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Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations

By Alex Harris

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Tags: nonfiction, youth

Started reading:

March 4th 2009

Finished reading:

March 9th 2009

Review

Rating: 9

I’ve read most of the books by Joshua Harris and have been challenged by them all. Do Hard Things is a book by his two younger twin brothers and is just as excellent. It doesn’t pull any punches as it challenges teens to rise above the culture’s low expectations and pursue godly excellence by doing hard things.

While I am a little older than their main audience – teenagers – this was just as challenging to me. Have I gotten comfortable in the status quo? As I was reading this book I was convicted by some of the choices that I made as a teenager. I am challended to make different choices now. How do I do this?

Some of the action steps I want to being are: 1) Joining and participating in the Rebelution forums. I need to be challenged on a regular basis as well as make some new friends. 2) Make a list of current responsibilities and hard things I have been challenged by. 3) Create action items to accomplish some of those hard things. 4) Continue to use my time more and more wisely to accomplish God’s design for my life. 5) Pray!