The Homesick Heart: Longing for Spiritual Intimacy

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Summary: The Homesick Heart: Longing for Spiritual Intimacy
Review: This book said it was written for women. I am male and found the book extremely deep. Since I was young I have always asked the question "Why am I here and where am I going?" I so much wanted to find someone or something that I could trust in and as a child made my parents the Perfect gods. However, when my father passed away and my mother was less then perfect I have been searching for the person to be my all. I always have had trouble understanding this LONGING of my heart and this book has shed some light upon my search. Another human has the same LONGING that I have and only GOD himself can fill it. But this book also leads me to relize that only when I am re-united with God will I be fulfilled. Fullfillment will not and cannot be found here. I am an alien, a foriegner. I greatly appreciate the way this book was written, with so much care and insight on a subject that is hard to put into words. It is a whisper. A fleeting moment. Usually only lasting a short time then gone. My favorite sentence written on page 120 is, Jean quoting from a Donald Bloesch is, "Our greatest afflication is not anxiety or even guilt but rather homesickness-- a nostalgia or ineradicable yearning to be at home with God." Do you LONG to know that GOD loves you and is whispering your name? Read this book. It is a treasure to me.