Hallelujah Anyway summary

If you’ve ever been stuck trying to get out the door because you’ve lost your keys, you know the frantic feeling that can come as you look in every possible crevice and corner.

If you’re looking for mercy and happiness in your life, you might encounter that same frantic feeling. Where did it all go?

Would you ever describe yourself as feeling “folded up”? This is a description that the German poet, Rilke, used. He wrote about feeling folded and closed up in certain places, and that he longed to unfold.

Sounds rather appropriate, right? If you ever feel folded up into a tight bundle, it might be due to your efforts to achieve and to please others.

If you need to get somewhere, you can take out your phone, open up an app and get directions in a matter of seconds.

If only there were an app that told us where to go and what to do when we’re feeling down and out.

Knowing mercy and believing in God doesn’t always add up to happiness or fewer worries about life.

In fact, the pain and depression that someone with religion can feel can often result in doubts and questions of faith. But this is just another fact of life; everybody experiences despair when they lose hope and faith.

If you’ve ever looked at a young child and wondered why they seem so carefree and happy, the answer is: they’re full of love.

As children, love and mercy come easily to us since these feelings are part of human nature.

If you started to learn how to knit today, you wouldn’t expect to be a master knitter by the end of the day. You’d expect many days of dropped stitches and uneven patterns in your future.

Likewise, the path to finding mercy in your life will take time.

Don’t let anyone tell you there’s only one way to find mercy. There are many roads and even a few unexpected shortcuts.

A lot of people have found mercy in a sudden illness.