Start Here: Doing Hard Things Right Where You AreAlex and Brett Harris
Multnomah Books (March 16, 2010)
In short: A handbook of practical steps and real-life stories to encourage and equip, this is a book that every teen should take to heart, and every parent should appreciate.
Wise beyond their years, Alex and Brett Harris have written a sequel to their first, inspiring book. They describe Start Here as,
“…a handbook of practical steps and real-life stories to encourage and equip you on your journey of doing hard things…this companion book continues the Do Hard Things message and piles on stories, practical suggestions, and detailed how-to’s…[this is] your personal field guide to jumping in and getting involved.”
This second book is filled with great stories of young people doing “rebelutionary” works with the intent of keeping the focus on glorifying God.
“Attention gives us the opportunity to humbly say thanks and then point people back to the One who made us, sustains us, and gives us everything we have.”
“Whether you become a preacher, plumber, lawyer, chemist or the guy in charge of all pork products, you only have one real job: to reach people for Jesus.”
The brothers emphasize that, “Faithfulness in small hard things is always the fuel for bigger hard things.” (Luke 16:10) and, thus, “hard” things aren’t just big things.
“Sometimes doing hard things now is as simple as smiling and giving my mother or father a hug even though I’m depressed that day.”
I appreciate this as a parent. They also emphasize motives but realize that,
“The day will never come when we stop feeling afraid and our motivations are perfectly pure…good motives now are better than perfect motives when it’s too late.”
Tackling peer pressure, media influence (calling it “the power of companionship”, from Proverbs 13:20, they emphasize that the media are our “companions” also), glorifying God and growing up “prematurely” this is a book that every teen should take to heart, and every parent should appreciate.
“Does doing hard things mean growing up prematurely?...[responsibility] is – a muscle to be strengthened…if we fail to prepare adequately as young adults…the problem will not be that we grew up too fast but that we weren’t prepared when we did grow up and become adults.”
This second book is filled with great stories of young people doing “rebelutionary” works with the intent of keeping the focus on glorifying God.
“Attention gives us the opportunity to humbly say thanks and then point people back to the One who made us, sustains us, and gives us everything we have.”
“Whether you become a preacher, plumber, lawyer, chemist or the guy in charge of all pork products, you only have one real job: to reach people for Jesus.”
The brothers emphasize that, “Faithfulness in small hard things is always the fuel for bigger hard things.” (Luke 16:10) and, thus, “hard” things aren’t just big things.
“Sometimes doing hard things now is as simple as smiling and giving my mother or father a hug even though I’m depressed that day.”
I appreciate this as a parent. They also emphasize motives but realize that,
“The day will never come when we stop feeling afraid and our motivations are perfectly pure…good motives now are better than perfect motives when it’s too late.”
Tackling peer pressure, media influence (calling it “the power of companionship”, from Proverbs 13:20, they emphasize that the media are our “companions” also), glorifying God and growing up “prematurely” this is a book that every teen should take to heart, and every parent should appreciate.
“Does doing hard things mean growing up prematurely?...[responsibility] is – a muscle to be strengthened…if we fail to prepare adequately as young adults…the problem will not be that we grew up too fast but that we weren’t prepared when we did grow up and become adults.”
This book was provided for review by the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group.
.jpg)
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment