Lemons on Friday Book
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You live long enough and everyone of us have experienced some type of sorrow and loss. Few of us and share with others how we have gotten through and some are still going through. After 2020 all of us have known someone directly or indirectly that have passed. Death comes to everyone no matter their walk in life. Rich or poor. Educated and not so educated. We have all had a taste of it, but how have you moved on.
Lemons on Friday offers insight and peace for anyone grieving, but especially for young people experiencing loss and facing a future that feels full of question marks.
About Lemons on Friday
After being married for less than a year, country music legend Alan Jackson’s daughter Mattie was faced with navigating a future that didn’t include her young husband and their lifelong plans.
Ben Selecman passed away twelve days after a traumatic brain injury—and three weeks before celebrating his first anniversary with his wife. Twenty-eight-year-old Mattie had to find a way to move forward and reconcile herself with a good God, even when He did not give her the healing miracle she prayed for.
Lemons on Friday will walk with you through life’s tough questions such as:
- How did I get here?
- Will this always hurt?
- Who am I now?; and,
- How do I move forward?
“When fundamental parts of our lives are lost, when people and things we thought we’d never lose are suddenly gone, it’s natural to want answers,” writes Selecman. “Why did this happen? Who’s to blame? What could I have done differently? And for many of us in the aftermath of life-shattering change, we also want to know, where is God? Not just where was He when the tragedy happened, but where is He now in my darkest days of hurt, wondering, and longing for comfort? When I am on the floor, writhing in tears with no idea what the rest of my life will look like, where is God?”
I can say that Mattie is so strong. I honestly could not imagine having had to experience this and still maintain her faith in Father God. I like how she starts from the very beginning and addresses how one starts and how one ends. At the end of the book, there are prayer prompts to help those who do not know how to begin to pray after such devastating situations.
Having a truthful expression of your feelings is important. We can be honest with Father God because He can handle our honesty. If you want help with this and want to obtain your own copy, please get the book here: https://www.thomasnelson.com/p/lemons-on-friday/
