The Return

This month, I had the pleasure of reading a book called The Return by Lacey Sturm. This book was simply reflections on loving God back. This is something that I've thought about quite a bit lately, since in recent years (starting during my DTS, in fact), the fact that GOD loves ME has moved from being head knowledge to heart knowledge. And knowing that HE loves ME makes me want to show HIM even more how much I love Him.
If that makes any sense at all.
Anyway, I was excited to get this book, and I'm still not 100% sure how I feel about it. It was good to spend time reading, but what it says on the title "The Return: Reflections on loving God back" is very accurate. Essentially, this book is a collection of Lacey's old journal entries and prayers and Bible studies, as well as current reflections. It is very interesting and personal, and real. I also did enjoy her list of questions with Bible passages underneath. It was a very full book. My only hesitation was that because it was so personal, sometimes I didn't really know what was going on. It was at times random, with random stories from throughout her life with little to no context. This, however, also gave it an authenticity; the author didn't worry about spending the time making sure the reader knew exactly who everyone was. She wanted to share her reflections of loving God back, and in this, she was very effective.
All in all, I enjoyed the book and it did actually help me when I had a major life decision to make recently. Some of the things that Lacey was reflecting on were similar to what I was thinking about at the time when I read it. So that was pretty great. :)
Book has been provided courtesy of Baker Publishing Group and Graf-Martin Communications, Inc.