Book Review: Defiant Joy

DEFIANT JOY

TAKING HOLD OF HOPE, BEAUTY, AND LIFE IN A HURTING WORLD

BY STASI ELDREDGE

NELSON BOOKS

THOMAS NELSON

CHRISTIAN

PUB DATE 16 OCT 2018

I am reviewing a copy of Defiant Joy through Nelson Books and Netgalley:

we are called to live but not only to live but to live with joy.

We all spend a lot of energy reaching for happiness, we are never able to hang on to it though. Real life gets in the way and we are taken on an emotional roller coaster ride.The Bible’s calls us to “be joyful always” which. sounds almost crazy — and out of reach. But it doesn’t have to be.

We are meant to have joy, it is meant to be ours, meant to be defiant in the face of a broken world. Joy is not happiness on steroids it is the unyielding belief that sorrow and grief are not going to get the final say. Defiant joy is the stubborn determination to be present no matter what comes and to interpret both goodness and grief by the light of Heaven.

Defiant Joy is perfect for group or individual study on what Joy against all odds truly means. It is broken down into easy to manage and understand travels so it would work for new believers as well as long time believers.

I give Defiant Joy five out of five stars!

Happy Reading!