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A review by thewildnorry
A Praying Life: Connecting with God in a Distracting World by Paul E. Miller
Did not finish book.
The beginning of this book started so strong, but somewhere in there, it took a shift. I moved from wanting to pray about anything and everything in my life (which was inspired by the Biblical message from the early chapters--not my own heart) to wanting to throw the book across the room and missing it's message completely.
The problem for me was probably the illustrations the author used about what a hard heart/un-prayerful life looked like. I know he was pulling from his own experiences, but some of those illustrations just seemed like such *minor* things and like it was being picked to death through a Biblical lens. Like overanalyzing a poem.
For example, he talks about how calling his son to come down immediately to find a disc that he (the son) misplaced was a selfish and sinful request and he should have prayed to have his son start being less selfish.
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It just seemed like the examples weren't entirely tapped into the day to day life that we're living right now. What does my selfish heart long for? What does it look like when we neglect the needs of others? Illustrations are great, but these seemed very forced. Also some key points rely on marriage illustrations, which as a single person, I couldn't tap into.
Maybe it's just not for me.
The problem for me was probably the illustrations the author used about what a hard heart/un-prayerful life looked like. I know he was pulling from his own experiences, but some of those illustrations just seemed like such *minor* things and like it was being picked to death through a Biblical lens. Like overanalyzing a poem.
For example, he talks about how calling his son to come down immediately to find a disc that he (the son) misplaced was a selfish and sinful request and he should have prayed to have his son start being less selfish.
...
It just seemed like the examples weren't entirely tapped into the day to day life that we're living right now. What does my selfish heart long for? What does it look like when we neglect the needs of others? Illustrations are great, but these seemed very forced. Also some key points rely on marriage illustrations, which as a single person, I couldn't tap into.
Maybe it's just not for me.