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We all experience times of hiddenness, when our potential is unseen and our abilities unapplauded. This book redeems those times by reminding us that though we often want to rush through these anonymous seasons of the soul, they hold enormous power to cultivate character traits that cannot be developed any other way!
PDF Anonymous Jesus' hidden yearsand yours Alicia Britt Chole 9780785298397 Books
"Beyond any expectations that I had.....the writing is excellent! This book opened new thoughts and brought me to an even deeper love and adoration of Jesus. I have given it away as gift once and now ordered again to gift another friend. Also, I am reading it now for a second time, studying referenced scriptures more, and praying more as I read. Thank you Alicia Britt Chole!!!!! You opened up 30 years of Jesus' life for me to admire, learn from, and apply new understandings to my heart and mind. Amazing read!! Not sure how she does it, but this reads smooth as butter and yet the truths revealed within cut like a sharp knife and carve His Word deeper into my heart and mind. Again, I thank you Alicia Britt Chole!."
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Anonymous Jesus' hidden yearsand yours Alicia Britt Chole 9780785298397 Books Reviews
- A friend gave this to me right as I was about to make a big move across the country, leaving behind a place where I was known, loved, and appreciated and beginning again where I was utterly anonymous. I approached this book expecting to find some wonky theology and gimmicky suggestions; I was floored by the deep truths and valuable biblical parallels. I had never approached Jesus' time in the wilderness from this angle; it was insightful and didn't endeavor to read more into the Scripture than necessary for the sake of novelty. I really appreciated how Chole emphasized that we are never guaranteed that we'll emerge from a hidden season into one of acclaim, and that should not be our goal. Jesus is working in us just as much when we are unknown by the world and recognition may never be in store for some of us, outside of being recognized by God (nothing is more meaningful than that!). I expected the author to make some sort of promise that God has me in an anonymous place now so that He can propel me into the limelight at a later time, so make the most of this. She never does so. Make the most of this, we are told. But if you never know fame this time is no less significant.
I HIGHLY recommend this book for anyone entering into, or struggling in, a hidden season of their own, whether that season is to be short-lived or has lasted their entire life. - Beyond any expectations that I had.....the writing is excellent! This book opened new thoughts and brought me to an even deeper love and adoration of Jesus. I have given it away as gift once and now ordered again to gift another friend. Also, I am reading it now for a second time, studying referenced scriptures more, and praying more as I read. Thank you Alicia Britt Chole!!!!! You opened up 30 years of Jesus' life for me to admire, learn from, and apply new understandings to my heart and mind. Amazing read!! Not sure how she does it, but this reads smooth as butter and yet the truths revealed within cut like a sharp knife and carve His Word deeper into my heart and mind. Again, I thank you Alicia Britt Chole!.
- This book muses on the quiet times (or at least not revealed to us) in Jesus’ life and what cines out of those. She focuses on His adult years from 13-30, His 40 days in the Judean wilderness, and other brief hidden days of His ministry. Her primary point is that what Jesus said and did in public had first been learned in private through intimacy with His Father. She asks in a variety of ways, "What are we learning from our anonymous seasons?"
What grows in anonymous seasons? ... An unshakable identity, a trust in God’s timing, and an eternal perspective.
Here are three poignant quotes to give you a taste...
“Abundance may make us feel more productive, but perhaps emptiness has greater power to strengthen our soul.†p. 3
In reference to Jesus’ baptism and revelation that the Messiah had come, she says, “What the people did not know was that their long-awaited Messiah had also been waiting!†p. 30
“‘I want to be like Jesus,’ we say with sincerity. ‘I want to walk like Jesus walked.’ Then may our loving Father God help us begin submitting like Jesus submitted.†p 151 - I love this book! It was so perfect for me that I felt like it was written just for me! Being in an anonymous season in my life at this time (a very long time) my life now makes sense. What I once felt like was a curse at times now, without a doubt, is surely a blessing and an honor. I count it all good and the Lord has my full attention. This as been a tremendous boost for my prayer life as well. I've gone from "woe is me" to "teach me and show me Your way". For those feeling as though you've been forgotten, left by the wayside or you've recently moved or had a major life change and are having a hard time getting your groove back -- I highly recommend this book. [Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. James 48]
- These are hidden years in my life. I have been struggling to endure them, but after reading this lovely book , I can find peaceful and useful purpose in this blessed respite. Thank you, Alicia Britt Chole, for sharing this insight and helping release me from the confusion this formerly unwelcome period had caused.
- Very easy read with many thought-provoking ideas about the hidden years of Jesus. The author has a keen sense of ability to think outside and the box of concrete facts about what we do know about the life of Jesus while He was here on earth. The way she then braided His anonymous hidden years into our life was well done. I was challenged and often paused for my hidden years. I became alarmingly aware how even the Christian world has shaped my thoughts for not being anonymous and the opportunities to continue filling my life with activities, appointments and achievements to feel like I’m following God’s call. We all need to read this book with an open heart and mind to embrace where we have been • where we are going • why we’re headed there • what our ambitions are and finally and most importantly, if any of it or all of it as God would have it for us.
- This book is a much needed reminder in our generation that not a moment of our life is wasted....God is intentionally forming and shaping us, mostly in the behind-the-scenes moments in life. We all are in such a hurry, looking for immediate results. Though we may desire to have a platform or rush into a "predominant" ministry or calling, we will only contribute to the kingdom as we trust God to prepare us for the work He will assign in His perfect timing. A perfect book for keeping me humble, patient, and thankful for all God has done in the hidden years of my life...beautifully illustrated by Alicia Britt Chole through a journey of the precious hidden year of Jesus, as well as her own life.
- I really needed this book. Anonymous helped me regain my perspective about where I am in life and how to be fully content right here, right now. The author is masterful in writing with eloquence while honoring great practicality. I don’t remember the last time I read a book and literally loved every chapter. This is one of those rare ones. Tomorrow, I will begin rereading it from page one.
