This was one of the BEST books that I have read in awhile. Scarlett was hilarious but also spoke such deep Biblical truth. She was speaking on a topic that is affecting so many in our generation - reminding us to set our minds on things above. She also acknowledged the reality of fear and anxiety - but spoke encouragement into those places. SO GOOD!!!!

I had a hard time with this book. I felt like it was slow to start and I had a hard time following the narrative. I feel like there was potential there for a really great book. It just lost me in the pace of the first half of the book.

This is a great book. I love the conversational tone. So easy to read and hard to put down. The lies of our fears are exposed by the Truth of the gospel. I must read it again before I share our with my friends!

Cancer. Death. Tornadoes. Hurricanes. These are all things that Scarlet has feared in her life. This is a memoir and testimony.

We all have things that we fear. It may not be a daily battle with anxiety or irrational fears at every turn. But I bet everyone has something that they are afraid of, whether that means losing a loved one or standing in front of a crowded room singing a solo. Scarlett confronts her lifelong fears head on and gives us the answer to conquering those fears. Every chapter is packed full of Scripture and truth. She brings it back to the gospel time and time again.

Scarlett shares difficult seasons in her own life. Seasons of loss, fear, grief, sickness, and pain. She shares the story of her daughter they adopted from China, the emotions that surrounded that process, the hardship and joy has experienced along the way and the foundation she relied upon through It all.

As someone who has struggled with both fear and anxiety, I appreciate that she is honest about her struggle in the past as well as her present struggle. I do believe that there are hard things that the Lord can heal and take away in a moment. But I also believe that there are many things that the Lord uses to remind us we need Him, and that process can be long.

I think it is a testament to God’s faithfulness and work in my own life over the past few years that I was able to read through all of her fears and “what if” statements with peace. That is how I know that the words she writes are full of nothing but the truth because I have seen it and continue to see it every day of my life.

Scarlet Hiltibidal has had anxiety all her life. She shares how anxieties consumed her childhood and adult life. But through stories both breath stopping and hilarious, Scarlet shows how Jesus has helped turn fear into joy over the course of her life. How Jesus, the gospel, and the words of the Bible help her overcome her anxiety in a daily battle.

This is not just for people who deal with extreme anxiety. It is something I think even those who claim they don’t have a care in the world about could benefit from. I don’t have anxiety on the level that Scarlet has dealt with, but I do deal with worries and anxious thoughts now and then. I found the biblical truths Scarlet shared to be very helpful when worries have crept up over the days I’ve been reading this. So wherever you are on the anxiety spectrum, I think God can use Scarlet’s stories to speak truth to you. She has experienced God work through sudden miraculous healing, through medication and counseling, and through long painful struggles where the relief and answers were slow in coming. I really appreciate that she shares that God works in different ways at different times for different people. She shares from the heart with brutal honesty, and yet all her stories are laced with humor, hope, and saturated in Bible verses. She has some crazy experiences and some very every day experiences. Her stories are relatable, told with humor and humility, and the biblical truths she shares are on point and really help get to the heart of the issues she faced in the past as well as arm her (and readers) for whatever she may face in the future. If you’re picking this up to hear stories of what backstage at SNL was like, you’re in for a big disappointment. That barely gets a mention. But if you’re picking this up to hear how God has worked in Scarlet Hiltibidal’s life or see how God can conquer very real fears, you should be most satisfied. Highly recommended to just about anyone.

Notes on content: Some surgical procedures and miscarriages mentioned, with no gory details, and some non-gory deaths.

I received an ARC of this title from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.