Book Review: "Out Live Your Life: You Were Made to Make a Difference" by Max Lucado

Book Review: 

"Out Live Your Life:

You Were Made to Make a Difference"

by Max Lucado

                   

Hardcover                                   Kindle

16 Super Chapters. Or Super Dee Duper, as my niece might say.

I read a chapter a day.

Max Lucado takes the first chapters of the Book of the Acts of the Apostles, a.k.a. the Book of Acts, but really the Book of that Acts of The Holy Spirit Working Through the Apostles and from those passages of Scripture as well as others, he demonstrates how we can out live our lives.

What will you do after you die? Whom will you help? What impact will you have on others?

The way to out live your life is by improving and rescuing the lives of those in need.

Near or far.

Those you see, in your neighborhood and hometown.

And those you don't see, in distant parts of the world.

We were made to make a difference! Not to get saved and forget about everybody else. And not even just to herald the Salvation Message to everyone we meet. We were made to feed the hungry, aid the destitute, help the oppressed.

An accomplished writer Max weaves modern stories and "parables" throughout his narrative to make his point. To illuminate Scripture.

I enjoyed the book. To me, it's like listening to the Michael Jackson song "Heal the World", which always makes me want to do something nice for somebody.

Click Here for the Official "Heal the World" YouTube Video

I apologize that my insomnia last night leaves me in such a stupor that I'm unable to articulate properly how powerful this book is.

Helping others is more than a great idea, more than the right thing to do, it's the command we have from Christ. When Jesus divides the sheep from the goats, the sheep aren't necessarily the ones who sang in the choir or had perfect attendance in Sunday School. The sheep are those who loved Him by loving others, by loving and helping the unlovable.

Blessings & Joy,
Dean