Book Review: Grit Don’t Quit

Grit Don’t Quit: Developing Resilience and Faith When Giving Up Isn’t an Option is a great read! Here’s my book review.

Book Review: Grit Don’t Quit

It’s late August, and at first glance, the broccoli plants in my garden are looking pretty beat up.

But I’ve tracked their progress ever since I set them out this spring. They showed great promise in April and May.

However, with attacks from cabbage moths at least three times, they were chewed down to nubs. You can still see some damage here.

Weeds also tried to crowd into their spaces and steal much-needed nutrients from the soil.

Finally, a few heat waves (including one last week) threatened to cook these plants while they were still in the ground.

However, after the rains and a new cool front transitioning us to autumn in Missouri, I think I’ll have a bumper crop of broccoli pretty soon.

My broccoli plants are showing grit. They aren’t letting anything take them down. I want that type of tenacity, resilience, and grit in my life.

Fortunately, I am finishing up reading Grit Don’t Quit, which gives me an outline of how to have more grit in tough times.

Grit Don’t Quit Quotes

Following the apostle Paul’s story, Bianca Juarez Olthoff explains the necessity of grit in Christian life. She tells compelling, entertaining, and funny stories from her own life that illustrate her own need for grit, and inspire you to find it for yourself.

Here are a few of my favorite quotes from Grit Don’t Quit:

• “Obeying God, even when we can’t see what lies ahead, is the most powerful thing we can do.”
• “When you’re able to articulate what you want and why you want it, you will tap into the resilience, grit, and perseverance needed to dust off and go where God tells you to go.”
• “When life gets tough, grit is formed when you can see reality for what it is…You must maintain clarity about your reality, however uncertain, all while maintaining an unwavering faith that in the end, you will more than conquer.”
• “One person plus God is an unbeatable equation.”

I also enjoyed Chapter Ten: What to Do in the Waiting which gives lots of practical tips for handling the “seasons of same” in our lives with greater grit and tenacity.

I’m compiling my list of favorite reads from 2023 out of over 100 books, and this one is on the shortlist. It’s got that great combination of solid teaching mixed with meaningful stories and injections of humor. You’ll even find some neuroscience in this book, so it’s sure to teach you something new. The book is great for personal or group study, so get your copy HERE.

Book Review: Grit Don’t Quit

You may also like this related post, How to Become More Resilient to Change, based on another nature metaphor from my garden.

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