Age Appropriate For:
All Ages
Best for Ages:
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Description: The Goyer home--with two parents, eight
kids, and one eighty-eight-year-old grandmother with dementia--is never without
noise, mess, activity, and, often, complaining. And it's not just the kids
grumbling. After adding seven children in less than six years through adoption,
the Goyer family decided to move out of survival-mode and into unity- and
growth-mode. They decided to tackle the impossible: a grumble-free year.
With grade-schoolers, teenagers, and a
grandmother who believes children should be seen and not heard, plenty of room
exists for flunking the challenge. Add to that seven children being
homeschooled together in close quarters, and what could possibly go awry?
In The Grumble-Free Year, the Goyers
invite readers into their journey as they go complaint-free and discover what
it looks like to develop hearts of gratitude. They share their plans,
successes, failures, and all the lessons they learn along the way, offering
real-life action steps based in scripture so that readers get not just a front-row
seat to the action but also an opportunity to take the challenge themselves and
uncover hearts that are truly thankful.
I started listening to this book on Scribd right before the
world seemed to start coming apart due to Covid-19. God used the upheaval and
this book to address the grumbling that had snuck into my life. This lesson
proved even more valuable as I tore my calf muscle and couldn’t walk for a few
weeks.
While I don’t have the privilege of being a mom or wife yet,
I felt like I could relate to Tricia Goyer easily and quickly. I too like to
plan and come up with creative ways to accomplish my goals. I felt like I understood how Goyer thought. There were so many moments that I laughed or cringed
because I saw myself in what she was doing. Even some of the parenting blunders
I could totally see myself doing someday.
Goyer’s honesty about the ups and downs, the victories and defeats
made this book a joy to listen to. The narrator brought the story to life and I
really felt that I was riding along with her family for the journey.
Aside from her honesty, I think the thing that helped me the
most was the chapter on grumbling styles. While it wasn’t a completely new way
for me to see it, it was a much-needed refresher course. It helped me to see
some things that I really needed to work on.
This book is about one family’s journey to grumble less. It
is also a wonderful book that will help spur on your way to rooting out of your
own life. I know it helped me.
I highly recommend this for every Christian who wants to
grumble less, enjoys non-fiction written in a personal style, and likes books that
you can laugh over and be convicted by.
