“Cultivate awe and grow in your understanding of who God is. Highly recommend!”
January is a tough month for me since a year ago I discovered a miraculous surprise pregnancy a few days after Christmas that was followed shortly by an unexpected “missed miscarriage” diagnosis in mid-January before experiencing the miscarriage 2 weeks after that. It’s easy to spiral into a depressed state if I focus on that very much. I spent January of this year reading “Amazed” by Carolyn Lacey and it was just what my tender soul needed - to be consistently drawn into awe of God. Spending each day reading Scripture and diving into God’s character leaves little room for negative thoughts and feelings. This book covers God’s glory, power, creation, uniqueness, greatness, and kindness. Aside from the Scripture for each devotional, it includes reflection as well as a cultivate and prayer section. I especially appreciated the prompt for cultivation as it helped put what was read into practice. Oftentimes, Christians think awe and wonder, love and faithfulness, and other duties of Christians will just magically be bestowed upon them, but the reality is it takes effort to cultivate and grow these Christian character traits. “Amazed” is a valuable tool for doing this and helpful for any Christian to read. I definitely grew in awe of God from reading this book which directly impacted proper perspective for current life challenges. I received a complimentary copy as a reviewer and all opinions shared are my own.
Mallory, we're so sorry to hear about your loss. Thank you so much for sharing, and we're so glad that this book was able to point you to our amazing God in the face of these challenges.
