Title: It Could Have Been Me: Overcoming Life’s Challenges
Author: Dr. Jeffrey Moore
Publisher: PageTurner Press and Media
ISBN: 979-8886224306
Pages: 182
Genre: Motivational Self-Help / Religion & Spirituality
Reviewed by: Christina Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
There is quite a lot of suffering in the world. People from all walks of life experience hardship, struggle, pain, and loss on a grand scale. The people who walk amongst those afflicted in such a way often will see the pain and hardship they are enduring and feel compelled to look away or move on with their day, rather than take the time to acknowledge that person’s struggles and try to find a way to help them. More often than not, a person will just be grateful it wasn’t them in that position. Everyone needs encouragement and help in life, and for some, that help comes from faith.
In author and Dr. Jeffrey Moore’s It Could Have Been Me: Overcoming Life’s Challenges, the author uses the phrase “it could have been me” to lay out a guide for people to seek refuge and help through life’s challenges using faith. Through a series of personal stories the author shares of other people’s struggles, the author hopes to showcase how utilizing faith in Jesus Christ can serve as an example to others how they can overcome the same despair and discouragement they may be facing in their own lives, and at the same time create empathy for those who have fallen on hard times and understand the upheaval that often comes in their lives as well.
The author writes a compelling and moving motivational guide for overcoming life’s challenges in a more spiritual way. The way the author encourages compassion over self-righteousness and uses that compassion to speak to the reader was satisfying to read. The only way to truly overcome these difficulties is first to understand how that person got to the point where they are in that moment, and the simplicity of the author’s words, “it could have been me”, helps to reinforce that sentiment as the stories the author shares become more and more prevalent. The hope and encouragement the author’s writing evokes in the reader made this book quick yet engaging, and allowed the reader to feel connected to the people in the stories the author shared.
This is a passionate and well-developed book for those who enjoy motivational or self-help guides, especially those dedicated to a more faith-based approach, in particular Christianity. The honesty and love for which the author writes was something a lot of readers will be able to resonate with, and the compassion that drives the author’s goals were inspiring. For many faith-based readers, the author’s research and knowledge over the course of his life, as well as the well-placed biblical passages to help his points come across, will make the book feel more connected to their faith overall.
Memorable, honest, and compassionate, author Dr. Jeffrey Moore’s It Could Have Been Me: Overcoming Life’s Challenges is a must-read self-help and motivational religious book. The connection the author is able to establish with the reader early on and the memorable stories which drive the author’s goals and message overall will keep readers hooked as the book progresses.