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I have returned from my reading hiatus!
It is so good to be back! Have you ever had one of those moments in your life where the Lord teaches you an incredible amount of things in a short amount of time? A moment where He answers crazy specific prayers that, if you're honest, you doubted He would/could actually answer? A moment where you are so overwhelmed with what He is teaching you that you just need a little time and space to draw back, spend time in the Word, and worship Him? That's been my past month. And it's been awesome. So I took a little time away from my growing pile (ha, it's actually piles on piles) of books to spend time focusing on His Word- the only completely true, completely good, and completely reliable book that exists. It has been overwhelming, and I have loved it. See, back in the fall I prayed one of those prayers that I was nervous He would answer even though I knew it would be for my good- that the Lord would help me understand the weight of my sin. Because, if I'm honest, most of the time I don't really think I'm that bad. I want to understand the seriousness of my sin so I can better understand how amazing the gift of grace I have been given is. As Charles Spurgeon says, "Light thoughts of sin breed light thoughts of the Savior." I don't want to think lightly of Jesus, I want to think rightly of Him (that sounds cheesy because it rhymes, sorry) and of what Scripture says of Him. Since the fall, God has been working in my life through Scripture, the church, prayer, and other Christians to show me the weight of sin and how astonishing and amazing Jesus' gift to believers truly is. I read C.J. Mahaney's Humility in the fall as I embarked on this journey of better understanding sin, and God used it to begin building a foundation of, well, humility in my life. Short, practical, and FULL of wise teaching, Humility is a book that, in my opinion, belongs on the shelf of every Christian. Mahaney lays out the Biblical foundation for pride and paints a vivid picture of how deep, sneaky, and engrained pride is in our lives. He describes the seriousness of this sin and how poisonous it is to our hearts and minds. As I read, I could feel the weight of pride in my life growing heavier and heavier as I began recognizing it in areas I had never noticed it before. Pride is deeply rooted in all of us, and fighting for humility is a daily, sanctifying battle.
After establishing how entrenched pride is in our lives, Mahaney does something that few Christian Living books today do: he doesn't tell the reader to fix themselves. He doesn't immediately give 5 simple steps for battling pride in your life. Instead, he points the reader straight to Christ. Mahaney beautifully shows the reader the perfect example of humility that we have in Jesus and His death on the cross. C.J.'s writing is simple, truthful, and powerful. At the end of the book, Mahaney gives great tangible examples of what it looks like to fight to be like Christ and fight for humility and sanctification. I loved that the practical application came after addressing the heart behind pride and the daily battle of fighting to become more like Jesus! The practical application is incredibly helpful without feeling like a self-help workshop...Mahaney focuses on surrendering our pride to God and growing in relationship with Him! My rating? 5/5
This book has so much wisdom and practical application for being such a tiny book! And the used copies on Amazon start at $0.25, so the price is fantastic. I've read several books on pride and humility over the years, and I can confidently say this has been the best of them! *Links provided by Amazon Associates.* |
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