Table of Contents
Foreword Lauren Chandler 11
1 My Grit Meets His Beauty: Finding God Where We Least Expect Him 13
2 The Power of a Middle Minute: Relearning What Is Radical 23
3 The Storied God: How His Word Heals Our Stories 35
4 From the Inside Out: How Adoration Aligns Our Minds with His Thoughts 51
5 We Are What We Adore: How We Become What We Behold 64
6 Tiny Beginnings: The Power of Starting Where You Are 79
Adore: Thirty Characteristics of God with Which to Adore Him
1 Restorer 96
2 The God Who Sees 101
3 My Strength 106
4 Healer 110
5 Bridegroom 115
6 Father 120
7 Personal-to-Me God 126
8 God Who Is Merciful toward the Weak Me 131
9 God Who Fights for Me 136
10 God Whose Thoughts Are Higher Than Mine 140
11 God Who Wore Skin 145
12 Powerful God 151
13 God, Closer Than My Skin 157
14 Good-to-Me God 162
15 Tender God, Gentle with Me 167
16 Majestic God 172
17 My Friend 178
18 My Protector 182
19 Celebratory God 187
20 God Who Gives a Song in the Night 192
21 God Who Likes Me 197
22 God Who Uses Delay to Grow My Belief 202
23 God Who Champions Me 208
24 Beautiful God 213
25 God Who Responds to My Cries 217
26 My Pursuer 222
27 God Who Reaches Deep 227
28 God Who Brings Justice 233
29 God Who Turns the Bitter into Sweet 237
30 God of Hope 242
Final Word: A Commencement Letter 247
Acknowledgments 251
Notes 253