About the Book:
And It Was Beautiful: Celebrating Life in the Midst of the Long Good-Bye (David C Cook, March 2016)
"I was here. I saw beauty. I embraced it." -Kara Tippetts
How do you live out extravagant love in the everyday moments? How do you celebrate grace when your life turns out differently than the one you dreamed?
Kara Tippetts discovered how to find joy in the small moments of life. She learned how to hold tight to hope even while battling intense physical and emotional pain. And she lived out the truth that God can redeem any story.
In her final book, Kara offers gentle reflections on living and dying well. She invites us to cultivate soft hearts even when we face great disappointment. Her ideas for living are hard-won, wrestled with in the crucible of family, illness, and faith. And her constant reminder is that whether we are in the midst of dark days or mundane moments Jesus is always there, life is surprisingly beautiful, and God is forever good.
"I was here. I saw beauty. I embraced it." -Kara Tippetts
How do you live out extravagant love in the everyday moments? How do you celebrate grace when your life turns out differently than the one you dreamed?
Kara Tippetts discovered how to find joy in the small moments of life. She learned how to hold tight to hope even while battling intense physical and emotional pain. And she lived out the truth that God can redeem any story.
In her final book, Kara offers gentle reflections on living and dying well. She invites us to cultivate soft hearts even when we face great disappointment. Her ideas for living are hard-won, wrestled with in the crucible of family, illness, and faith. And her constant reminder is that whether we are in the midst of dark days or mundane moments Jesus is always there, life is surprisingly beautiful, and God is forever good.
About the author:
Kara Tippetts was the author of The Hardest Peace and the co-author of Just Show Up.
She blogged faithfully at mundanefaithfulness.com. Since her death in
March 2015, her husband, Jason, has been parenting their four children
and leading the church the couple founded in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
My Thoughts: As far as I can recall, this is the first book I've read by an author about her own death. I've read books by authors who are deceased, but not so recently and not a biography written during the process. It was definitely a different feeling reading this book - poignant and sad, yet also filled with hope.
Kara writes with transparency and honesty, giving us a firsthand glimpse into the end of her earthly journey. She tackles, both for us and more importantly for herself, questions like "How does one die well?" and "How does one glorify God in death?" Reading this book makes it clear that she was able to do both and do them well.
There were so many things to take away from this book, but one thing that struck me was that the time we spend right now leaning on God, learning of God, following Jesus - that time will serve us well when the time comes for us to lean on what we've done in the past. That foundation was crucial for her, and it is for us as well.
A beautiful and heart rending book!
Thank you to Litfuse Publicity for organizing this tour and providing me with my complimentary review copy.
1 comment:
Hi Tammy! I arrived at your blog on someone's recommendation, with the intent of contacting you about a review opportunity. However, I don't see a way to contact you so I'm leaving a comment instead :) If you are interested in reviewing Dawn Crandall's upcoming book, please contact me at meezcarrie (at)gmail(dot)com. Thanks!
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