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When Strivings Cease
Grace Secures What Striving Cannot
In this hustling, image-forward age of opportunity, we feel more anxious than ever. Despite all the affirming memes and self-reflections that dominate social media feeds, approval and worth often seem assigned to what we do rather than who we are. And we end up constantly feeling like we’re behind, lacking, and failing—at home, at work, with friends, with God.
Ruth Chou Simons knows something about feeling measured by achievement, performance, and the approval of others. As a Taiwanese immigrant growing up between two cultures, Ruth was always on a mission to prove her worth, until she came to truly understand the one thing that changes everything: the extravagant, undeserved gift of grace from a merciful God. In When Strivings Cease, Ruth guides you on a journey to find freedom from the never-ending quest for self-improvement. She shows you how to
confront the ways you look to superficial means of acceptance and belonging;find relief in realizing self-help isn’t the answer because you can’t be so amazing that you won’t need grace;stop seeing God as someone to perform for and start finding delight in responding to his welcome; andlet go of trying to rely on your own strength, your own abilities, and your own savvy by truly understanding the freedom Jesus purchased for you.
With personal stories, biblical insights, practical applications, and touches of original artwork by Ruth, this transformational book helps you see the beautiful truth that God’s favor is the only currency you need—because in Christ you are enough.
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Reviews
A thought-provoking book that helps us to see how the Grace of God has the ability to transform our lives, if we allow it to. We can stop striving. We can stop trying to measure up. We can stop working for salvation. We can stop beating ourselves up. We can stop pointing fingers at others. When we live day-by-day with the cross in mind, it has the power to change everything.
By BANDITNCADE
Ruth has done a very good job displaying the gospel on these pages. She uses the scripture to remind us that God’s grace is present and active in our lives. It is our to reach and grab. We do not have to strive to have all that God wants for us. God’s grace is what we need to transform our lives not al the work we put into making ourselves better. Thank you Ruth for showing us the truth of Grace.
By Sunshine on my shoulder