Review of Same Life, New Story by Jan Silvious

This is a ten week Bible study that sees our lives as stories we are continually writing with God.  If we don’t like our life as it is, we can choose to write a new story.  Jan Silvious uses ten women from the Bible to illustrate the difficulties that can be encountered and overcome.  These include letting go of issues from the past, changing an “I can’t” to “I can”, getting rid of drama, working through fear, and choosing resilience in the face of adversity.  Jan skillfully interweaves stories of Naomi, Leah, Rahab, Hannah, and others with stories from modern day women.  Each chapter ends with questions for personal reflection as well as group discussion questions, so the book can be used for personal study alone or with a group.

I have read a lot of self-help books.  Sometimes I only get halfway through, and stop reading because the information is the same old, same old and I lose interest.  With Same Life, New Story, I did not have that problem.  I found it to be an inspiring and challenging way to look at life.  I found the stories within to be interesting and I would highly recommend this book to others.

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