What's your Issac?

After listening to the August 1st edition of Steve Brown etc. I had to share it on this blog. So often we get caught up in our lives and our struggles, forgetting that we, that I, am not all there is.

I, we, forget that there is a world of people out there struggling to live their lives and very often they get slammed with events that don't come near our, my, own distractions and disturbances to our routine.

The trash didn't get out, horrors! The dog wet on the carpet, life ends! The car breaks, I'm ruined for the rest of the month! The routine at work changes, I'll pull my hair out! The kids get the sniffles, my whole plan for the day is finished.

Carol Kent was living a life most Christians look to and consider an ideal. She was a writer and speaker. She traveled with popular Christian singers like Point of Grace, Sandi Patty and Nichole C. Mullen.

She was sought after for her insights, humor and biblical perspective on life. She was president of a Christian speakers bureau and traveled the world sharing her insights and faith with crowds of people.

Then came the call that changed her life. I don't want to give it away and lessen the impact of what she has to say. Just let me say listening to her caused me to pause and rethink the stuff I was upset about, the stuff that made me so mad and I had to conclude my distractions were merely dung.

What about you? Do the things that bother you really matter that much? If the events that happened to Carol happen to you, what would your response be?

Maybe those disturbances in your routine aren't really that bad. If that's your conclusion, maybe you need to take a moment and thank God for your blessings. Who knows, it may be harder to do so in just a few minutes or hours or days.

But then, maybe, like Carol, in the horrors or life, you too, will find God's blessings. Listen in...



Now that you've heard the interview, get the books. Carols book, "When I Lay My Isaac Down: Unshakable Faith in Unthinkable Circumstances" tells the agonizing story of the event that changed the life of her family.

"A New Kind of Normal: Hope-Filled Choices When Life Turns Upside Down" is the sequel that tells the rest of the story. Building on her story she will help you see how you can make hope-filled choices.

Through the eight chapters in this book, Carol will use her story, the story of Mary mother of Jesus, and stories of women who have experienced their own "new normal" to share how God has led them to choose life, gratitude, vulnerability, involvement, forgiveness, trust, and action.

If you are struggling with the circumstances of your own life, you need the teaching in these books.

Carol Kent website...

"We are all in the same boat on a stormy sea and
we owe each other a terrible loyalty." - G. K. Chesterson