Book Review: What Did You Expect? Daily Grace Company

 

What Did You Expect? Daily Grace Company
5 Stars 

Some books come into your life right when you need them most and this was that book for me.

This study gently but honestly walks through something many of us don’t talk about... disappointment. The kind that comes when prayers feel unanswered, life turns suddenly, and you’re left asking God questions you feel guilty for having.

Right now this message feels especially personal as my family is walking through my Dad’s lymphoma diagnosis. I didn’t realize how many expectations I quietly have in my heart. So many expectations about how God would respond or what His will is...what His plan is....This book didn’t shame those feelings… it helped me examine them.

I loved how it points out that sometimes we don’t just struggle with circumstances, we struggle with who we thought God would be in those circumstances. We had OUR WILL instead of HIS WILL. I’ve caught myself wanting God to operate according to my timeline, my idea of “good,” and my definition of answered prayer. The book takes us back to Scripture. God’s goodness is not proven by easy outcomes, but by His unchanging character.

One of the most comforting takeaways for me was this.....Faith is trusting God when you don’t understand His plan.

Our hope was never meant to be in our circumstances but it was meant to be in a faithful Savior.

If you are walking through unanswered prayers, illness, waiting, broken relationships, or just a season that looks nothing like you thought it would… this book meets you there. 

This book helped me rest in a deeper truth that even when life doesn’t go the way I expect, God is still who He says He is.

“And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.” — Psalm 9:10

Thank you to the Daily Grace Company for a gifted copy of this book. All thoughts are my own.

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