Review: Daring to Hope by Katie Davis Majors

How do you hold on to hope when you don't get the ending you asked for? When Katie Davis Majors moved to Uganda, accidentally founded a booming organization, and later became the mother of thirteen girls through the miracle of adoption, she determined to weave her life together with the people she desired to serve. But joy often gave way to sorrow as she invested her heart fully in walking alongside people in the grip of poverty, addiction, desperation, and disease. After unexpected tragedy shook her family, for the first time Katie began to wonder, Is God really good? Does He really love us? When she turned to Him with her questions, God spoke truth to her heart and drew her even deeper into relationship with Him. Daring to Hope is an invitation to cling to the God of the impossible--the God who whispers His love to us in the quiet, in the mundane, when our prayers are not answered the way we want or the miracle doesn't come. It's about a mother discovering the extraordinary strength it takes to be ordinary. It's about choosing faith no matter the circumstance and about encountering God's goodness in the least expected places. Though your heartaches and dreams may take a different shape, you will find your own questions echoed in these pages. You'll be reminded of the gifts of joy in the midst of sorrow. And you'll hear God's whisper: Hold on to hope. I will meet you here.

The book was okay. Not really "great" but good enough to warrant 3/5 stars. I felt a little like Mrs. Majors was proselytizing for some parts. Trying to convince any non-Christian readers to convert. So I took of the 5th star. I also took off the 4th star for the over all state of the book and contents. The book is not well made and smells like burnt pool toys. It gave me a mild headache while reading it. I liked the message she had to give: Hope is faithfulness to one's beliefs of everything working out. Granted, for me it wouldn't be supplemented with Bible verses. I came to the book as an outsider. I am not Christian myself, but I know many. I think the message could possibly carry across to other religions well. 

I have to wonder at Mrs. Majors sometimes. The first time someone died in her care, she was absolutely devastated. So she does it again? Seriously? What was she thinking? Was she thinking? I know I would have been very hesitant to even consider putting myself through it again. Yet she does, over and over. It speaks to her character. Being not only able, but willing to do it. For people she doesn't even know. I commend her for it.

The story was detailed in a good way. I just didn't like the transitions between time frames. Hours to months would go by with little or no warning. She just jumps. I hated it. I would have loved to hear more about the trials and tribulations of her 13 daughters as well, not just what she went through to adopt 1 of them and her guests. 

I may not read it again, but I will recommend it to friends and family who I think would like it. I received this book from Blogging for Books (no longer active) in return for an honest review.