When the Heart Waits:
Spiritual Direction for Life's Sacred Questions by Sue
Monk Kidd
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- Paperback: 240 pages ;
Dimensions (in inches): 0.59 x 8.02 x 5.32
- Publisher: HarperCollins
(paper); Reprint edition (September 1992)
- ISBN: 0060645873
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Book
Description
Selected as Virtue magazine's "Book
of the Year" for 1991, Sue Monk Kidd's inspirational
autobiographical account of personal pain, spiritual
awakening, and divine grace.
From the
Publisher
Combining personal experience and
classic Christian teachings, this inspirational
autobiographical account of a woman's personal pain, spiritual
awakening, and divine grace received Virtue magazine's
"Book of the Year" award.
Stop Poking My Cocoon!
I may be writing this review a
little prematurely, as I am only halfway through this book,
however...I have already purchased additional copies for my
friends. I have underlined, dog-eared and referred to various
pages on several occasions.
When the Heart Waits gives
valuable insight into mid-life. It shares information as to
the benefits gained in "being still". Waiting is not
"doing nothing". It is both "passive and
passionate". As many of us struggle with "what
should I do next", often trying to make something
happen.
Sue Monk Kidd reminds us that
everything is always taken care of, if we just stop pushing so
hard. She talks about a caterpillar and her cocoon. If someone
pokes a hole in the cocoon before it's time, the butterfly
will emerge with un-developed wings, unable to fly. Take time
with yourself and you WILL be able to fly!
-Cathy B from Glendora, CA United
States
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