Resilient: Restoring Your Weary Soul in These Turbulent Times

by John Eldredge

Overview

New York Times bestselling author John Eldredge gives readers who are drained from the madness of modern life the tools they need to follow Jesus' path of supernatural resilience so they can recover their joy, strengthen their hearts, and thrive through the storm.

The human soul has a built-in yearning for joy and beauty and all good things. But that craving for life has taken a real beating in recent years. Between false promises of ease and comfort on one side and the sheer trauma of global disease and disasters on the other, people today are facing a shortage of peace, happiness, and strength.

In Resilient, Eldredge provides skills and tools to strengthen your heart and soul—and reveals a path toward genuine recovery and resilience provided by Jesus himself. Drawing on wisdom from Scripture and Christian tradition, and illustrated throughout with powerful, true stories of grit and survival, Resilient will help readers

• recover from the trauma of the COVID-19 pandemic;
• tap into "supernatural graces" like the river of life that God promises his people;
• learn to be patient with themselves—genuine recovery from spiritual and emotional trauma takes time and intentionality;
• create a plan, because resilience and victory aren't going to come with a swipe on your home screen; and
• discover deep wells of freedom and strength through Christ who lives within us.

Thriving requires a resilient soul. This book will help readers find the resilience they need when the world has gone mad—and discover in Jesus himself the strength that prevails.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781400208647
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	06/07/2022
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	24,499
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 5.60(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

John Eldredge is a bestselling author, a counselor, and a teacher. He is also president of Wild at Heart, a ministry devoted to helping people discover the heart of God, recover their own hearts in God's love, and learn to live in God's kingdom. John and his wife, Stasi, live in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Introduction: No Ordinary Moment ix

Chapter 1 I Just Want Life to Be Good Again 1

Chapter 2 Where Are We? What's Happening? 19

Chapter 3 The Strength That Prevails 39

Chapter 4 Eden Glory, Not Desolation 55

Chapter 5 The Assurance of Abundance 73

Chapter 6 Unconverted Places 93

Chapter 7 The Kingdom Without the King 111

Chapter 8 The Deep Well Inside Us 131

Chapter 9 Your Prescription 153

Chapter 10 Hold On! 187

Appendix: Prayers 207

Acknowledgments 211

Notes 213

About the Author 221

Editorial Reviews

03/21/2022

Biblical counselor Eldredge (Get Your Life Back) delivers a jocular if vague spiritual “survival guide” full of “tools for strengthening heart and soul.” Lamenting the Covid-19 pandemic’s toll on mental and physical health, the author urges readers to take the “path toward recovery and resilience” laid out by “the Creator and Redeemer.” One way to do so involves finding resilience in “God’s presence within us,” and to that end Eldredge recommends picking a quiet place, tuning out distractions, and loving God, which opens one “to the reality of his presence.” The author also advises on “converting the ‘unconverted places’” in one’s mind, suggesting readers confront unholy impulses (bitterness and lust among them) and ask Jesus what one should do to reduce such thoughts. Each chapter takes inspiration from a story of resilience, including St. John of the Cross’s imprisonment and explorer John Muir’s brush with death while climbing Mount Shasta. The author’s tendency toward abstraction can hamper the usefulness of his advice (“Enter your primal longing for things to be good again, and in that place start loving God”), but his humor keeps the proceedings upbeat (“unflappable Jesus, the most level-headed guy ever”). The result is a timely if somewhat opaque volume on cultivating resilience. (June)

Publishers Weekly