How would your life be different if you were just a bit happier every day for a year? What would you do to enjoy life just a little more day by day? Take your first step toward increased happiness with The Year of Living Happy: Finding Contentment and Connection in a Crazy World by Alli Worthington.
You do your best to live life well—you work hard to be present in the moment, take care of the people in your life, knock it out of the park at work and home. And yet somehow, you still have days (perhaps more than you'd like to admit) where you're simultaneously stressed and bored, and you wonder if you even know how to be happy. Is happiness a worthy goal? Does happiness matter to God, or does He only care about holier things?
Alli Worthington gets it. As a wife, mother of five boys, author, speaker, and entrepreneur, she knows a thing or two about being busy, stressed, and happy in the midst of a crazy world! Over the years, she's seen how happiness gets a bad rap in Christian circles, and now she is standing up to shout the good news from the roof (or the internet, as the case may be): You are allowed to be happy! Yes, you! You can be happy right now!
Get rid of the common Christian misconception that happiness is somehow not holy, and grasp God’s intention for His children—that happiness and holiness can coexist for a beautiful life.
Join Alli for The Year of Living Happy: Finding Contentment and Connection in a Crazy World and find the roots of your happiest life yet! With 100 inspirational devotions, beautiful art, and journaling pages throughout, this gorgeous devotional offers practical ways to make your life happier day by day.
Don’t miss the great big beautiful adventure God has for you right in your own life. Let this be The Year of Living Happy!
My thoughts:
This is a book full of devotions to remind you of how you can make your life happier.
It is not my favorite or best devotion I have read. I would have liked to see a scripture passage at least for each day. Some days referenced a verse and others did not. I did not think the space for journaling was adequate either because it was put in a box and seemed limited. I honestly felt a little conflicted reading this because I'm not sure that as Christians we are going to be "happy" everyday. There is a difference in the joy God gives and feeling happy. These words were intercganged often in the book.
The more I read the more I did like the book, but it still isn’t my favorite.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the BookLook Bloggers <http://booklookbloggers.com> book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 <http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/16cfr255_03.html> : “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”This is a book full of devotions to remind you of how you can make your life happier.
It is not my favorite or best devotion I have read. I would have liked to see a scripture passage at least for each day. Some days referenced a verse and others did not. I did not think the space for journaling was adequate either because it was put in a box and seemed limited. I honestly felt a little conflicted reading this because I'm not sure that as Christians we are going to be "happy" everyday. There is a difference in the joy God gives and feeling happy. These words were intercganged often in the book.
The more I read the more I did like the book, but it still isn’t my favorite.
Have a day of blessings!
Bethany
1 comment:
Thanks for your honest review. The title definitely sounded like something I am searching for.
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