La vie décousue

by Max Lucado.

Why does God allow tragedy? Can God bring good from incom­pre­hens­ible loss? How should we pray dur­ing times of great suf­fer­ing? These are the type of ques­tions Lucado tries to answer in 80 smalla pages.

The power of prayer … does not depend on the one who makes the prayer but on the one who hears the prayer.

The primary theme of this book is simply: God is sov­er­eign and He loves you. It has never taken me this long to read so few words. Don’t get me wrong; the lan­gage used in this book is simple. Short, punchy sen­tences main­tain a rapid pace, and car­ries you along each page so rap­idly, you could almost fail to notice how little sub­stance there actu­ally is. Almost.

Part of me enjoyed read­ing each chapter, but another part could not help but see this book as a waste of time. That part of me made it almost impossible to fin­ish read­ing it, as short as it is. There are cer­tainly some gems to be found, and I agree with the cent­ral mes­sage. I’m sure that many people will find this book encour­aging and enjoy­able. How­ever, I doubt that those who are really suf­fer­ing, those who are in ter­rible pain, in deed, those whom this book is ostens­ibly aimed at, will find much com­fort here.