When Bethany House Publishers sent me the list of nonfiction books I could review for free, I picked this one because I've been wrestling with what to think when things don't go according to my plan. I didn't know anything about the author. I hoped it wouldn't be boring. This is the first time I'd picked a title from the nonfiction list. Nonfiction tends to be less gripping than a romance novel, but I was intrigued by the subject matter.
I enjoyed this book so much that I think I'm going to buy a paperback version to replace my free Kindle preview version.
Blindsided by God is not a Christian living book (this is how you do it) or a theology book (this is the Scriptural reasoning behind it). It's hard to do justice to a book that is so candid! Blindsided by God is in reality a witness, a testimony, a sharing of the author, Peter Chin's, struggles, and what God taught him as he and his wife went through it. He doesn't take what God taught him and put it into a sermon with scattered illustrations. He doesn't wallow in his experiences either. He walks you through each happening, tells his own raw reactions, and then shares what God revealed to him. And so much of the way he tells it is just funny! Like, haha, I can't believe you said that, funny.
If you want a great theological or pedantic book on suffering, this is not it, and he freely acknowledges that in the beginning. If you want someone to hold your hand and tell you their own story and not minimize yours, then score, this is it.
"In the midst of everything we were going through, I had never realized our situation was not extraordinary. This was real life for so many, and now, for us. And my previous perspective--that tenacious assumption that our situation was unique in some way--was a lie, an illusion fostered by a sheltered and comfortable existence."
--Peter Chin, Blindsided by God
I received this book for free from Bethany House Publishers in exchange for an honest review.
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