{"product_id":"here-goes-nothing","title":"HERE GOES NOTHING","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when you ask God, \"What do you want me to do today?\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not a success story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd it's not one of those stories that has a beginning, a middle, and then a perfectly tidy hind end either. It's really just a beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor thirty days Kendra Broekhuis prayed \"to maintain the joy of being wife and mommy amid the daily grind. To see the world through God's eyes. To live intentionally. To build relationships and share Christ's love with our neighbours. To learn what it really means to give. To collide 'motherhood' with 'mission.'\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis became her motto, her credo, her personal mission statement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome days it led to actions the Lord gently nudged her to take. Other days it led to reflections the Lord gently whispered into her heart. Every day it led to a single word, one underlying theme that ties all thirty days - all thirty chapters - and their wide variety of topics together:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003egiving\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese thirty days found Kendra and her husband and daughter in a strange time of transition. They had just moved back to the United States after teaching for three years in the beautiful country of Guatemala. They were in a new city, working a new job, living in a new apartment building, in search of a new church. And they wanted to put it all together: all of their experiences, all of the things they had just seen and learned and read and discussed. It wasn't a clean slate but rather a chance to live intentionally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Kendra and her husband sought advice about the transition from fellow missionary friends, the advice was, \"Get to know your neighbours.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt might sound like strange advice, but it made sense. Jesus tells us to \"Love God and love your neighbour.\" Many times the word\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eneighbour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis meant to be vague, but it shouldn't always be. Part of being mission-minded, no matter where you live or work, is being willing to love the people closest to you, people we often overlook. Kendra's neighbours'-as in the people who live in the other eleven apartments in her building-are whom she often found the Lord's generosity overflowing to and from during these thirty days.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCode   457165\u003cbr\u003eISBN   0718083261\u003cbr\u003eEAN   9780718083267\u003cbr\u003ePages   288\u003cbr\u003eDepartment   Books\u003cbr\u003eCategory   Christian Living\u003cbr\u003ePublisher   Thomas Nelson Publishers\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date   Feb 2017\u003cbr\u003eDimensions   25 x 137 x 213mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight   0.263kg\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kendra Broekhuis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51990236725529,"sku":"9780718083267","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0680\/8757\/8905\/files\/9780718083267_1328975.webp?v=1773642465","url":"https:\/\/crossroad.com.au\/products\/here-goes-nothing","provider":"Crossroad Distributors","version":"1.0","type":"link"}