Let Hope In by Pete Wilson

Let Hope In by Pete Wilson

I recently finished this book and found it to be an incredibly engaging read. The book is subtitled 4 choices that will change your life forever. I'll be honest. I'm always a bit dubious of subtitles like this, because it's never that easy. The reality of the read was far from my preconceived view of what I may find. I found Pete Wilson to write in a tremendously honest way. Sometimes Christian authors can come across as if everything is sorted in their lives, Wilson on the other hand wrestles with down-to-earth, real life stories that make the reader think "I get this"

His section on choosing to trust God rather than please God is carefully and thoroughly explained. The section about sin and our reaction to how sin impacts us is narrated beautifully and underlines the very easy grace that God offers us.

In summary the four choices that can change our lives are:

1. Choosing to transform rather than transfer
2. Choosing to be okay with not being okay
3. Choosing to trust rather than please
4. Choosing to free people rather than hurt people

I suppose the subtitle was accurate because if we are able to make these choices & allow God to take over our weakness then our lives surely can be changed- let hope in

Some of my favourite quotes from this book:

“With words self-esteems are shaped. Wars started. Murders initiated. Divorces sealed. Children crushed. And while we are sensitive about the words that come to us, we are often careless about what comes out.

Our firestorms of criticism are doing immense damage to the body of Christ. Not only are we distracting each other from our main mission, we are simply playing right into the hands of those outside the faith who already think we’re trite and hypocritical.”

Many of us wonder if we've made decisions in the past that were outside of God's will that are wreaking havoc on the present