What Can You Do When Life Doesn't Turn Out Like You Planned?As Silver Refined Answers to Life's Disappointments, As Silver Refined, written by Kay Arthur, is an eye-opening book which guides you to biblical truths that will help you break that cycle and instead embrace disappointment as the cleansing fire God uses to make you - as silver refined - a reflection of His goodness.
My first reaction was disappointment as I expected to find the answers in a more simplified explanation. However, the depth of explanation is extensive, accurate, and extremely well presented. As I read through each chapter I concluded how important this book is for individual study or a small support group. It would be wise to take time to digest the wealth of information provided by Mrs. Arthur.
Now for the information provided.
Take Courage! How? That's what this book is about! How to handle life's disappointments God's way OR fall into the awful pit of despair.
My favorite part of this book was understanding meekness. "Meekness is the key to acting rather than reacting . . . . the key to meekness is understanding the sovereignty and the character of God." (page 152) I hope you will read this book for this reason alone.
The companion study guide provided at the end of the book would be very beneficial to the application of each topic addressed. Topics include failure, regrets, stress, pain and the positive scripture based topics of courage, joy, hope, victory and restoration.
I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.
