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A review by readingwithmuggy
The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
5.0
“Lord our God, hear my prayer, the prayer of my heart. Bless the largeness inside me, no matter how I fear it. Bless my reed pens and my inks. Bless the words I write. May they be beautiful in your sight. May they be visible to eyes not yet born. When I am dust, sing these words over my bones: she was a voice.”
“Why should we contain God any longer in our poor and narrow conceptions, which are so often no more than grandiose reflections of ourselves? Let us set him free.”
This may be the most beautiful book I’ve ever read. As women were erased in the Bible, this book brought the objectification & terror that women faced to life. Showing that Jesus himself would bless the voices of women and the largeness placed inside them by the spirit of God. Oh how I have felt wrapped up in the love of Jesus in the words of this book.
“Why should we contain God any longer in our poor and narrow conceptions, which are so often no more than grandiose reflections of ourselves? Let us set him free.”
This may be the most beautiful book I’ve ever read. As women were erased in the Bible, this book brought the objectification & terror that women faced to life. Showing that Jesus himself would bless the voices of women and the largeness placed inside them by the spirit of God. Oh how I have felt wrapped up in the love of Jesus in the words of this book.