I am not sure exactly when I purchased this book, at least 2 years ago, probably more than that. Being a woman, the title certainly captured my attention.
Over the past year, I have either seen this book on my book shelf when I dusted it or it has come to mind. Since it has come to mind quite often lately, I thought I should pay attention-today I decided it is time to begin reading it! The prologue is already speaking to my heart.
Dr. Crabb speaks of the time when he and his wife (girlfriend at the time) would write love letters to each other while they were dating and how he learned to know her heart by reading her words. As he goes on, he relates this as well in knowing God's heart by reading His love letter to us-The Bible.
"I visualized each chapter as a love letter from God to me, His fickle friend, His cheating spouse, His spoiled child. He still wants me. He paid a huge price to get me. He has already found me. And now He is telling me the whole story of how I messed up our relationship and how He is putting it back together. And he's letting me know how it's all going to turn out. Every word in the Bible I could now see as a word of life."
I am anticipating how I might begin to know God's heart in a way that I haven't before.
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