Good Catastrophe: The Tide-Turning Power of Hope by Benjamin Windle Book Review

In Good Catastrophe, Benjamin Windle explored the pain to dealing with greatest struggles and challenges and how hope can arise from our pain. In the book, he went into great detail about the story of Job and pulled principles that we can use to assist us in our pain. In the book, he explained how his seven-year-old son survived a dog attack from a Rottweiler. It attacked his face and neck and left a large laceration on his neck. He begged God to let his son live and to take him instead. Luckily the attacked missed any tendons, nerves, and arteries. He clarified how as a father he was supposed to protect him. But he couldn’t when he didn’t even see what was coming. He shared how he was able to have hope even when he didn’t understand why the pain happened. 

 

 

He also shared how his brother was diagnosed with melanoma cancer and it was in stage four. He fought for his life for over five years before going home to Jesus. He was forty-one when he passed. When he was first writing the book, he was still here and he explained how he was battling the uncertainty and the unknown. He revealed two ways that readers can use to forge purpose for our pain. One of these included focusing on others and taking our eyes for our own problems. He shared how Job focused on the poor and orphans. He reached out and gave hope to others and they in turned blessed him. And as we all know his story is still blessing others. We can have ultimate hope that even if we lack the answers, we are seeking on why things happen, we can rely on the fact there will be a day when one day there will be no pain. 

 

 

I would recommend this awesome book about pain and heartache to anyone who is seeking a book that will provide you with inspiration hope. I immensely loved how he looked at the whole life of Job and how he lost everything. He was at rock bottom and he felt alone and abandoned by friends and family. He lost his kids, health, and his wealth. One of my favorites stories was about the broken piano that Keith Jarrett played and was able to make a best-selling album by working around the broken keys. I liked how he used this story to remind us to use our brokenness and to forge purpose from our pain. I loved how he wrote a book in assisting readers in weathering life’s storms and standing firm with our anchors. 

 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Bethany House/ Chosen for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you would like to purchase a copy, check it out on Amazon.com:

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/Good-Catastrophe-Tide-Turning-Power-Hope/dp/0764241168