num_pages: 208
description: We all wish we had more control. When our relationships are strained when our bodies refuse to cooperate when the future is uncertain control promises security and peace. If only I were in charge  we dream. And this illusion seems more attainable than ever. Technology science medicine and the internet all promise us ever-increasing mastery over our world.The problem is control is a devil's deal. The more we seek it the more it betrays us. In place of predictability it gives us anxiety. In place of certainty it creates more complexity. And in place of unity it divides. It's not just that we cannot control things; it's that we break them even more when we try.Thankfully the answer to our craving is not simply to let go and let God. When our kids aren't listening when our loved ones are self-destructing or when our health is declining we don't have to scramble after control nor do we have to throw up our hands. Instead God has given us a better tool.In this culturally insightful and eye-opening book Sharon Hodde Miller helps us discover the real power God has given us in Christ to exercise influence over ourselves and our lives.
language: English
title: The Cost of Control: Why We Crave It, the Anxiety It Gives Us, and the Real Power God Promises
publisher: Baker Books