Book Review: Love Changes Everything
Love Changes Everything
by Micah Berteau
We all crave love. We try to fill the void inside with any number of poor substitutes. We seek validation from empty outlets. We're thirsty for compliments. We change who we are to impress people who aren't looking and don't care. Yet, we are still desperately searching for a love that changes everything for us, a love that doesn't fade and doesn't fail--even when we do.
That's the kind of love God shows that he has for us through the remarkable story of Hosea and Gomer. Unpacking this powerful love story from the Old Testament in a way you have never heard, pastor Micah Berteau releases us from the fears, hurts, insecurities, and anxieties of life by showing us just how extravagantly we are loved--in spite of our faults, our failures, and our sins. If you're tired of trying so hard to be worthy of someone else's love, lost in what's fake, or drawn to live in the temporary, Micah Berteau has good news for you--there is a better way to live and love.
By reading the title, this book may sound like a typical romance novel or hallmark movie. But it's much more than that, although it technically is a love story, just a different kind of love story. This book is about the love of God, to put it simply. A couple chapters in, I had the idea of highlighting the phrases that really struck home, but then I realized that I would be highlighting most of the book! Love Changes Everything is really eye-opening about how much God does actually love us. One of the phrases that the author repeated often was that instead of saying "Jesus loves me" we should add 'still': "Jesus STILL loves me." No matter what we do, Jesus or Christ will still love and welcome you back into His arms, even after we stray from His path, as we so often seem to do. I highly recommend this book!!
~Katelynn
*I received a free copy of this book from the publisher (Revell) in exchange for an honest review.
by Micah Berteau
We all crave love. We try to fill the void inside with any number of poor substitutes. We seek validation from empty outlets. We're thirsty for compliments. We change who we are to impress people who aren't looking and don't care. Yet, we are still desperately searching for a love that changes everything for us, a love that doesn't fade and doesn't fail--even when we do.
That's the kind of love God shows that he has for us through the remarkable story of Hosea and Gomer. Unpacking this powerful love story from the Old Testament in a way you have never heard, pastor Micah Berteau releases us from the fears, hurts, insecurities, and anxieties of life by showing us just how extravagantly we are loved--in spite of our faults, our failures, and our sins. If you're tired of trying so hard to be worthy of someone else's love, lost in what's fake, or drawn to live in the temporary, Micah Berteau has good news for you--there is a better way to live and love.
By reading the title, this book may sound like a typical romance novel or hallmark movie. But it's much more than that, although it technically is a love story, just a different kind of love story. This book is about the love of God, to put it simply. A couple chapters in, I had the idea of highlighting the phrases that really struck home, but then I realized that I would be highlighting most of the book! Love Changes Everything is really eye-opening about how much God does actually love us. One of the phrases that the author repeated often was that instead of saying "Jesus loves me" we should add 'still': "Jesus STILL loves me." No matter what we do, Jesus or Christ will still love and welcome you back into His arms, even after we stray from His path, as we so often seem to do. I highly recommend this book!!
~Katelynn
*I received a free copy of this book from the publisher (Revell) in exchange for an honest review.
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