Song for the Day: "Never Felt this Way Before" - The Billions
Quickie Book Review - Enjoying God by S.J. Hill
Just wroapped up this fine product of the Relevant Books folks, though it was very borken up over a month and a half's time. The book itself isn't lengthy, at just over 130 pages, but it's divided down into very digestable pieces, which are meant to be taken in slowly. Indeed, patience is a major emphasis in the closing pages of the book, when Hill urges the reader to dilligently wait for God, and that, even in the "dark nights of the soul" are the times when God is expressing His faithfulness to us the most.
The overriding theme here is an exhortation to relish and find pleasure in an intimate relationship with the Father God. This in itself is not terribly groundbreaking, and Hill is probably aware of this, but he presents it in such a soothing, fatherly way that compels the heart to explore his essays more deeply.
This book was especially important to me, a dyed-in-the-wool, hard-headed rationalist who tries to break everything down into mind-tangible concepts, rather than releasing them and immersing myself in God. I have a difficult time understanding God on a personal, heart level as opposed to a philosophical, mind level.
Enjoying God pours new water on much-treaded ground and springs up great new vegitation. Put it on my highly-recommended list.
3:59:57 AM 
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