So I’ve had to change what I expect from the future. I’m going to be honest, my future has been looking pretty grim from my recent point of view. That is the secret that could unlock everything.

That was the secret that made his mother an unstoppable force. This is the kind of faith I knew God was looking to instill in me this year when He burdened me with the word Expectant.ĭaniel Nayeri wrote in his book that what you believe about the future changes how you live in the present. I’ve been rolling those words around in my head for a week now, molding them into the gaps in my heart.

The anticipation that the God who listens in love will one day speak justice.” I don’t think it is spoiling the story to tell you how the author speculates she managed through all those dreadful years of wondering and waiting. Despite the storms that surely raged within her soul. I’m sure that courage was sometimes a thing she mustered for her children’s sake alone.īut the author sees her as unstoppable. I doubt she felt unstoppable at every road block that stood in her path. I’m sure there were places along the journey where she just wanted to curl up and cry. While her courage in leaving behind an affluent life in Iran for the sake of her faith is undeniable, I imagine there were times she didn’t feel as strong as her beloved son paints her to be. I’m sure his mother would tell the story differently. He describes her many times as “unstoppable.” It’s a true story, although cleverly told as though the author is still twelve years old, living in the thick of it. It’s a beautiful tale of immigration and faith and risking everything for an uncertain future. I recently finished reading the book Everything Sad is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri.

Everything sad is untrue book summary