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Looking for Lovely: Collecting the Moments that Matter, by Annie F. Downs

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Annie F. Downs is an author, speaker, and blogger based in Nashville, Tennessee. Flawed but funny, she uses her writing to highlight the everyday goodness of a real and present God. While she loves writing—books, blogs, articles, thank you notes—Annie also enjoys traveling around the world speaking to young women, college students, and adults. Annie is a huge fan of bands with banjos, glitter, her community of friends, boiled peanuts, and football games. Read more at anniefdowns.com and follow her on Twitter @anniefdowns.

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Product details

Paperback: 208 pages

Publisher: B&H Books (April 5, 2016)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1433689251

ISBN-13: 978-1433689253

Product Dimensions:

5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches

Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.6 out of 5 stars

312 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#16,164 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

So, so, so good. When Annie originally came out with this book, I did not buy it because another reviewer accused it of being shallow. I had already loved "Let's all be Brave," but if this one wasn't as "deep" I didn't want to waste my money on it. Recently, though, I decided to ignore the review and buy it anyway. I am so glad that I did. This is definitely my favorite book that I have read in a while. Annie has an amazing way of being real and speaking to the hard stuff of life. She uses Scripture (with good interpretation) and the power of story to speak to the problem of suffering. I love how she is so honest about her experiences, especially with seeing a counselor. I think this is terribly needed today. And in regards to the other reviewer who dubbed this book shallow, I can say, it is decidedly not. A book doesn't have to be a discourse on systematic theology to be deep and speak to our lives. And it is also far more enjoyable than the discourses on systematic theology that I have read. ;) Thank you Annie. I have truly fallen in love with you, and have been changed by your writing.

I love Annie’s style of communication. She starts with a story that either provokes me to be like, “Girl, I feel you.” Or has me laughing so hard tears are streaming down my face and then all of a sudden she has connected it to this truth that has me looking around to see who is staring at me because I know that is just for me.Looking for Lovely kind of kicked me in the gut in ways that I needed it over and over again. Annie shared about walking into the brokenness in her own life and oh how I desperately needed someone to stop saying life was beautiful and truly talk about the hard parts.“If you want to be full of hope, you have to suffer a bit.”She shared about overcoming the lies and broken pieces of her life and how the Lord so intimately met her there. This journey is hard and heartbreaking. Both from experience and from walking girls through it, I know that you feel alone, broken, and like giving up, and I love that Annie illuminated both how real and how trying of a journey this is but most importantly how fruitful and life giving it is. (Also, I love how she addressed just how helpful going to counseling can be, as it can be a scary and stigmatized step for many.)“I started to turn toward the whispered lies and look them in the face, giving my soul a voice to stand up for the truth.”But amidst this hard and trying journey of a broken world full of pain and heartache, Annie emphasizes that there are beautiful little reminders of hope. She speaks about the small things that remind her life is good like sushi and friends, and I can attest to these little sprinkles of grace in dark times, like a friend who brings Starbucks to the hospital and just massages your back and doesn’t say a word, a best friend that brings you a birthday present the day your Dad dies in the hospital, or coworkers that throw you a birthday party a week late so you could still be celebrated. (Can I get on my soap box here for just a second and scream to you to never separate yourself from the body of Christ. Can I just tell you from the depths of my soul how desperately you need them when you are in these dark places?)I was listening to a sermon last night as a I was driving into Atlanta, because sometimes I need room to be myself and cry in response to sermons. John Piper talked about how Jesus taught us to rejoice. This wasn’t a rejoicing that was naïve or oblivious to pain and hurt, but this was a rejoicing with tears streaming down his face in pain and fear to the point of death, but He “rejoiced in the hope of the glory of God”. Similarly, Paul is in chains, in prison in a deep hole, truly suffering and writes to the Church how he rejoices for them.And as I have been so thankful and so blessed amidst feeling so much pain I actually feel it in my chest, God has taught me so much about this. We rejoice that somehow, someday this will all make sense, but right now it doesn’t and it hurts and God invites us to feel that and invite Him into it.And I think Annie emphasizes this so well that when we walk into our rainy days and lonely nights and painful thoughts, we somehow walk into allowing hope and love to abound in us in deeper ways that we ever thought possible.“If you aren’t experiencing pain, you aren’t experiencing beauty. Darkness makes us appreciate the beauty of light. If you aren’t allowing yourself to feel the hurt, sadness, loneliness, and disappointment this fallen world has to offer, you probably aren’t feeling the fullness of the joy and beauty the redeemed moments have to offer.”To sum all of this up, I loved this book and amidst reading it bought 3 copies for other people.

I do not typically review books, but WOW this is a must read. Annie has a way of writing that just makes you feel like you are having a good conversation with a friend. This book provides insight and practical ways for you to find the own lovely in your life and challenge you to live out an authentic faith and life. It is the perfect balance of grace and grit to push you in your journey.

Good book for a beginner's study for a group who is very diverse in background and understanding of the Bible. It is NOT a good choice for a group is really wants to study the Bible. There were times the connections made to Scripture were an effort to make a point or align with her personal story. I had a red flag in my Spirit when the author states that the passage doesn't come out and say this, but let's assume this is true.... Pretty basic, unobtrusive topic that may be a good conversation starter for a new group. But, as I said before, this will not stretch you if you know anything beyond basic understanding of Scripture.

Annie's book is a quick and easy read. It's light, descriptive, and very relatable for young, single women. I finished the book, but I was a little disappointed with it. I read it expecting to hear more about how God taught her to "look for the lovely," but it felt more like a bunch of short stories. The short stories are entertaining and enjoyable to read, and I really appreciated her honesty and vulnerability, but I felt like the book was pretty hard to relate to as a mom of 2, and that it lacked the depth I was hoping for when I picked up this book.

Annie speaks into so many struggles I (& I'm sure many other women) have struggled with and am struggling with daily. Through her beautiful writing in Looking for Lovely, my eyes were opened to these struggles. She helped me realize that the lies and negativity we have been confronted with throughout our lives affect the way we see ourselves. We buy into the lies and struggle to see the loveliness already present in our lives.The lovely is there. We just have to trust that God created us and has painted our lives in His lovely image. As Annie writes, "There is a correlation, I'm finding, between beauty and perseverance...Beauty is what makes it possible to keep going. And beauty is in the eye of the beholder, isn't it? It's not just in the things everyone sees, but it is what YOU see, what sticks out to you, the unique moments God gives you to collect up and hold and draw strength from."Get this book! You will soon be overflowing with loveliness collected from the everyday, ordinary moments.

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