Book Review: Living Close to God (When You’re Not Good At It)

I recently read through this short, to the point, and very practical book in a few sittings.  While I did not particularly enjoy it, it was very good to the person who is “spiritually frustrated” and needing more in their devotional and prayer times.  Gene Edwards is first to point out that he is “spiritually handicapped”, and had problems when trying to pray; he would often get distracted and run out of words to say.  This book has lots of little nuggets of knowledge for the individual that is lacking like Gene was, in their quiet time.

One of the great things about this book is the super short chapters.  It was an easy read, and the short chapters always left me wanting to read “just one more” before I quit.  This book definitely isn’t one that you’ll read and just sit on the shelf for years…you’ll want to meditate upon it, and apply the practices in your life.

I would recommend this book to anyone that is needing to develop their quiet time with God, it even has a study guide in the back of the book.  My rating: 3/5 stars

 

 

*I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review*

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