Publisher: Nelson Books.
Release Date: April 09 2024.
Source: NetGalley (In exchange for an honest review.)
Category: Christian, non-fiction, self-help.
Description From NetGalley:
Your right now matters. Discover how to press in and not check out.
Do you ever feel like your present moment is so far from where you really long to be? Do you ever struggle with embracing your right now because you are so focused on the future?
Too often, we feel disappointed with our “right now”—our life circumstances, our relationships, our lack progress towards our dreams and goals, our daily grind. We want to do so many things—good, godly things—but our situations don’t allow us to step into them.
In Now and Not Yet, bestselling author and artist Ruth Chou Simons has a powerful message for you when you’re restless in your current season of life and just waiting—waiting to get beyond the pain, waiting for God to show up, waiting to get to tomorrow—she reminds you that it’s okay to not like the right now we’ve been given, but we don’t have to like it to lean in.
Join Ruth as she shares a beautiful invitation for you to:
- Embrace the biblical truth that someday is made up of thousands of right nows
- Discern how the difficult parts of your life are actually a unique gift from God by discovering five ways to flip the script on a hard season
- Stop feeling trapped when you’re not where you want to with guided liturgies for what you are facing today
- Live faithfully in the tension between what is and what is not yet
Now and Not Yet will help you see that your right now matters. And you can choose to press in and not check out. With deep compassion, Ruth will help you see how God is profoundly present, how He wastes nothing, how He’s active and using this exact moment for the very purposes he’s calling you to.
My Thoughts:
5 stars.
This is the first book I have read by Ruth Chou Simons, and I was not disappointed. I had seen her books in my local Christian book shop for a while now and always intended to read her books eventually. I am so glad that Now and Not Yet was the first of hers that I read. It was exactly what I needed to hear at this time in my life.
I loved her voice, and she expressed her ideas in a clear and relatable way. She was honest and open about her own journey. She wants to, and does, lead us in a better way- ‘the truth about what God says about our unwanted and not-yet-wonderful circumstances and how he works in and through them, even now.’
Ruth’s wisdom resonated deeply with me. From the introduction to the end, Ruth encouraged me with what I needed to hear. We seem to be always longing for more, instead of enjoying what we have. In our waiting, wanting and restlessness, Ruth encourages us to seek Jesus. This whole book was a beautiful reminder that we can enjoy these ‘not-yet’ days too. What I was not expecting, and pleasantly surprised to find, were the liturgies at the end of each chapter. I loved praying each one.
Besides the wisdom and encouragement, this was such an aesthetically pleasing book. Ruth is a talented artist. I am looking forward to reading more of Ruth Chou Simons, and I can’t wait to get my hands on a physical copy of this. This is one book I will return to again. I highly recommend it.
Rochelle L. Sharpe 