The Beautiful Disappointment
Discovering Who You Are Through The Trials Of Life
1st Edition
Published on 15. August 2007
208 pages
978-1-894860-67-3 (ISBN)
Description
The many challenges life throws at us do not shape us. How we respond to these challenges do. In "The Beautiful Disappointment" urban youth worker and author, Colin McCartney, shares his personal struggles in dealing with the murder of one of his staff, the death of a child in his program and his own near death experience from a paralyzing water accident in Hawaii. While the author was recovering from this life threatening accident in the critical care unit of Maui Memorial Hospital he slowly realizes that trials are "beautiful disappointments" God can use to purge us off all the false things we have allowed to disfigure who we truly are. It is through this "refining by trials" that the author experiences the intimate presence of God, a presence in our soul that frees us to reconnect to who we truly are as God originally created us to be. A true story that will leave the reader truly changed.
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Person
Rev. Colin McCartney was the executive director and Canadian founder of UrbanPromise Toronto, a faithbased charity begun by Dr. Tony Campolo that serves at-risk urban families in the city of Toronto. He is an ordained minister through the Associated Gospel Churches of Canada, in high demand as a speaker and provides ministry training at churches, conferences and equipping events, including Arrow Leadership, Oasis, Promise Keepers Canada and World Vision. He regularly appears on TV and radio..
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Foreword
- 1. Murder In The City
- 2. He Who Has Eyes to See
- 3. How God Shows Up
- 4. The Secret Power Of Not Knowing What To Do
- 5. Do You See What I See?
- 6. The Legacy of Patrick "Dalton" Pitters
- 7. Here We Go Again
- 8. Don't Run Away-Run To
- 9. The Prayer of Open Hands
- 10. Sabbatical Unrest in Hawaii
- 11. A Day at the Beach
- 12. Going Over the Falls
- 13. The Rescue
- 14. The God Who Speaks
- 15. Freedom Is Found in Weakness
- 16. What Are We Going to Do Together Today?
- 17. The Idol of Busyness
- 18. Who Is in Control?
- Epilogue
- Join the Community
