“Wonderful”
This is a revised version of Courtney's original book that came out in 2020 during the Covid 19 crisis. It holds as much relevance now as it did three years ago. Her original work went through twenty-two emotions while this revised version is updated to include twenty four emotions.
Reissig utilizes the Psalms to walk readers through several emotions that we will inevitably face. These emotions range from the more difficult - Despair, Forsaken, Grief, Ashamed, Envy, to the more hopeful - Content, Forgiven, Worship, Praise.
Every single person, whether a believer or not, struggles to understand, process, and handle their emotions in an effective and efficient way. It's a life long journey to learn how to feel in a way that honors God's intentions and purpose for us. Reissig doesn't shy away from sharing the reality of our struggle: knowing how to embrace our emotions in the moment without dishonoring God.
God created us with emotions and therefore we should learn and discover how to process those emotions in the way God intended us to. Courtney has a great ability to draw out the practical insights of the Psalms along with encouraging the reader to love God more deeply through our emotions.
You will walk away from this book with incredible knowledge and understanding of emotions, practical processes to handle those emotions, and most importantly, a deeper sense of who God is and His intentions for our feelings.
I received a copy of this book from The Good Book Company in exchange for an honest review.
