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As Fox News deals with the blowback of “parting ways” top-rated anchor Tucker Carlson, popular host Kayleigh McEnany has some good news to deliver.
McEnany, the former press secretary in the Trump administration who now works at Fox News, released her new book this week and it’s No. 1 in Amazon’s list of political commentary and opinion books as of Thursday.
In the book’s introduction, McEnany wrote that her purpose was defined by the “dark times around her,” noting a “dangerous tectonic eruption in the American conscience that is upending us from the inside out, making our country virtually unrecognizable. At the center of this cultural shift is the eradication of God from American society.”
“It is safe to say that America is not just enduring a storm but a raging hurricane. Society has rejected truth and common sense and opted instead for moral relativism,” she wrote. “But as dim as the future may seem and as hopeless as it may feel, I am here to bring you a message of hope and optimism. While we are up against formidable foes and much adversity, our God is greater.”
“As you flip through the pages of this book, it may be tempting to focus on the many troubles our country faces. These are rocky, tumultuous, uncertain times indeed. As Christians, though, we have cause for hope, even amid despair. Why? Because, as Pastor Rick Warren aptly observed, our all-powerful ‘God has already written the end of the story,” McEnany wrote.
McEnany’s book also speaks about how Christianity is not the story of the masses, but the mass story of individuals.
“Beyond all of the science, history, philosophy, and prophesy available—and there is much of it—the encounters of men and women with the risen savior are astounding,” she wrote. “The story of Christianity is the story of broken marriages healed, drug addicts fully recovered, hardened hearts softened, the most violent of prisoners completely reformed, and life-transforming rehabilitation beyond anything that psychology or self-help could offer.”
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"Serenity in the Storm: Living through Chaos by Leaning on Christ"
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Signed copies –>… pic.twitter.com/NF29w8ttxQ— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) May 2, 2023
It was a special moment to share my salvation story on @OutnumberedFNC today. I hope that it will introduce others to the risen Savior Jesus Christ. pic.twitter.com/6ROJtBeIX0
— Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) May 2, 2023
“Peter’s actions demonstrated a remarkable level of faith, stepping onto the roaring waters on the verge of consuming his vessel. But his faith only lasted a moment because he took his eyes away from Christ and looked instead to the thrashing waves. In that moment, Peter looked at the storm, not the savior. And that is only human,” she wrote.
“As an innate worrier, I find myself doing just the same. We all tend to focus on and sometimes get lost in the storms of life. Indeed, sometimes the storm may be more like an all-consuming, life-threatening hurricane that we cannot escape,” she added in the book.
“But rest assured that we find the answers to the treacherous waters in life and the unexplainable weather patterns that can ravage us in the person of Christ Jesus. Whatever you may be going through—marital turmoil, loneliness, depression, heartbreaking loss—know that there is someone who will heal your wounds and mend your broken heart,” McEnany wrote, adding, “Only here—only in Him—will you find serenity in the storm.”
McEnany also discusses the difficulty and struggles she experienced while trying to become pregnant with her second child, Nash, who came into the world in November.
That comes in contrast to when she became pregnant with now three-year-old Blake, which occurred “rather quickly” with her husband Sean Gilmartin.
The couple decided to expand their family in the summer of 2021, but it did not come easily, the Fox News host revealed.
“Several months passed, and negative pregnancy tests were ample. As spring of 2022 approached, part of me began to worry. Why wasn’t I getting pregnant? I attempted to overcome worry by leaning on faith,” she wrote.
“As I tried to pray with expectation, Satan did his best to infiltrate with worry, doubt, and frustration,” McEnany wrote.
McEnany noted on Twitter: “For millions of women, struggles with pregnancy occur for far longer than a few months, and for some, pregnancy is simply not possible, even though they pray with hopeful expectation and faith, as Sean and I did. ‘My heart breaks for these women, and I imagine the struggle can be incomprehensible. Why did God answer my prayers? I do not have an answer, for we will never know God’s mysteries in full while here on earth.’ But I do know that Philippians 4:6-7 promises that God will bring peace to the faithful even when our prayers are not answered: ‘Do not be anxious about anything but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.'”
