Epic
Grace is written to assist readers into comprehending that
God’s grace and mercy is a compelling critical aspect of grasping what being a
Christian is truly all about. Kurt W. Bubna begins the book by admitting to his
readers that he is a recovering idiot and he has made numerous mistakes
throughout his life. By despite, his failures and his mistakes God was and is
gracious enough to forgive him of his sins and give him implausible epic grace
when he didn’t deserve it or earn it. He revealed to readers several personal
stories about his heartaches, hardships, regrets, and how God’s amazing grace
sustained him through his suffering.
Kurt W. Bubna realized that perseverance and endurance
during the difficult times is often overlooked. Most people don’t connect
perseverance to the term grace. But he stressed that grace isn’t just about
sinning and repenting, grace can also mean, receiving divine assistance while
we are enduring through our struggles and suffering. God is always by our side
in the midst of trying seasons of our lives and He promised to never leave us
or forsake us. He is a true friend that sticks close to us and He has
everything under complete control, even when we feel like there is chaos all
around. Job was a man who feared God and stayed away from evil things and God
surpassingly blessed him. Satan told God that if he could test Job and destroy
everything he has then Job would surely curse God. God allowed it and satan
began taking away everything Job treasured. Job had his donkeys and oxen stolen
and all of his servants were tragically killed, next lighting stuck and burned
up his sheep and all of his shepherds but one, and later raiders stole his
camels and killed all of the servants but one. Just when he thought it couldn’t
get any worst, another blow hit it blew behind the knees this time. A messenger
arrived and told him the awful news that his children was at their oldest brother’s
house when a powerful wind swept and made the house collapse, killing everyone
but the one messenger. Losing children would be the final straw for most
parents but Job fell to the ground and worshiped God even after the fact that
his children were gone. (I don’t know if I would even have the strength to do
that) He was also tested in his health and was tortured with boils all over his
body. His wife complained and told him to curse God and die. His friends kept
blaming and stating that all of his problems was because of all of the sins
that he has committed. Job went through appalling suffering that no one wants
to have to undergo. But Job is an excellence example of someone who continued
to worship God and trust him during these problematic trials.
Unfortunately, Kurt W. Bubna has experienced terrible
grief and it’s one his family never saw coming. His daughter-in-law went into
premature labor at seven months along. On the way to the long drive to the
hospital, Nathan, his son called and told them the news that his little son,
Phineas was born with undeveloped lungs and only lived an hour. Like most
people, Kurt questioned God and he didn’t understand why he had to lose his
grandson. His entire family was heartbroken and devastated. During this trial,
he learnt that God knows what it is like to lose a Son and God was always there
to comfort him in his grief. I would love to write that was the only dreadful
pain that he ever had to go through but it wasn’t.
I also loved the personal story about how Kurt discovered
his calling and destiny and how he became a preacher. I related to the
questions on “the process of discovery” that he presented in the chapter
entitled, “Driven by Destiny”. I massively benefited from this section and I
was reminded to listen to the still small voice and promptings that God places
on our hearts in order for us to determine God’s purpose for our lives. It’s
also viral to listen to what others believe to be our gifts and talents from
God. It’s important to make sure that the Godly advice we receive from our
friend’s line up with what God is saying and what he says in His written word. This
past year, God has impressed upon me to assist His chosen people in whatever
areas, they are struggling in and help them to overcome their issues that our
hindering them from being all that God has intended for them to be. I’m
majoring in Psychology because I want to be equipped to help children and
adults, who struggle with low self-esteem, eating disorders, love and
relationship issues, red flags in dating, how to end bullying, preventing
suicide, parenting children, marriage problems, overcoming addictions, grief,
handling stress in the workplace, how to monitor technology usage with
children, how to protect our children from predators, how to help foster children
to deal with the trauma experiences of losing or being abandoned by their birth
parents, and people who were abused. I’m still seeking
God on where He wants me to serve and where I should focus on being a therapist
or a counselor. This chapter greatly reinforced the significance of following
God’s plan and purpose for my life.
I would recommend this magnificent book about God’s epic
grace to anyone who is feeling like a failure, and they are feeling terrible
guilty for the sins that they have committed, and they feel like God can’t
possible forgive them and love them. This book will proved to you that God can
forgive us of our stupid mistakes and sins, all we have to do is confess and
repent, and turn away from our sins. God freely sent His only Son to die on a
wooden cross for our many sins and He took the punishment we all deserved,
which is death. The book will impart in readers that God will give them grace
through whatever trials they have to withstand and He is constantly there. The
book was a gigantic catalyst in helping me understand more fully the concept of
epic grace. I immensely loved how Kurt W. Bubna was transparent in his
struggles and triumphs and how epic grace from our loving Creator changed his
life completely. He was very genuine in disclosing that he grew up in a
dysfunctional family and his father had an unrealistic standard of perfection
that no one could measure up to. His father also had secret addictions and was
angry most of the time. Kurt shared that he was at one time, the prodigal son
who rebelled and did shameful things that he regretted. He confessed that there
was a time he drank a lot and partied hard whenever he got the chance. But by
the grace of God, his life has turned around to where now he is serving God
fully. I truly appreciated his honesty regarding his marriage troubles and how
they went to a marriage counselor for guidance. The notion of the large circle
conveying how a marriage covenant bond is supposed to work during the different
stages of marriage was very life changing and will be extremely helpful to
readers. I also loved the chapter about Caleb and his adoption story it was
very inspiring to learn about how Caleb became to be a part of Kurt’s daughter,
Jessica’s family. I greatly hope that God has me a Caleb out there somewhere in
the future. I highly commend Kurt for writing such a life changing book and
being extremely open to his fellow readers. If you’re looking for a book on the
topic of grace, then you need to read this one!
“I received an advance PDF copy of the book for free from the
author for this review and I was a member
of the book launch team”.
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