Glorious Weakness, Alia Joy
Glorious Weakness, Alia Joy
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Glorious Weakness
Discovering God in All We Lack

Author: Alia Joy, Seth Haines

Narrator: Alia Joy

Unabridged: 5 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/28/2019


Synopsis

As a girl, Alia Joy came face to face with weakness, poverty, and loss in ways that made her doubt God was good. There were times when it felt as if God had abandoned her. What she didn't realize then was that God was always there, calling her to abandon herself.

In this deeply personal exploration of what it means to be "poor in spirit," Joy challenges our cultural proclivity to "pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps." She calls on listeners to embrace true vulnerability and authenticity with God and with one another, showing how weakness does not disqualify us from inclusion in the kingdom of God—instead, it is our very invitation to enter in.

Anyone who has struggled with feeling inadequate, disillusioned, or just too broken will find hope. This message is an antidote to despair, helping listeners reclaim the ways God is good, even when life is anything but.

About Alia Joy

Alia Joy is a ragamuffin storyteller who has become a trusted voice in conversations around mental and physical illness, abuse, race, embodiment, poverty, and staying fluent in the language of hope. She weaves beauty through brokenness at AliaJoy.com and is regularly featured at (in)courage, Grace Table, She Loves Magazine, and The Mudroom. Alia lives in Oregon with her family, where she abides in both weakness and glory.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alia

This is the best book I've ever written.......more

Alia is an expert writer, one who can weave beauty and truth together, and a witness of God's faithfulness through poverty and lack and weakness. She speaks from the inside, from a place of continued struggle, so when she speaks of hope, she speaks as a guide who can walk with us in the journey. I k......more

Goodreads review by Gina

So very powerful. There's no chirpiness, no holier-than-thou stuff, no jargon. Just gut-wrenching, deeply moving honesty and faith that has been honed in the fire. I am in awe of what Alia's been through and the person that it has made her. She manages to be blunt, sensitive, and compassionate all a......more

Goodreads review by Shawn

Heartbreakingly beautiful. An important book in our times that seem to only value success and advancement.......more