Book Review: Longing to Belong

Longing to Belong

Discovering the Joy of Acceptance

by Shawna Marie Bryant

Abilene Christian University Press & Leafwood Publishers

Leafwood Publishers

Christian. |. Religion & Spirituality

Pub Date 14 Jul 2020

I am reviewing a copy of Longing to Belong through Leafwood Publishers and Netgalley:

In Longing to Belong Shawna Marie Bryant reminds us that words. do have power, they can hurt or they can heal. Words can either bring life or bring death depending on how they are used. We are reminded that God has given us a heaven sent weapon with divine power, our heaven sent weapon was crafted to cut through lies and hold thoughts captive, we can demolish the deadly effects of every debasing thought or deed, by using our tongue to speak the truth.

This book goes on to point out. if we believe we are unlovable, we will never know the truth about how powerful God’s love is or grasp what it does for us. We are reminded too that when we feel rejected it affects us physically as well as spiritually, but when we know the truth of God’s love it heals us in body, mind and spirit.

This book serves to remind us that we are special, that we are not invisible. The author goes on to talk about the…