Hunting Hope

Dig Through the Darkness to Find the Light

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Pub Date 19 Apr 2016 | Archive Date 19 Apr 2016
Worthy Publishing | Worthy Inspired

Description

Hunting Hope suggests that there are signs of spring to be found in every dark winter season in our lives. Through real life examples and biblical insight, Nike Maples uses illustrations from her own life and from the lives of others to show that, in Christ, there is always hope, even in hardship. At twenty, Nika learned that when hope was all she had, she claimed it boldly while defying all odds to recover from a devastating stroke. The lessons from that struggle are powerful and universal. When you can't see any hope in a season of difficulty, hunt for it by holding onto God's character and letting Him develop your own.

Hunting Hope suggests that there are signs of spring to be found in every dark winter season in our lives. Through real life examples and biblical insight, Nike Maples uses illustrations from her own...


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I have read several books to help Christians understand suffering. This one is the best I've read in ages.

Lest we think Maples doesn't know suffering, she shares her own story. She was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus at twelve years old. She suffered a massive brainstem stroke at twenty that almost killed her. Although she learned to walk and talk again through rehabilitation, she lives every day with the challenge of chronic illness and disability. She still has a limping gait, using a cane on good days and a walker on bad ones.

I really like her attitude that it is about God's sovereignty. Either He is in control or He is not. “If God is in control, then what we know about God is more important than what we know about our circumstances.” She does an excellent job in showing how God uses the darkness of suffering for character formation, drawing us closer to Him, preparing us for something new, and more.

Maples writes about the unexpected blessing of suffering, encouraging us to know that all of God's actions are out of love, even if we do not understand them. She uses examples of biblical characters to remind us that we often do not know God's plan until we walk through the suffering in obedience.

The lessons she shares from the Bible and her own experience are insightful and practical. I really liked her insight of 2 Corinthians 6. Before Paul lists his troubles, he declares that it was the time of God's favor. Paul expected to see God in the midst of his times of suffering. What a lesson for us.

I highly recommend this book to anyone in need of encouragement for going through suffering. Maples' insight from her own suffering and her understanding of God's character will boost your faith in a loving God Who is working out His plan for your life.

Food for thought: “Maybe it doesn't matter what causes suffering in our lives as much as it matters what suffering causes in our lives.”

You can find out more about the book and watch a video at http://nikamaples.com/.

My rating: 5/5 stars.

Nika Maples was twenty years old when she had a massive brainstem stroke leaving her unable to walk, speak, even blink. Doctors told her family she had 48 hours to live. Her faith sustained her and a year later she was able to walk onto her college campus. She went on to earn a BS in mass communications and an MA in English Education. In 2007 she was named the Texas Secondary Teacher of the Year. She now writes and speaks full time, sharing her story of hope and endurance across the country. She lives in Fort Worth, Texas.

Worthy Inspired, 240 pages.

I received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher for the purpose of an independent and honest review.

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