For me, 2015 was just a crap year. My husband lost his job. We lost our home. We moved with our four kids into my parents house, where I am typing this review. I've cried more than I'd like to admit, and I've been angry sprinkled with bitterness the better part of the year.

Then I read, Choose Joy.

Talk about conviction. Sara, although plagued with a terminal illness, didn't allow that to keep her from living. It didn't define her. What did? Her joy and the desire to spread it around. She's a great example of how even Jesus, "learned hope through suffering."

"So, life has difficult times. That still doesn't mean they are bad times; it just means we have to deal with what is in front of us when its in front of us."

"Some hurts aren't actually a long way from my hear. Some hurts reside there. But they don;t change who I am inside. They don't change my faith. Every lesson I learned before remains the same after. Nothing is different. God is the same. Love is the same. No matter hoe much my heart hurts."

Reading such words from a woman who has succumbed to her illness-made my heart hurt but my mind change. Her circumstances were tolling. They were difficult and they were physically and emotionally painful but she pressed through-even when there wasn't a guarantee of deliverance from her pain in the end.

I'm so thankful for such a book, and I plan on reading it again just to soak it all up even more. I recommend this for any person who is going through a difficult time. It'll give you a different perspective. It'll help you heal. It'll help you press forward.