Book Review – “Drops Like Stars” – Rob Bell

I just finished Rob Bell’s latest coffee table book this evening entitled “Drops Like Stars”.  I found it to be very artistic and unique in form and writing style.  Very much different than his three previous books.  I enjoyed the simplistic nature and story/illustration driven examples that drove home some incredible points and perspectives about suffering and pain in our lives.  Here is a section from the book:

We plot, we plan, we assume things are going to go
A certain way and then they don’t and we find ourselves
In a new place, a place we haven’t been before, a place
We never would have imagined on our own,

And so it was difficult and unexpected and maybe even
Tragic and yet it opened us up and freed us to see
Things in a whole new way

Suffering does that—
It hurts,
But it also creates.

How many of the most significant moments in your
Life came not because it all went right, but because
It all fell apart?

It’s strange how there can be art in the agony…

I know in my own family, the last 3 years have been so difficult – filled with pain and suffering.  But it is in those times that we have grown closer together, learned how to love each other more, been reminded of what we do have and felt God’s presence and power more than ever.  God’s power is made perfect in our weakness.

If you are someone who has experienced pain in your life or know someone who has (I think we are all in both those categories) I would highly recommend reading Rob Bell’s “Drop Like Stars”.

For more information on Drop Like Stars and Rob Bell’s Tour Dates check out – https://www.robbell.com/dropslikestars/