God is indeed with you and working on your behalf, I think this book would be an encouragement to you.

Abby McDonald writes a brilliant book helping us to shift our understanding and our perspective from our plan to Gods plan in times of struggle or uncertainty if life. This concept is rather daunting to some people but the author makes this an easy light read. This is a great resource for anyone in any phase of life. It’s inspirational and allows one to learn how to transform their way of thinking as to better cope with events in life.

What a great book. We get so buy in life that we don’t even know where to put our focus and during this time we lose sight of who is most important sometimes. The author helps you through practical application turn your focus back to God being our main focus and then allowing him to line up the rest of our life.
If you are looking for a “Shift” then this book is for you.
I highly recommend it.
I received and arc and this is my own
Opinion.
I love it!

earc from netgalley.

this book is fine, it just was not what I was looking for based on the description of the book.

This book was so encouraging and inspiring! Abby has such a great perspective on life and has trained herself to see God in the everyday moments and to be able to recognize His voice above the noise of our culture. She shares openly and candidly about many life experiences and all that she has learned from them and inspires readers to be able to see God in every aspect of life as well. This book was not only an enjoyable read, but also brought soothing to my soul, which longs to see God in every moment of my life here on earth.

I am a struggler plain and simple. If there is a hard way, I've probably taken it. Sometimes I think it is my own error but I am also seeing now that there are times that is God's plan because I would not learn and know the things I do had I walked any other road and I would not have survived that walk without God.

Shift has been an absolute encouraging and engaging read. Abby has a gift for finding the fingerprints of God in the happenings of life. And not only does she find them, but Abby helps you start to see them in your own. It was a blessing for my heart and a balm for my soul. I look forward to processing even more deeply. I discovered there is freedom in letting go of my control and letting my heart give in to the God who stays with me, permanently because He loves me and has plans for me. Plans that may not match my goals but are so much better.

Read with a highlighter and a note pad because you are going to make notes as you go.