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A Beautiful Mess Major Danielle Strickland

A Beautiful Mess By Major Danielle Strickland

A Beautiful Mess by Major Danielle Strickland


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Summary

God's divine order is so much bigger than our plans. You don't build a life or a church, you grow it. A book about expecting more.

A Beautiful Mess Summary

A Beautiful Mess: How God re-creates our lives by Major Danielle Strickland

This profound little book encourages us to set aside our limited expectations, and to fall in line with God's. Human beings like organization, structures, plans; God grows people. We ask for a budget; God offers us love. If you are aiming at relationship rather than performance, how do you measure effectiveness? How do you write a mission statement, yet allow God space to act out His plan rather than yours? What does Divine Order look like? Faith in God involves risk, and the possibility that God will do something entirely new. Starting with the seven days of creation, Danielle considers how God's world resembles A Beautiful Mess - vibrant, full of colour and pulsating with life, but not about propositions. The Christian life is organic, not prescribed. We were not created to work, but to be fruitful. We need to be willing to put ourselves in a position where only God can do what needs to be done, and to have the humility to let God show us what that is.

A Beautiful Mess Reviews

Christians are holy troublemakers, God's counterculture, people who refuse to accept the world as it is and insist on moving the world towards what it should be. This book is not just about how God can fix your life... it's about how God might mess you up. A Beautiful Mess is a beautiful book, coming from a woman whose life and work I have long admired. -- Shane Claiborne
In this book, Danielle Strickland proves that she is not just a rather unusual bundle of Jesus-energy on steroids, but a deeply reflective monastic who is adept at finding meaning in the mess we call life. -- Alan Hirsch
This is a challenging and thought-provoking book that highlights how many of us have made an idol out of order and control. In her straight-talking style Danielle dares us to embrace the ups and downs of life, and to let go of our need to be in the driving seat, in order to see new life and growth. As always her words are full of her inspiring and infectious love for Jesus and hunger to see the world changed in his name. If you like things neat and tidy, buy this book and be reminded of the beauty and joy to be found in embracing chaos and giving over control to God. -- Mike Pilavachi, Soul Survivor

About Major Danielle Strickland

Danielle Strickland is a Major in The Salvation Army. Outspoken and vivid, she is widely appreciated as a speaker. She and her husband have two young children.

Table of Contents

Contents
Acknowledgments 9
Introduction 11
Chapter
1 Inevitable Chaos 13
2 Order Addicts Anonymous 23
3 Kicking at Darkness 43
4 Think Bigger 57
5 Holding the Landing 71
6 Seasons 81
7 Life: Mind-blowing Simplicity 91
8 Humanity 101
9 Rest: In Defiance of Slavery 111
Conclusion 119
Endnotes 123

Additional information

GOR006440934
9780857215949
0857215949
A Beautiful Mess: How God re-creates our lives by Major Danielle Strickland
Used - Very Good
Paperback
SPCK Publishing
20140822
128
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Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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