Divine Disruption: Holding On To Faith When Life Breaks Your - by Tony Evans (Hardcover)

I enjoyed reading this book. It’s encouraging and inspirational. I made connections with the authors.

Excellent book, I’d definitely recommend it to anyone going through a loss of a love one

Different deliverance of awesome information when life is disrupted.

This book has helped me in my own heartbreak and grief. Having lost 3 people in 7 months, I felt like it was written just for me. It has also encouraged me to live in my purpose better! I cried and laughed and healed as I read this book. It is a beautiful reminder that our God will bring beauty from ashes.

This book is well written and very transparent. I love how the family is expressing their feelings from different perspectives.

In this collaborative book, Tony Evans and his four adult children share a personal inside look at the divine disruptions they've walked through as a family. Starting with the death of a cousin, the Evans family endured loss after loss, resulting in the death of six family members and culminating with the arrival of a global pandemic. Life was literally turned upside down, leaving them all questioning, "Where are you, God?" This book, Divine Disruption, is a result of a promise the Evans children made to their mother before she passed from cancer. For years, it had been her wish that they write a collaborative book, and it was after her death that they found a common project: how do you work through life's unexpected losses and challenges, while holding on to faith? Their unique voices share how they found peace with God, persevered through the difficulties of life, and determined to work past the disruptions of life. This book was honest, transparent, and, at times, heart breaking. With the loss of their mother only a few years removed, the pain is understandably still fresh. The authors don't shy away from the unfairness of the past few years, but rather lean into the sovereignty of God through Biblical wisdom and open conversation. One of my favorite quotes came near the end of the book when Jonathan Evans says: "Faith is depending on God when you're living in the unknown, and sometimes the Lord lets us hit rock bottom so we can experience that He is the rock at the bottom." Wow! That one powerful statement gave me a lot to meditate on in my own life. And that's just one of the many insightful observations in this book. Divine Disruptions was my first introduction to any of the Evans' writings, but I can guarantee, it won't be my last. *Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from the publisher. All opinions are my own.

The book starts off talking about the family they lost and ends with talking about legacy. I love how it is broken up so that each individual was telling the stories from their point of views. The reader will feel as though they are sitting down in the Evans home, having coffee and listening into a family discussion. I love this quote from Dr. Tony Evans on page 154, “A high view of God says the crisis no longer has the last word. I cannot deny the circumstances, but I can refuse to give circumstances the final say.” This book is definitely a must read, not just for people who have followed the Evans family, but for anyone who has gone through difficult times and need to know that God is still there and that there is hope.