In the Longing in Me, Sheila Walsh explored the different
craving we encounter and how everything we are desperately searching for is
really a deeper relationship with God. She looked at the story of King David and
what we can learn from his story. In this book, Sheila Walsh also revealed new
details about her life that she hasn’t shared before. She opened up more about
her first marriage that ended in a divorce. She revealed how God helped her
through that situation. She also shared about her deep longing to be chosen. When
she was in high school, she shared about how she had a major crush on this guy.
She dreamed he would ask her to the school dance like a nice Cinderella story.
She walked by his locker for many days and hoped that he would bump into her,
and he would nicely pick up her books for her. It would be love at first sight
and they would have the perfect dance. She overhead another talking about how
he would be attending the dance and she accidently said, “That’s so great”. He
did attend the dance and he walked over to ask her to dance and she was so
excited. But next, he stated, “I’m so sorry. I can’t do this.” She realized
that they were messing with her and she was heartbroken. She opened up about
how he felt afterwards and how she struggled with longing to find a relationship
with a man. She also revealed how she searched to fill the father void in her
life. Her father had a brain injury and his personality changed and what
happened in her life because of this.
I would recommend this life changing book to anyone who
struggles with longing for the wrong things in life. I have read some of Sheila
Walsh’s other book. This is by far the best and most transparent book about her
life. I also appreciated how she wrote this after her first husband passed away
and she kept quiet about her first marriage struggle until now. I immensely
connected with Sheila’s story and King David’s story. I loved how Sheila Walsh
showed how our cravings are all really just longings to be closer to God. I
will also admit I struggle with longing to be in control, chosen, protected, and
much more. This book helped me realize that it’s only found in Christ. People
will hurt us and always let us down even if they don’t really mean to. We have
to find our hope and protection in God’s everlasting love. His love will always
be enough!
"I received this book free
from the publisher through the BookLook Bloggers book review bloggers
program."
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