Book Review: In A Boat in the Middle of the Lake

In a Boat in the Middle of a Lake

Trusting the God Who Meets Us in Our Storm

by Patrick and Ruth Schwenk

Nelson Books

Thomas Nelson

Christian. |. Religion & Spirituality

Pub Date 08 Sep 2020

I am reviewing a copy of In a Boat in the Middle of a Lake through Nelson Books and Netgalley:

There are times we all feel like we are in a boat in the middle of the lake. We can feel that way because we lost a job, or we lost a loved one.

We can find ourselves stranded due to disability, divorce, or financial insecurity.

Patrick and Ruth Schwenk found themselves feeling like they had been battered after five miscarriages and Patrick’s Diagnosis of Blood Cancer when he was only forty three. They were drifting and alone, and that is when the transformation began.

This book reminds us that there are times when it is okay, not to be okay, and that we need to be honest about the pain. We are reminded too that Denial most often leads to an avalanche of emotion. We feel it all. Everything from fear to anger to sadness and sometimes guilt. When the shock wears off, the emotions set in. It can all feel like a slide to the bottom of a pit.