Find the Strength to Take the Next Step (review)

“Joy has nothing to do with the position of your body and everything to do with the posture of your heart.” —Rachel Wojo, One More Step

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Stuck

Deep, dark sorrow met me as a twenty-something. In the loss of my baby’s life, I refused to believe there was any hope left. So I remained frozen in my grief. 

Weary and disillusioned, I couldn’t take the next step, the one leading to hope and freedom. I could only wallow in what had been and what was no more.

I remained stuck in the quicksand of thinking life would be easy and all sweetness. When it wasn’t, I didn’t know where to turn to find the strength to move through the hard and bitter.

Thinking I could walk this journey in my own strength nearly cost me everything. But by the grace of God, He delivered me with His strength.

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You Can Take the Next Step

You’ve likely walked or are walking your own difficult path. Maybe you’re struggling right now to just put one foot in front of the other.

God has the strength you lack. And by His mercy and grace He wants to give it to you. Yet it can be a process for us to let go and let God carry us. 

Rachel Wojnarowski (Wojo for short), knows what it means to be stuck, to be too weak to move on. She knows what it’s like to want to curl up in a corner and let the world pass her by.

You see my sweet friend has dealt with many extremely difficult circumstances in her life. From a divorce to her mother’s death to watching her precious daughter be robbed of her abilities by a terminal disease, Rachel has lived hard.

She is living hard! 

Grace and Beauty

But she’s discovered grace and beauty in the midst of the confusing and ugly. She’s learned what it takes to walk in the storms and not be blown away by them.

She’s learned how to find beauty in the midst of winter and to discover joy in the midst of pain. In the midst of the hard, she’s learned how to take that next step when you don’t think you can go on.

And she shares what she’s learned in her touching and encouraging book, One More Step: Finding Strength When You Feel Like Giving Up. 

One More Step

In One More Step, Rachel uncovers the hurtful thoughts, the lies that seep into our hearts and minds and rob us of hope. The inerrant beliefs that prevent us from taking the next step when dealing with the difficult things of life.

Through incredibly open and vulnerable stories of her own personal struggles, she gives us permission to ache, to grieve and process. But Rachel refuses to allow us to stay stuck in that grief.

With insights she gleaned from trying to survive some of the fiercest storms herself, she identifies the reasons that tempt us to give up. She offers us a gentle hand to hold while showing us where to find the courage to keep going.

Grab Hope

One More Step guides us to discover a foundation of hope and provides practical application for resting in that hope in the middle of the worst storms.

Each chapter culminates with a list of relevant scriptures (“Pillars of Truth to Lean On”) and a practical exercise, a “Stepping Stone,” to help propel us forward. The companion journal, “Stepping Stones Journal,” corresponds to each chapter exercise. 

Joy and peace are possible in whatever situation we find ourselves. In “One More Step,” Rachel helps us find them. 

She assures us that God “walks with us, infusing his strength into our steps one by one….”

Don’t give in to hopelessness and remain stuck, because…

“Whatever your next step is, God will give you the strength for it.”

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“Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears.” Psalm 39:12

Reflections: Have you ever found yourself stuck, too weary to take the next step? What helped?

I’m so excited to be giving away a signed copy of Rachel’s book, One More Step : Finding Strength When You Feel Like Giving Up, as well as the companion journal “Stepping Stones Journal” to one winner! Just follow the Rafflecopter instructions. Re-enter everyday this week for more chances to win! 

You don’t want to miss the wisdom and insight Rachel shares. Enter to win and then click on the book title or image to purchase a copy to give away to a friend or family member who is struggling. 

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More than 4 years of counting and I’ve surpassed 4,500 gifts in Ann Voskamp’s Joy Dare! What a blessing! Here are numbers #4,789–4,809. Read my entire list by clicking here.

By His grace ≈

Julie

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