To be told : know your story, shape your life

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God wants to reveal himself through your story. Discover howhe has written your life so far, and howhe is leading you into the rest of your story.

"This is a book worth reading. To make sense of your life. To discover the role God is giving you inhis story."-John Eldredge, bestselling author of Wild at Heart and Get Your Life Back

Everyone wants clearer guidance from God on what to do with their future. In this insightful book,therapist and professor DanAllender showsyou how to listen to the stories of your life andidentify the themes that God has written there. Asyoubegin to understand both the hope and the heartache,you will gain a clearersense ofthe meaning that God has written into every detail of who you are.You'll also see how he invitesyou to join him in coauthoring the rest of your story. God is your Author, and he is showing you how to follow him into the future.

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When confronted with an interesting person, we often wonder, "What's his or her story?" Allender, a professor of counseling from Mars Hill Graduate School near Seattle, urges us to ask that question of ourselves and then pay close attention to the answer, as it reveals not only who we are but also who God is in our lives. "You are a story," he says, "authored by the greatest Writer of all time." Allender is generous in telling his own story-one including drug abuse, childhood sexual abuse, a conversion to Christianity and, finally, a call to work with others who were sexually abused. He blends an understanding of psychology and spirituality with a gentle, inviting tone, ending each chapter with a few key questions for journaling. The goal is that we begin to see how we are "coauthors" with God of our own story. This is no shallow reflection-Allender walks us through the painful parts of our story, emphasizing that our "plight is also our redemption." While our culture is fascinated with watching or reading other people's stories, this book skillfully reminds us that we each have a story of our own, which we need to face boldly and lovingly. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved