Sometimes we all get to the point
where we don’t like ourselves very much. Usually with good cause, I mean after
all, we’re sinners and steeped in sin. I’m not talking about self-loathing, or
utter disgust. Rather, I’m referring to those moments when we realize that we’re
not as happy as we could be with the way we are, and hopefully, realize that
there is something to be done about it.
And
Whitney Capps, in her book Sick of Me:
from Transparency to Transformation (B&H Books, 2019) does a pretty
good job of addressing the issue, and pointing the reader to a possible solution. And yes, there is a solution. It’s not a get
rich quick scheme, it probably won’t happen overnight, and it’s definitely a
process, but there is a solution.
Early in
the book Capps writes that she went to lunch with a friend and confessed “I’m
sick of me.” The friend finally responded with “...stop telling me about you. Tell
me about Jesus.” And that seems to be the key. Put God first, put Jesus first,
stop fueling your own desire to be above all.
I
probably don’t fit the profile of the target audience; the more I read, the
more I thought that this book was written for women (although the symptoms and
the cure are similar or the same for men as they are for women). The chatty, conversational way that Capps
writes about the issues with being a wife and mother make this book one that
women will probably relate to more than men will.
One additional
comment: some people, but not me, might find her frequent use of ‘Y’all’ cute
or clever. Even though Capps lives in the south, and I mentioned that her style
of writing is conversational, the ‘Y’all’s just seemed contrived and out of
place.
It was
an enjoyable read, and I’m sure that many of the women who attend events of
Proverbs 31 Ministries where Capps is a speaker will appreciate and learn from
the book.
I
received a copy of the book from the publisher as part of their bloggers program,
4/5
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