A couple years ago thousands of teens closed the
cover on a book that challenged the myth of adolescence and encouraged them to
step up and do hard things for Christ. But what if you don’t know what to do or
where to start? What if your plans to do hard things are falling through? What
if the stories of those doing hard things seemed impossible, because, after
all, you’re just you.
Alex and Brett Harris take on the practical aspect
of doing hard things in Start Here, a book filled with
real-life stories of the Rebelutioaries inspired to do hard things. From what
to do and where to go to how to plan out your own hard thing, Alex and Brett
give advice based on their own experience and Biblical principles, then intertwine
it with real-life stories told to them by fellow rebelutionaries.
They teach you to buck and culture and show the
world that teenagers and young adults are capable of changing the world. They
encourage you not to give up when things don’t go as planned. They admonish you
to always seek the will of God and keep Him of first importance.
Start
Here is a fairly quick read that gives practical advice on
how to give one’s best for God. I’m sure it will serve as an inspiration to the
many teens striving to do hard things in their own communities and in their own
lives.
My only criticism is that I would have liked to have
seen more extensive coverage on what basis we have to do hard things. Can we do
it ourselves? Do you have to be a Christian to do hard things? While Alex and
Brett infuse their principles with Christian doctrine, I think they could have
done a more extensive job on why we should have the impetus to hard things. Namely
that God himself has infused His life in us, and we no longer live, but Christ
lives in us. Thus, the things we do, we do not our own, but rather it is
possible because of who we are in Christ.
If you loved Do
Hard Things, or read it and aren’t sure where to go, Start Here is…well…a good
place to start. You can buy it here!
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