Hi! It’s Rose and today I have a review on an interesting book I read this summer called Do Hard Things (written by 18 year old twins Alex and Brett Harris). Do Hard Things is about teenagers rebelling against the world’s low expectations about teens. These expectations for teens have been weakening through the years. Back in history there was actually no such thing as a teenager--you went straight from a child to an adult and you were expected to be capable of a lot. Now most people put a label on teens as dramatic, rebelling, or even drug addicts. These labels are not always accurate though, and this book is about proving that we are capable of so much more than laziness and corruption.
So now you might be wondering, “What does this low expectations idea have to do with doing hard things?” and when I first picked up the book I wondered the same thing. Here’s why: We can do hard things and use that as a weapon against false labels. One example of using it as our battle plan is that a lot of times, teens are thought of as lazy, so we can fight back by doing what's hard even if it's tiring or stressful. Colossians 3:23 says “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart.” In other words don’t be lazy. I will take that a step farther and say don’t do easy things just because it’s a shortcut. Doing what's hard is, well, not easy. In order to do some inspiring big hard things that this book talks about though, we have to be faithful in our small annoying things. After we practice these little things (like getting along with siblings or getting out of bed on time in the morning), we can then be able to conquer the huge hard thing we are working towards. Matthew 25:21 says, “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’” Lastly, I want to end with some application for both you guys and for me since this is an area of my life that I’m striving to do better in also:
Thanks a ton for reading this post! Please comment saying "25th IABA Post" if you read all the way to the bottom because it would make my day to know that! -Rose
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Phoebe
9/28/2017 10:18:29 am
Happy 25th IABA post! We've come a long way thanks to our writers and all you wormlets out there!
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Zoe
9/28/2017 10:34:42 am
25 IABA Post!?!?!?! Great post Rose! Sounds like an interesting book!
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Rose E.
9/28/2017 03:30:03 pm
Rachel you are the best!!! If you want to learn more and get more great book recommendations here is the website:
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