A Great Book I Recommend
October 15, 2011
I just finished reading Erwin Lutzer’s book, Making The Best Of A Bad Decision. I honestly cannot remember a book like it, that deals in practical terms what to do when you realize you’ve made a bad decision. But who among us haven’t made a bad decision? That’s why I enjoyed the book so much – I’ve made a lot of bad decisions.
Lutzer starts the book by talking about the worst decision ever made – the decision made by Adam and Eve, which plunged our world into sin and made it possible for the rest of us to make bad decisions.
He then discusses such bad decisions as – choosing second best, marrying the wrong person, crossing a moral boundary, making a bad financial decision, being trapped in a job you hate, and hurting others by your actions.
He concludes with a chapter on how to made right decisions and the worst decisions anyone could ever make – which is to choose to reject God’s offer of forgiveness and eternal life through faith in Christ.
Perhaps the best chapter for me was the one on what to do when you’re hurt others. I have hurt plenty of other people in my time through stupid words or deeds, but what blessed me most was his insights on what to do when you’ve tried to get along and the other person refuses. What about those “loose end” relationships? His thoughts about the last judgement and how God will make all things right between believers in eternity is especially good.
I highly recommend this book, because every one of us have made a wrong decision in life at sometime, and even if you think you haven’t yet, hang on, you eventually will.
