What I've Been Up To AND Review: Hope Your Heart Needs by Holley Gerth

Tuesday, October 09, 2018

Looking back over my latest posts, I realize haven't blogged about anything for awhile, and I apologize. Life got crazy busy during the past month! I got a job at a popular fast-food restaurant and learning how everything works has been stressful and time-consuming, to say the least. Hopefully soon I'll have enough money, though, to start college courses! That's one of the main goals and reasons for this job. Plus there's the usual start of school for my siblings, and the usual day-to-day things that tend to get lost in the rush whenever things are busy.

So that's what I've been up to lately, and the reason for my absence. Hopefully soon I'll be more comfortable with work and everything and I'll have more time for things like this! But in the meantime, here are my thoughts on the awesome book I've been reading lately.

Hope Your Heart Needs by Holley Gerth

All pictures via Holley Gerth's website

Genre: Non-Fiction

Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ Five out of five hearts= Awesome!

About:

Are you longing for a someone who's stronger than you to fight for and care for you? Let Gerth introduce you to the Lover of your soul! Sharing 52 inspiring devotions, she reveals God's powerful yet tenderhearted nature through his many names. Meet the bread of life, tear-catcher, provider, potter, forgiver, and more.

Description from Christianbook.com

My Review:

Have you ever read that short devotional book that makes some good points, but you feel as if it's so short it didn't get as deep as you would like? Like the author only scratched the surface, and repeated things you already knew. Not Holley Gerth! I love the beautiful, lyrical way she puts things. Take this, for instance-

The God who scattered stars like diamonds across the velvet of the universe, the keeper of every sparrow, the maker of us all is inviting us to draw closer to Him. He is the place where our hearts can go on the hard days and the happy ones, in the highs and lows, when we are sad or frustrated or downright giddy. He is what we have been searching for all along.

(Excerpt via HolleyGerth.com)

Hope Your Heart Needs- the title really is appropriate for Mrs. Gerth's encouraging and heartfelt words, and the stories she shares. I love that she adds little bits from her life that remind her of God's different names, and it helps me see it in my own life. Each devotion is based on one of the names of God from the Bible, and has the verse she got it from, which I appreciated. The subject in and of itself was one I liked and was interested in reading about from the start.

Also, the cover is really cute, wouldn't you agree? It puts me in mind of sitting down to a quiet, inspirational chat and cup of tea (or coffee, my personal preference) with the author. Holley Gerth is good at that- making you feel as if, just by reading her book, you're already a good friend and have enjoyed several pleasant conversations.

Click here to read an excerpt of the book on Holley Gerth's website!