Former Miss America Heather Whitestone McCallum shares her remarkable insight about trusting God with our dreams

A young, pretty girl sits in her Alabama home and quietly dreams of becoming a prima ballerina. She closes her eyes and can feel the sweet breeze against her face as she jumps and turns again and again with graceful, perfect execution. She smiles to herself at the beauty of the pink chiffon skirt as it waves to her in acknowledgement of her utter joy and happiness in the dance.

It is all so beautiful and it seems so real. But how can it possibly happen, she wonders. She can’t hear the music. Not one note. She is profoundly deaf and it seems it could never be a dream for which someone that is deaf should reach. In her wildest imagination, she would never have believed what wonderful surprises God had in store for her. Not only would He allow her to become a ballerina, but He would add the blessing of having her dance her way into the hearts of millions and be crowned Miss America as well. But He wasn’t finished with her yet.

In Let God Surprise You (Zondervan Publishing House, April 2003), Heather Whitestone McCallum, Miss America 1995, shares how she and others have learned that trusting God with our dreams will forever change not only the outcome of our lives but our personal relationship with Him as well. Heather relates how she has experienced being surprised by God’s goodness and mercy many times in her life. One afternoon, after not being able to hear her child’s cries for help, she trusted God and prayed for Him to show her a way to hear. Her prayer was answered in the form of a cochlear implant and she can now, for the first time in her life, hear the sounds of her family’s voices.

This delightful new book is filled with inspiring stories of everyday people and Biblical men and women who faced the difficult challenges of life with a trust in God that enabled them to experience the amazing, love-filled surprises He has in store for those who surrender to His sovereignty.