Title: Making Sense
When Life Doesn’t
Author: Cecil Murphey
Pages: 208
Year: 2012
Publisher: Summerside
Press
Note: I received a
complimentary copy for an honest review of this book. The opinions shared in this review are solely
my responsibility. Other reviews can be
read at http://seekingwithallyurheart.blogspot.com/. Also follow me on Twitter @lcjohnson1988
Before you read any further, ask
yourself this question: “What do I hope to find or learn if I read this
book?” Perhaps you just thought the
title was interesting. Maybe before
buying it you wanted to see what someone else who had read the book thought
about it. Maybe you’re seeking
something, though not quite sure what it is you feel is eluding you, but you’re
looking or did the thought cross your mind that the book looked interesting so
why not read it?
Regardless
of why you may be interested in this book, I can tell you that it is like a
small book with a treasure chest of wisdom.
If you open the treasure chest, you can read about the wisdom the author
and other have learned. Will you apply this
wisdom to your life? My life has taught
me that knowledge plus experience equals wisdom. It is easy to spout what I learn; however, it
has more of an impact on my life and others if I live out my life with the
truth God has shown me.
We are
told in the Bible that “the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”. Notice it says beginning not ending. That is the place to start when life just
doesn’t make sense. Start with where you
are with God. Then, use a book like this
one, which includes wisdom learned from a “cloud of witnesses” as people have
been described in the book of Hebrews. Real,
living, breathing organisms that have gone through what all humans go through
on their journey here on earth. What do
we go through this side of heaven? My
guess is that you can make your own list.
The
author writes what he and others have learned through various seasons of their
lives and shares the wisdom gained from having gone through an event, not
around it. The chapters are short, from
one page to at most three, and are easily digested within a few minutes. However, if you think about what you read, it
might turn out to be a life-altering moment.
We can all learn from the good as well as bad things done in life. Either we have done them, been recipients of the
acts or words or witnessed the good or bad.
As I read this book, I kept visualizing it placed somewhere in the home
where others would be able to thumb though it, read a chapter or two, and learn
something that encourages them or challenges them. This is a book you will want to share with
others and perhaps reread a chapter for your own benefit sometime down the
road.
My rating is 3 stars.
