I first heard about It’s No Secret by Rachel Olsen through Proverbs 31. I read it a few months ago and decided it was worth a review, but it’s taken me a while because I had a brief due in an antitrust case and we’ve been dealing with a big house project. (We added a new master bathroom. I’ve promised pictures to Tessa so look for them soon.)
In this book, Rachel Olsen discusses topics such as how to stay humble, how to handle conflicts Biblically, and how to live generously.
With regard to humility, here is what she says: “When our pride swells, it becomes vanity. I deserve better than this. We seek status we do not merit, and function with an assumed autonomy we do not have. I know best. I’ll decide how my life should be. Soon, we envy those who appear to have more than we do and disdain those who appear to be less than we are.”
“Humility comes as we orient our attention on God and on helping others. To find it, we must lift our gaze from our own navels, or from our perceived competition, to the kingdom of God. When we make this shift, our so-called competition becomes someone to help, someone to befriend, someone to pray for and serve in the name of Christ.”
When discussing the need for rest, Olsen references Eugene Peterson’s The Message: “Grace is primary. We wake into a world we didn’t make, into a salvation we didn’t earn.”
I don’t think there is anything in this book that is earth shattering or necessarily surprising, but I think it's definitely good to be reminded, and at times, I was really touched by her points.
I gave it four stars on Goodreads.
1 comments:
The comment on humility is SO TRUE. I needed to read that today. Thank you!!!
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