Joy.
The very word is thrown around as a goal to achieve, an attribute to display, an inspiration on a plaque or pillow. Yet many of us find joy difficult to understand and at times, harder to find.
Fight Back With Joy, by Margaret Feinberg, is a transparent and vulnerable story of a woman’s battle to maintain joy throughout a difficult diagnosis. Margaret shares her journey through her discovery, diagnosis, treatment and surgery exposing all of her doubts, her fears, her joys, and her tears. She holds nothing back.
Yes, this is a book about cancer but truly no matter what difficult circumstance we may find ourselves, we all will find ourselves challenged to practice defiant joy.
Cancer is more than a diagnosis. It is a journey one takes along with a surgeon, an oncologist, lab technicians, family and friends. It takes each patient on twists and turns one cannot fathom nor ever want to experience. Margaret openly discusses her decision to go through this journey with joy and laughter desiring to overcome the pain and the darkness which accompany each day.
Margaret turns to Scripture to uncover all she could about joy for this journey. She shares those Scriptures which uncover God’s character and His promises to be with each of us, no matter what we may face.
Today I have the joy of sharing the rest of this post with my friends at Circles of Faith. I hope you will join us by clicking here to continue.
I am joining … Fellowship Fridays and Dance With Jesus and Grace & Truth and Faith & Fellowship and The Book Nook and Booknificent Thursdays and Literacy Musing Mondays and Cozy Reading Spot .
I love visiting your blog and I’m always wanting to add books to my “get to” list. Can your next review be, “Books Moms with little boys will be able to concentrate on!” Ha!! I’m definitely jotting down the name of this one. I used to facilitate cancer grief groups and it sounds like a wonderful story. Have a wonderful weekend!
Meg, You so make me smile. Actually this book fits your criteria 🙂 Margaret writes in such a conversational style it is an easy to read book. You can put it down & pick it up & continue on. While she writes on her journey of cancer, the book will inspire anyone as she writes with such transparency & an authentic joy. She has a companion study workbook which I am halfway through now & I love all I continue to learn about joy. I hope you do read it 🙂
I’ve been wanting to read something by Margaret Feinberg. Thanks for this preview of good things to come! Grace and Truth to you on this Friday morning!
Michele, Margaret writes beautifully & you will find yourself both inspired & filled with God’s joy as you read. It is an amazing testimony for certain!
Sounds like a wonderful book! Thanks for sharing!
Amy, it truly was a most encouraging book for me to read. It was my companion during a difficult time, infusing me with such hope in & through Christ.
Thanks so much for sharing your review at The Booik Nook at Create With Joy! This book is on my radar as a book to read! 🙂
Be sure to read it as you will be so glad you did!
Joanne, I am so thrilled you enjoyed Fight Back With Joy and am honored, humbled and grateful for this post. Thank you sweet friend.
Margaret, there will never be words to express what every word of this book meant to me. From the thank you for your purchase email from Leif to the last word of the book & now the study workbook which I am almost done with, you both have encouraged me through a difficult time. Every time I see a tweet or a post in my inbox, I pray for you. It was truly my honor to share about the book for how can we keep such goodness to ourselves! And thank you for blessing me with your comment. I will just say, I may have burst into a big smile to see you visit me here. May our God continue to bless you with good health & use you for His purposes to encourage many.
Sounds very inspiring for all the challenges that we face. It’s always uplifting when people turn to the One who can give joy and not get sucked in a world that promises happiness at every turn. Thanks for sharing this with Cozy Reading Spot!
Marissa
Marissa, it was a most encouraging & uplifting book which focused my attention on the Only One who can give joy in the midst. So glad to join you again 🙂
This book sounds beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing at Booknificent Thursday!
Tina