For this month's Book Review, we welcome Major Teresa Decker, Territorial Women’s Ministry Secretary with her review of Ruth Cou Simons book, Now and Not Yet: Pressing in When You’re Waiting, Wanting, and Restless for More. Read her review below!

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“It’s okay not to like the present circumstances you’ve been given. You don’t have to embrace it to lean into it. Your current situation truly matters.”

This book is filled with encouragement and wisdom for living an honourable, faithful Christian life amidst life’s disappointments and challenges. Ruth Chou Simons guides readers who are restless in their current situations on a journey of growth, purpose, and perseverance. She creates space for honest reflection, acknowledging the difficulty and frustration of life while beautifully encouraging her readers to recognize God’s eternal work in their everyday lives.

I especially love this quote for those times when we feel like we're in a dry season: “God allows us to feel barren desperation in the desert so that we might run to the oasis of His provision.”

This book reminds us that it’s okay to not like our present circumstances, but we don’t have to let that stop us from leaning in. Ruth shows us how “your current situation matters. You can choose to press in and not check out, to trust that God is at work even when you don’t see the progress you’re looking for, and to start where you are in this very moment. Because He’s not through with you yet.”