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The Wisdom of Your Heart: Discovering the God-given Purpose and Power of Your Emotions
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***scripture based book on emotions and how emotions are part of being made in God's image***
Marc Alan Schelske, writer, speaker and teaching elder at Milwaukie, Oregon’s Bridge City Community Church considers himself a “recovering fundamentalist who drinks tea and rides motorcycles.� That midlife discovery came after he had come to the “end of his rope� because of feelings of “emotional disconnectedness and emotional immaturity.�
Through an insightful therapist, journaling and God’s help that led to understanding and healing Marc regained a “stable footing� and writes about how emotions and spiritual maturity are connected in “The Wisdom of Your Heart.� Where he explores myths about emotions, spiritual maturity and the “God-Given Purpose and Power of Your Emotions� the subtitle of his new release.
Accepting the concept that emotions and spiritual life were connected had at first offended Marc when he read Pete Scazzero’s book, “Emotionally Healthy Spirituality.� Where the author wrote, “It is not possible to be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature.�
Marc totally disagreed, he considered himself a spiritually mature adult. He had been raised in a faith community by wise and loving conservative Christian parents and it wasn’t until he entered the “second half of life� that he questioned his own “spiritual and emotional health.� Those questions prompted him to look at previous “painful experiences and assumptions that had proven untrue, misconceptions about God, even precious habits that turned out to be anything but life giving.� That’s when he realized Scazzero was right, “spiritual growth requires facing emotional brokenness.�
The book begins with Marc leaving a church board meeting feeling unheard, judged and crushed. He had pastored the church for over ten years and felt like a failure but, like he always did, he was determined to “work harder to solve� those feelings of inadequacy. Until he found himself gripping the car steering wheel like it was a life preserver, “unable to hold back a surging wave of tears.� That’s when he recognized he “needed help.�
Thus, begins Marc’s “…journey of emotionally maturing in Christ...,� an intense and practical journey that taught him “…spiritual growth requires facing emotional brokenness.�
The book includes seventeen scripture based chapters divided into four parts; Marc’s story, an “unexpected Bible story,� the purpose of your emotions and “how to hear God in your emotions.� Chapters end with insightful questions to reflect on and pray over. Marc says the message of the book is that emotions are a “God-given gift, they have elements of truth and contain enormous personal insight, “even into your relationship with God.�
The book would be excellent for anyone who struggles with fear, anger, grief, anxiety, insecurity and more to explore “emotions from the context of Christian teaching,� to foster an understanding that emotions are also a part of being made in God’s image, an integral part of who God created us to be.
‘The Wisdom of Your Heart: Discovering the God-Given Purpose and Power of Your Emotions,� by Marc Alan Schelske, David C. Cook, 2017, 304 Pages, 978-0781414517, $16.36
“Gail’s Bookshelf� Midwest Book Reviews: "December 2017"
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Marc Alan Schelske, writer, speaker and teaching elder at Milwaukie, Oregon’s Bridge City Community Church considers himself a “recovering fundamentalist who drinks tea and rides motorcycles.� That midlife discovery came after he had come to the “end of his rope� because of feelings of “emotional disconnectedness and emotional immaturity.�
Through an insightful therapist, journaling and God’s help that led to understanding and healing Marc regained a “stable footing� and writes about how emotions and spiritual maturity are connected in “The Wisdom of Your Heart.� Where he explores myths about emotions, spiritual maturity and the “God-Given Purpose and Power of Your Emotions� the subtitle of his new release.
Accepting the concept that emotions and spiritual life were connected had at first offended Marc when he read Pete Scazzero’s book, “Emotionally Healthy Spirituality.� Where the author wrote, “It is not possible to be spiritually mature while remaining emotionally immature.�
Marc totally disagreed, he considered himself a spiritually mature adult. He had been raised in a faith community by wise and loving conservative Christian parents and it wasn’t until he entered the “second half of life� that he questioned his own “spiritual and emotional health.� Those questions prompted him to look at previous “painful experiences and assumptions that had proven untrue, misconceptions about God, even precious habits that turned out to be anything but life giving.� That’s when he realized Scazzero was right, “spiritual growth requires facing emotional brokenness.�
The book begins with Marc leaving a church board meeting feeling unheard, judged and crushed. He had pastored the church for over ten years and felt like a failure but, like he always did, he was determined to “work harder to solve� those feelings of inadequacy. Until he found himself gripping the car steering wheel like it was a life preserver, “unable to hold back a surging wave of tears.� That’s when he recognized he “needed help.�
Thus, begins Marc’s “…journey of emotionally maturing in Christ...,� an intense and practical journey that taught him “…spiritual growth requires facing emotional brokenness.�
The book includes seventeen scripture based chapters divided into four parts; Marc’s story, an “unexpected Bible story,� the purpose of your emotions and “how to hear God in your emotions.� Chapters end with insightful questions to reflect on and pray over. Marc says the message of the book is that emotions are a “God-given gift, they have elements of truth and contain enormous personal insight, “even into your relationship with God.�
The book would be excellent for anyone who struggles with fear, anger, grief, anxiety, insecurity and more to explore “emotions from the context of Christian teaching,� to foster an understanding that emotions are also a part of being made in God’s image, an integral part of who God created us to be.
‘The Wisdom of Your Heart: Discovering the God-Given Purpose and Power of Your Emotions,� by Marc Alan Schelske, David C. Cook, 2017, 304 Pages, 978-0781414517, $16.36
“Gail’s Bookshelf� Midwest Book Reviews: "December 2017"
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