WayMaker: Finding the Way to the Life You've Always Dreamed Of

by Ann Voskamp

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

Ann Voskamp is here to let us know that life's obstacles are simply you arriving at your destination in a different way than perhaps you expected, all courtesy of the WayMaker.

We can trust that God, the WayMaker, is always at work creating the life of our dreams, through ways we never would have dreamed for ourselves.

In a disorienting world, with obstacle after obstacle, and the landscape of our lives shifting in ways we never expected, we can trust that as we look to our Maker, the WayMaker, our road will lead us to arrive exactly where we always hoped it would, though maybe not at all in the way we imagined. And those dreams for our lives? They can still happen—in ways only He perfectly dreamed of.

It is true: heartache, grief, suffering, obstacles, they all come in waves. There is no controlling life’s storms; there is only learning the way to walk through the waves. In WayMaker, bestselling author Ann Voskamp hands us a map that makes meaning of life, that shows the way through to the places we’ve only dreamed of reaching, by a way we never expected. Voskamp reveals how God is present in the totality of our lives, making a way

• for the marriage that seems impossible,
• for the woman who longs for a child of her own,
• for the parents who ache for the return of their prodigal,
• for the sojourner caught between a rock and a hard place, and
• for the wayfarer who feels as though there is no way through to her dreams.

We can encounter the WayMaker in surprising ways and begin to see Him not only making poetry out of pain but working in every miraculous detail of our lives. Even now, the Way is making the way to walk through waves and into a life more deeply fulfilling than our wildest dreams.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310352198
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	03/15/2022
Pages:	368
Sales rank:	7,440
Product dimensions:	5.70(w) x 8.40(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Ann Voskamp is the wife of a farmer, mama to seven, and the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Broken Way, The Greatest Gift, Unwrapping the Greatest Gift, and the sixty-week New York Times bestseller One Thousand Gifts: A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are, which has sold more than 1.5 million copies and has been translated into more than twenty languages.

Named by Christianity Today as one of fifty women most shaping culture and the church today, Ann knows unspoken broken, big country skies, and an intimacy with God that touches tender places. Cofounder of ShowUpNow.com, Ann is a passionate advocate for the marginalized and oppressed around the globe, partnering with Mercy House Global, Compassion International, and artisans around the world through her fair trade community, Grace Crafted Home. She and her husband took a leap of faith to restore a 125-year-old stone church into The Village Table—a place where everyone has a seat and belongs. Join the journey at www.annvoskamp.com or instagram/annvoskamp.

Table of Contents

Part 1

1 In the Beginning 3

2 The Art of the Turn 24

3 Come Let Me Love You 48

4 How to be Known 66

5 There's No Place Like Home 87

6 Your Kingdom Come 111

7 Red Sea Road 139

Selah 162

Part 2

8 Into the Storm 167

9 Pilgrimage 178

10 The Fear of Being Found 191

11 Kin 205

12 Clematis 224

13 Open Heart Surgery 242

14 The Waymaker 258

15 Sign 276

16 Moses Way 295

17 Honeymoon 325

The WayFarer's SACRED Way 339

Acknowledgments 345

Notes 348

About the Author 357

Editorial Reviews

01/31/2022

In this contemplative guide, Voskamp (The Way of Abundance) encourages readers to recognize God’s presence amid overwhelming challenges. “God has always been a WayMaker, making more than merely a way through,” Voskamp argues as she urges readers to trust that God has a path for everyone, even when the way ahead appears bleak. To deal with this uncertainty, Voskamp recommends adhering to her “SACRED way” (stillness, attentiveness, cruciformity, revelation, examine, doxology) and embracing Jesus’s example by finding holiness in the darkest of times. For instance, she defines practicing “stillness” as pausing and trusting God’s plan, “revelation” as consulting scripture, and “cruciformity” as surrendering oneself to God as Christ did on the cross. The dreamlike prose drifts from personal anecdotes to biblical analysis to enigmatic aphorisms, moving from the disappointment of Voskamp’s abruptly shortened honeymoon, to a reflection on psalm 139, to the thought that “you can’t control the waves—but you can control the way of your sail.” In the end, the advice amounts to a sensible if somewhat vague and formulaic road map for navigating trying times, and while the flowery writing meanders, it does produce such insights as “presence heals pain.” Soul searchers may appreciate the aphorisms, but others will want to stake their own path. Agent: Bill Jenson, WKJ Agency. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly