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How strong is your Creed to surpass the steepest Crisis, and to rejoice in the outcome of Change? The Courage To Be Free: Become Who You Were Meant To Be by Keisha A. Mitchell, PhD delves into the three major sections - Creed, Crisis, and Change. Creed for faith, Crisis for adversities, and Change for living a life of excellence.
Creed is narrowed down into three categories - Attitude Check, Stabilizing Faith, and The Discipline of Faith. In short, Creed is all about faith and attitude. Aside from believing that we can achieve our dreams and goals in life, we need to check our attitude, to see clearly what is motivating us. According to the author, without good attitude, our energy will fade and our passion will die.
Crisis is broken down into three categories too - Witnesses Propel Change, Lessons From the Fire, and "In Doubt? Check the Fruit!" Fire refers to life's atrocities. Just as it is a test of gold, it also refers to the tribulations humans are facing. When we experience life's fire, this book is teaching us to stay calm, identify those who could really help us, believe and stay committed, and finally come out cleansed from it.
Change includes four topics - A Love That Restores, See What God Sees, Live the Dream Now, and A Final Word. Just as the stagnant water stinks, and has multiple bacteria, the author points out that stagnant people smell dead - with their dead dreams, disappointment at their failures, and their resentment of others who persevere and succeed. The book is calling us to be not afraid to come out of our comfort zones, and to find the courage to be free.
There are a lot of quotes I like in this book. One of which is, "Fear keeps you trapped in a prison of your own making. That veil impairs your vision, making it difficult for you to see the future just beyond the horizons." We need to be strong, to learn to bend, and not break, during the strong blows of the storms of life.
The Courage To Be Free: Become Who You Were Meant To Be by Keisha A. Mitchell, PhD is published on Lulu Press, in 2017. It is filed under nonfiction genre, has 184 standard pages with 250 words per page, and is narrated in a conversational tone. Random excerpts from the verses of the Bible, which are related to the topic, are quoted and discussed as examples, and proof - the same thing with the quotes from both known and unknown personalities.
Plagiarism is not an issue in this book. The author includes footnotes with attributions, and references. She also looks up to some known personalities, and enumerates the traits she admires in them. A freebie we need to check out - The Personal Vision Development Survey (PVDS) - a tool inserted by author in the last pages, to assist us in creating a new vision. I could say, this book is a very useful reflection guide, geared to strengthen one's faith, shape one's attitude, and transform people's lives.
I have noticed a few punctuation and grammatical errors. The book also needs proper formatting, and outlining. There are random words in bold fonts. The cover needs improvement too. The title which is written in the shades of green fonts, over the broken black chain, can't easily be read. I rate this book, 3 out of 4 stars. I recommend this to the general crowd, especially to the Christians.
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