If you are looking for a book that will give you 12 steps to a better life, don’t buy this book.

If you are looking for a book that will fix all that ails you, don’t buy this book.

If you are looking for a book that will get God to do things your way, don’t buy this book.

If you are looking for a book with all the answers, don’t buy this book.

If you want a book that will challenge your walk with Christ, encourage you in the midst of the chaos of life due to bad choices or maybe for no seemingly good reason, then this is the book for you.

The subtitle to Pete Wilson’s Plan B is deceptive  - What Do You Do When God Doesn’t Show Up the Way You Thought He Would?

When I first heard about the book, I thought, this could be a good tool. I didn’t see how it might apply to my life. Don’t get me wrong – I have had disappointments in life, things that haven’t gone quite right, but I have a good marriage, healthy kids, I come from a relatively normal, functional family (if that exists), and I am still employed through the latest economic issues.

Yet as I read, the Holy Spirit pricked my thoughts, conscience, and attitude. That church that we left – all the work we poured into change, where was God? Friends who died much too young, while others were healed who didn’t know God. That promotion at work that didn’t work out.

Throughout the book, Pete Wilson’s use of biblical characters and his own stories helped me realize is that I could see God at work in each of the situations in my own life. I was changed. Although even 10+ years later, some of the situations still don’t make sense as to why God did that. I saw where my attitude through the situation was not right, and had to spend some time with God and repent of that.

The greatest part of the book is the fact that Pete Wilson says honestly “I don’t know”. He admits that there is no easy button to get us through the situations. And he leaves many questions for us to chew on.

This is a book you can pick up several times and learn from each time.

*Note: I was provided a copy of this book to review by Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of their Booksneeze review program.

Advertisement