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A review by emthewordenthusiast
Heart Made Whole: Turning Your Unhealed Pain Into Your Greatest Strength by Christa Black Gifford
2.0
Heart Made Whole is Christian worship artist Christa Black Gifford ‘s memoir of sorts as she shares personal stories of tragedy and trial that forced herself to ask the question,
“Will I take my pain to Jesus or will I let my pain take me away from him?”
I liked this book….at first. Although a little more “heart heavy” if you will than most books I read, the author still shared scripture and biblical truths about how our unhealed pain will only make us grow bitter and calloused unless we take it to Jesus for healing.
However, as the book progressed Christa started suggesting strange tactics such as “talking to her heart” to see how her emotional well being was throughout the day. She also wrote about talking to Jesus during the night as if he was literally right there with her, going so far as to say they would play games together and stifle their laughter, trying not to wake up her sleeping husband. No mention was made that these were figments of her imagination, or even visions. She wrote about it as casually as if you would tell someone about talking with your best friend. These were definitely red flags, as well as her mention of Bill Johnson of Bethel church being her favorite speaker.
If you’re able to to “eat the watermelon and spit out the seeds”, then Heart made Whole may be a helpful resource to you if you have recently experienced a tragedy. The author writes with a compassion and understanding that stems from her own loss and pain.
However I think there are much better books out there that tackle this subject while also taking into account the biblical truth that “our hearts are deceitful and desperately wicked” (Jer 17:9) and that we shouldn’t be looking inside of them to heal our pain, but to Jesus- the ultimate healer.
“Will I take my pain to Jesus or will I let my pain take me away from him?”
I liked this book….at first. Although a little more “heart heavy” if you will than most books I read, the author still shared scripture and biblical truths about how our unhealed pain will only make us grow bitter and calloused unless we take it to Jesus for healing.
However, as the book progressed Christa started suggesting strange tactics such as “talking to her heart” to see how her emotional well being was throughout the day. She also wrote about talking to Jesus during the night as if he was literally right there with her, going so far as to say they would play games together and stifle their laughter, trying not to wake up her sleeping husband. No mention was made that these were figments of her imagination, or even visions. She wrote about it as casually as if you would tell someone about talking with your best friend. These were definitely red flags, as well as her mention of Bill Johnson of Bethel church being her favorite speaker.
If you’re able to to “eat the watermelon and spit out the seeds”, then Heart made Whole may be a helpful resource to you if you have recently experienced a tragedy. The author writes with a compassion and understanding that stems from her own loss and pain.
However I think there are much better books out there that tackle this subject while also taking into account the biblical truth that “our hearts are deceitful and desperately wicked” (Jer 17:9) and that we shouldn’t be looking inside of them to heal our pain, but to Jesus- the ultimate healer.