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2018 by Christine Hoover
Published by Baker Books
a division of Baker Publishing Group
PO Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www.bakerbooks.com
Ebook edition created 2018
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any meansfor example, electronic, photocopy, recordingwithout the prior written permission of the publisher. The only exception is brief quotations in printed reviews.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
ISBN 978-1-4934-1273-0
Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (ESV), copyright 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. ESV Text Edition: 2011
Scripture quotations labeled NKJV are from the New King James Version. Copyright 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations labeled NIV are from the Holy Bible, New International Version. NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.zondervan.com
The author is represented by the literary agency of Wolgemuth & Associates, Inc.
Too often, the ugliness of sin and the brokenness of our world cause us to lose sight of the beauty of our God. Searching for Spring reminds us of this beauty, of the wonders of Gods creation and Christs promise to make all things new. Read and wonder as Christine Hoover teaches us to see the beauty and hope ever-present amid the pain.
Russell Moore, president, The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
Of all the things that can scuttle our faith, forgetting the goodness and beauty of God must top the list. In Searching for Spring , Hoover calls us to encounter a God whose heart beats with goodness and beautya God who persists and insists on making all things beautiful in their time. This is a book that you will want to read slowly, allowing its hope-filled message to saturate the corners of your weary, doubting soul.
Hannah Anderson, author of Humble Roots: How Humility Grounds and Nourishes Your Soul
Christine Hoovers book Searching for Spring opened my eyes to the wonder and beauty God creates during difficult seasons. If you are looking for an encouraging, hope-filled book, then this one is for you. Christine, by highlighting biblical truth, helps bring life to the very places within that feel dead.
Kelly Balarie, author, speaker, and blogger at www.purposefulfaith.com
In times of trial or the bleakest of days, we do find hope, like Job, knowing that no purpose of Gods can be thwarted (Job 42:2). However, often we still struggle when we cant see exactly how God is working. Christine Hoovers Searching for Spring provides a wonderful reflection on how to live in a bleak world, hoping in God and yet still struggling. I commend it highly, as this kind of message is one we cannot hear enough. May this book rise above and drown out the many other voices of despair in our world and in our minds.
Jason G. Duesing, provost and associate professor of historical theology, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri
Like Narnian creatures, were tempted in the isolating, bitter cold moments of the Christian life to feel as if its always winter and never Christmas. In Searching for Spring , Christine Hoover shows us that, even in winter, our God is working in our lives. This is a book that invites the reader to slow down, look around, and rejoice in the hope of the coming warmth of spring.
Catherine Parks, author of A Christ- Centered Wedding ; blogger at cathparks.com
Christine has a unique ability to weave words of biblical truths, compelling real-life stories, and practical application into a gorgeous tapestry. This gift is beautifully evident in her newest book, Searching for Spring . Whether you find yourself in a season of bitter emptiness, pain-filled brokenness, or unexpected suffering, Christine will point your heart to the beauty that can be hoped for in every situation.
Katie Orr, creator of the FOCUSed15 Bible studies
In his time... daunting words for the soul waiting for redemption, healing, or restoration. Yet God has a beautiful, mysterious cycle of rebirth that resembles the four seasons. Christine Hoover reminds us in our winter that spring is coming. For those dangling in hopelessness, this book is for you.
Kathy Litton, Send Network leader and pastors wife
For my parents, who have given me so much,
and for Amy, Marylyn, and Susan,
cherished friends who are waiting
and watching for all things
to be made beautiful
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Endorsements
Dedication
Epigraph
PART ONE SUMMER
1. Hide and Seek
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.
PART TWO FALL
2. Marred Beauty
A time to be born, and a time to die
3. Unexpected Beauty
A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted
4. Beauty We Want to Avoid
A time to kill, and a time to heal
PART THREE WINTER
5. God Is a Potter: He Molds Beauty When We Surrender Control
A time to break down, and a time to build up
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance
7. God Is Our Betrothed: He Builds Beauty While We Wait with Faith
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together
8. God Is Our Color: He Paints Beauty When We Pursue Holiness
A time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing
9. God Is an Author : He Writes Beautiful Stories with Our Weaknesses
A time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to tear, and a time to sew
10. God Is a Joy Whisperer: He Shows Us Beauty When We Still Ourselves to Listen
A time to keep silence, and a time to speak
11. God Is Our Pattern: We Display His Beauty When We Love Creatively
A time to love, and a time to hate
PART FOUR SPRING
12. Forever Beauty
A time for war, and a time for peace
Acknowledgments
Notes
About the Author
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The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day He created spring.
Bernard Williams
Hide and Seek
For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.
M OM , IS LIFE HARD ?
My oldest son, sitting beside me in the car, sliced the silence with this profound question. I glanced over at him, my mind jarred from running through my errand list, attempting to discern his motivation for asking, trying not to panic. Has something bad happened to him? Does he see something in me that is inadvertently teaching him life is joyless? Has he overheard someones litany of suffering? To what underlying despair in him have I been oblivious?
My son, however, gave no indication of anything other than curiosity. His green eyes settled on me, waiting for a response.
Why do you ask? I prompted, looking for a target that might help me formulate an answer.
I just wondered. You told me you like having conversations in the car, so I was just starting a conversation.
Relieved and amused, I smiled. The day before, tired of prodding for even the slightest details from my three boys, I had told them how much I enjoy conversation with them, hoping theyd get the hint. Apparently at least one of them had, and now Id been lobbed quite the philosophical question. The joke, it seemed, was on me.
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