But Then She Remembered: How to Give God Your Full Attention in a Distracted World by Katie Westenberg Book Review

 

In But Then She Remembered, Katie Westenberg explained how we are all face with numerous distraction every day. There are countless things competing for our attention. She revealed how studies have discovered that nearly half of cell phone users are addicted to their phone. She discussed how she personally believes that being so distracted has cause us to quench the Holy Spirit and is causing us to struggle to bear fruit. She begins the book by looking at how the world has lost its memory. We are all way to stressed and struggling with forgetfulness and we have so much on our plates. She stated how, “distracted eyes are leading to distracted souls.” In 2000, the average attention span of adults was 20 seconds and now in 2013 it has dropped to 8 seconds. And I wonder what it is now. She shared how we are called to remember Christ and His ways and to love him. 

 

 

One of my favorite chapters was on identify and how the Latin meaning actual means, “sameness”. She went into detail about the different definitions and what they mean. She also explained how the Bible doesn’t directly link anything to our identity in Christ or state the word identity. But the concept is still important. We can still learn the foundation of Christ and how the fear of the Lord is the beginning of all knowledge. She helped readers to go deeper into the real root of Christ and how our sins are forgiven, how much we are loved, and our inheritance. 

 

 

 

I would recommend this awesome book about living in a distracted world and how we instead focus on what matters most. I immensely loved how she discussed topics such as memory and living with a renewed mind and how this changes you. This book is geared on assisting readers in navigating the waters of being distracted and how we can develop new habits and grow deeper in our spiritual life. I liked how she included helpful studies at the end of each chapter and there is plenty of space to answer the questions and do the fill in the blanks. 

 

 

 

"I received this book free from the publisher, Bethany House/ Chosen for my honest review.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.amazon.com/But-Then-She-Remembered-Distracted/dp/0764235427