{"id":9647,"date":"2015-12-31T10:44:39","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T15:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=9647"},"modified":"2015-12-31T10:44:39","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T15:44:39","slug":"book-review-be-you-do-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/?p=9647","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Be You. Do Good."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beyoudogood.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9648\" alt=\"book\" src=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/book.png\" width=\"297\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/book.png 297w, https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/book-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I love the opportunity to review new books! \u00a0Lately I&#8217;ve had a chance to preview some excellent books before they are officially released and the latest one I read was <a href=\"http:\/\/beyoudogood.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Be You. Do Good.<\/em><\/a> by Jonathan Golden, the founder of Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee. \u00a0 Interestingly enough, by reading this book, I also found out that Golden lives in a neighboring town and pastors a church that is making a difference for the sake of the gospel around the world. \u00a0The main crux of this text is to lead the reader to a place of understanding what it means to discover God&#8217;s calling on your life. \u00a0Who doesn&#8217;t want to know what you were put on this earth to do? \u00a0Don&#8217;t you want your life to count? \u00a0Do you want your life to count for something long after you are gone? \u00a0I do! \u00a0This book is a great read for those searching for their calling&#8230;or like me, someone that works to make sure that I am continuing to live and serve the Lord out of the center of that calling in a way that is for the glory of God and the good of others. \u00a0At the end of each calendar year, I like to take time to assess things and make sure that my relationship with the Lord, my family, and my understanding the calling on my life are where they need to be. \u00a0This book is a great tool whether you are in the mode of searching or in the process of confirming. \u00a0I&#8217;d encourage you to pick up a copy for yourself and someone that you care about.<\/p>\n<p>I was particularly drawn to the way that Golden shared the story of Land of a Thousand Hills coffee. \u00a0God has given me a deep love of people groups and cultures around the world. \u00a0Golden has a special connection with Rwanda and his time there has drastically impacted his life and his ministry. \u00a0I feel the same about Haiti, Guatemala, and Ethiopia and other countries that God has given me a chance to visit over the last several years. \u00a0It&#8217;s exciting to go to another part of the world where I don&#8217;t speak the language to see God at work and realize that He has plans for me that include loving others even when we have nothing in common other that our Creator.<\/p>\n<p>I highlighted several things while reading and pasted my notes below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"no\"?--><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>What if God is engaging the world here and now? \u00a0And what if God does want to use someone exactly like you? -Bob Goff<\/li>\n<li>Friend, you\u2019ve been made to live a life that\u2019s fully engaged by being exactly who God made you to be. \u00a0Right here. \u00a0Right now. \u00a0You were created to make a difference\u2014to Be You. \u00a0Do Good. \u00a0Bob Goff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>Let go of the myths<\/li>\n<li>Be who you are<\/li>\n<li>Use what you have<\/li>\n<li>Get what you can<\/li>\n<li>Follow the inkling<\/li>\n<li>Pursue what makes you come alive<\/li>\n<li>Find a people to serve<\/li>\n<li>Grow little by little<\/li>\n<li>March through challenges<\/li>\n<li>Follow but don\u2019t force<\/li>\n<li>Stand back up<\/li>\n<li>Stay open to new possibilities<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>I\u2019ve discovered my calling. \u00a0Let\u2019s go find yours.<\/li>\n<li>We need to remember that our life\u2019s work is more than our job. \u00a0One\u2019s calling is more than what one gets paid to do.<\/li>\n<li>We worship a God who sees us, loves us, interacts with us. \u00a0We serve a God who is concerned with the affairs of men and women. \u00a0And if we believe in an involved God, we must also believe our stories are not accidental.<\/li>\n<li>Jesus is not saying we must forsake or ignore our stories to follow him but rather that we must love him more than our work. Rather than scorn Peter\u2019s love of fishing, Jesus was asking, \u201cWill you let me help coauthor the rest of this story?\u201d (John 21:15)<\/li>\n<li>Throw off the lies you\u2019re telling yourself and make peace with the shadows in your story. \u00a0Only then can you step into the light of your calling.<\/li>\n<li>What life events have made you uniquely you?<\/li>\n<li>What are you being called to do right now is take one brave step.<\/li>\n<li>Questions we should be seeking the Lord about&#8230;<br \/>\nHow have you created me?<br \/>\nWhat are the experiences which have formed me?<br \/>\nWhat gifts do I have to offer this world?<br \/>\nHow can I serve the common good?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0When inklings are given attention, fed, and watered, they can grow into beautiful expressions of vocation.<\/li>\n<li>Implicit in the definition of an \u201cinkling\u201d is acting on it before you are certain. \u00a0If your hunch is an obvious certainty, it\u2019s not an inkling.<\/li>\n<li>I delight in serving those who are my people.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe essential thing \u2018in heaven and in earth\u2019 is, apparently\u2026that there should be long obedience in the same direction, there thereby results, and has always resulted in the long run, something which has made life worth living.\u201d Friedrich Nietzsche<\/li>\n<li>To achieve the love of success we each desire, there are times when each of us needs to burn the ships.<\/li>\n<li>Whatever your calling, you begin by taking the first small step. \u00a0Then another. \u00a0And then another.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cwe are laborers together with God\u201d 1 Corinthians 3:9<\/li>\n<li>The author of Hebrews wrote that the One who endured the cross\u2014the most courageous of callings!\u2014did so \u201cfor the joy set before him\u201d (Hebrews 12:2 NIV). \u00a0Jesus Christ kept his eyes on the prize in the most difficult of circumstances. \u00a0When you are living your calling little by little, stay focused on the vision of what you\u2019re called to. \u00a0Keep the main thing the main thing.<\/li>\n<li>When the apostle Paul writes to the church in Corinth, he says that he considers that his present struggles are achieving something far greater: an eternal glory (2 Corinthians 4:17).<\/li>\n<li>It takes maturity and discipline to embrace the more challenging parts of your calling.<\/li>\n<li>As you embrace your calling, notice those moments when you\u2019re tempted to force your way through a door that\u2019s been closed\u2026..The secret to moving in since with the One who is walking with you is to follow, not force.<\/li>\n<li>Those who are bold to embrace their callings stand back up.<\/li>\n<li>Refuse to believe the destructive myth that God will reveal a single narrow calling for your life. \u00a0Our God is alive and active and delights in partnering with you for the good of his kingdom. \u00a0As you mature, as you develop new competencies, as you pursue new interests, it is God\u2019s blessed whimsy to continue to call you to fresh kingdom expressions of your calling. \u00a0And you can expect the unfolding of that calling to happen within the context of community.<\/li>\n<li>8 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; and he set out, not knowing where he was going. 9 By faith he stayed for a time in the land he had been promised, as in a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. 10 For he looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God. Hebrews 11:8-10 NRSV<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<em>Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through their 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\u2019s 16 CFR, Part 255 &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.access.gpo.gov\/nara\/cfr\/waisidx_03\/16cfr255_03.html\">http:\/\/www.access.gpo.gov\/nara\/cfr\/waisidx_03\/16cfr255_03.html<\/a>&gt; : \u201cGuides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.\u201d<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I love the opportunity to review new books! \u00a0Lately I&#8217;ve had a chance to preview some excellent books before they are officially released and the latest one I read was Be You. Do Good. by Jonathan Golden, the founder of Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee. \u00a0 Interestingly enough, by reading this book, I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,14,35,25,16,28,17,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bible-study","category-book-review","category-creative","category-education","category-family","category-integrity","category-leadership","category-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meganstrange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}