Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Insights born from firsthand experience of disastrous life choices transformed by grace
Many Christians live with a sense of guilt, but it doesn't need to be that way. Life isn't straightforward and is often tough. Things get messed up and we've all fallen short. Don't Beat Yourself Up informs us how we can interpret and accept the past, negotiate and enjoy the present, and remain optimistic for the future.
Tania Bright reveals how to develop a habit of loving, forgiving, and being kind to ourselves. She teaches us to embrace both our own and others' failures and fears, and to see them differently. We are never beyond redemption or beyond the love and grace of God. Quite the opposite: He forgives and He offers kindness. The failures are an opportunity to learn.
Tackling a range of subjects more often characterized by pain than kindness--shame, difficult relationships, loss, addiction, injustice--Tania Bright offers a sense of relief to those who live with the nagging sense that life hasn't gone right and that they're not up to what God and the world around them would expect. So, if it's been tough, if you've blown it, don't beat yourself up . . . Instead, breathe. Then ask, what did I learn?
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Tania Bright knows life can be tough. 'I've had heart-breaking bereavements; made poor financial choices; lost confidence through redundancy; suffered relationship breakdown; failed in some ministry endeavours; grieved through two miscarriages; and regularly clock up significant social faux pas.' 'We might not be able to change what's happened, ' she explains, 'but we can change our response. God wants to breathe goodness and kindness and love into every area of our life - particularly the areas we're the most frightened or ashamed of. I see failures, fears, flops, and fiascos as an opportunity to be kind to myself. I now live my life through 'kindsight', rather than mere hindsight. It informs how I interpret and accept the past, negotiate and enjoy the present, and stay optimistic for the future.