By Nicole

So, Grumble Hallelujah could not have come for a better time than this.  For some reason, I have been super grouchy these days.  None of my reasons are truly valid in the grand scheme of things.  I am sleep-deprived (my fault for staying up late reading or on the computer).  Work is crazy.  I am leading another kid's class at church because no one else will step up and do it (yes, if you can't sense the irritation in my voice.... I am pretty irritated), which means 3 nights a week we aren't even home until after 8 (kids' bedtime).  My house is a pigsty.  My weekend is already full.  I am a hunting "widow".  I don't necessarily like that term, but that's what we call it around here.  So add it all up and you have one snappy mom who is barely grumbling her hallelujahs... Which is so lame because my life is so good! Well last night I ditched on meeting my husband out at elk camp because I knew I had packing and house cleaning to do. ...

Grumble Hallelujah by Caryn Dahlstrand Rivadeneira was written as a book that examines the art of how to praise God through the bad things in our life.  She walks the reader through the steps one has to take before they can fully (and truthfully) be praising God not in spite of the bad, but because of it.  She uses Biblical references that shine a whole new light on that person and passage of Scripture.  She is also blatantly honest about the struggles in her own life and how God has worked in her personally to allow her to praise Him through her circumstance. The book is divided into five parts, with three separate chapters in each.  At the end of every chapter is a "Grumble Hallelujah" prayer and some reflection/discussion questions.  This book is a great read, and I am most likely going to recommend it to my women's Bible Study group.  God has given Caryn some fascinating insight into the Bible and what God intends for our lives when it comes to...