Rise By Trip Lee Essay

Rise by Trip Lee (William Barefield) is a first person, nonfiction book about how we as young adults and teens need to rise from slumber and go out in the world to do what we are called to do in our christian walk. In part one “Getting up” Lee talked about how people have the 7 A.M logic-Waking up early and shutting of your alarm to sleep in an extra 5 minutes. As humans we like to sleep in a few extra minutes and there is nothing wrong with that...but, especially in today’s world, that’s all we are known to do. We are called to get up and rise but we are stuck in procrastination. Furthermore, Some people have the Lebron James Effect: When young people accomplish great things, the accomplishment is even more impressive. He explains how today’s youth are told that they should enjoy life, and that, at their age, they are unable to do anything for the Lord. Trip Lee encourages us to get out in the world regardless of our age or where we’re …show more content…
He goes into the chapter talking about how he had so much energy he has had considering his first album had just came out. Later on, he begins talking about how he all of the sudden he began feeling tired, no energy, short-tempered, sleeping in all the time, missing class and failing. He finally goes to see a doctor and he is diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. Lee talks about how this has affected his life greatly. He uses this to show his readers that we should be grateful for the numerous kindness that God has given us. We take everything for granted like it should just be there when in reality it’s a gift to us and we need to take advantage of it as much as possible because God has given us these things. His concluding thought at the end of this chapter is that we are not invincible, that it’s okay to not be okay, and the times that we do need him we need to not be ashamed or try to think that we are