The Avoid-Dance by Author Craig Matthews

The Avoid-Dance

Avoidance is about controlling our world to escape experiencing feelings of pain, shame, and anxiety.

Avoidance is expensive because we keep borrowing emotional currency from our future selves so we can live rent-free today. (Without struggle). Life has struggles. We cannot avoid them all forever. The more we can be present in our pain, the healthier we can become today. As followers of Jesus, we know he is always with us. When we put that into action (faith), we trust he is with us in the valleys and the mountaintop days. As that faith muscle grows, we can learn to find his peace in the middle of our pain.

Learning to process today’s pain as soon as possible propels us to believe that we can handle our life and its challenges. Passing those trials off until another time only reinforces the nagging idea that we can’t handle life. Which further convinces us we don’t have what it takes to overcome.

As a Christian, we can overcome this because we have a powerful advocate. We can overcome because that advocate is crazy in love with you. Yes, you. Right in the middle of your day.

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Review by “LS” of Craig Matthews’ The Stars in the Sidewalk on Amazon:

Challenging, Dark, Uplifting, and Inspirational all at Once

This is one of the most interesting and unique stories I’ve ever read. The author deals realistically with humankind, both from darkness and the most evil acts, to love and forgiveness. Written in various scenarios, changing frequently as you read, I was confused initially but quickly caught on to each set of characters and how they intertwined.

Personally, I found the story so dark and graphic that I had to read it in spurts, yet, I was compelled to keep reading to see how the story played out. At times, I couldn’t fathom how some of the drama would be reconciled.

I found this book a challenge to read but the overall message of the book is bright and hopeful and worth reading to the end. At the end the reader will fully understand and be satisfied.

Craig Matthews has a gem here. Once you start, keep reading all the way to the end, even if you take a few breaks, as I did.

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Find out more about his compelling books on his Amazon Author Page. (You can find my review of this book on Amazon, as well as of Craig’s other books.)

Please check out more about him on his website.