Searching for Certainty: Finding God in the Disruptions of Life

by Shelly Miller, Emily P. Freeman (Foreword by)

Overview

We all long for certainty in life, yet things often don't go as we expect. When facing illness, job loss, strained relationships, and other struggles, our impulse is to question God and strive to fix things ourselves.

In this book, Shelly Miller, a trusted ministry leader, explores how difficult times can actually be purposeful times of spiritual growth. Weaving the exodus story from the Bible with her own story, she shares how to focus on God rather than trying to overcome challenges in our own limited strength. Each chapter features a simple spiritual practice to help us enjoy the peace and security that is only possible through Christ. Uncertain seasons will soon be translated as an aha instead of an oh no.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764235979
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	10/13/2020
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	1,057,115
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Shelly Miller is a veteran ministry leader and sought-after spiritual mentor and leadership coach. She is the author of Rhythms of Rest: Finding the Spirit of Sabbath in a Busy World and leads the Sabbath Society, an online global community that practices weekly rest as reality. She is described as a poet with an acute taste for authentic honesty, and a storyteller and avid photographer who helps people think about and see life differently. Making their home in London, England, Shelly and her husband, H, are the proud parents of two adult children.

Table of Contents

Foreword Emily P. Freeman 11

1 Refraining Uncertainty 17

2 Where Is God? 31

3 Shhh! Be Still 49

4 Breaking Habits 67

5 Help Me Decide 83

6 Practice Presence 99

7 Winning or Whining? 117

8 Beholding Beauty for the Big Picture 133

9 Rest When Shadowed by Worry 149

10 Named and Known 165

11 Gratitude Brings Focus to the Blur of Uncertainty 183

12 Remembering Restores Certainty 201

Epilogue: Certainty Full Circle 217

Practice Creative Captures That Conjure Intimacy with Christ 223

Acknowledgments 229

Notes 231