Review: Simply Open: A Guide to Experiencing God in the
Everyday
Greg Paul
Thomas Nelson
2015
The key to this approach is indeed simple openness. Openness of the senses to the small prompts
that are constantly around us through our senses—sight, hearing, smell, taste
and touch. And he included the heart and
mind within the list as well. I admit
that I resisted the idea of smell and experiencing God being in any way
linked. The author won me over.
Through a simple prayer of opening the sense, releasing what
that sense has accumulated that is a hindrance, receiving what God has to offer,
and becoming the person to use that sense in a Godly manner, a person can experience the ever present presence
of God in the moment. The simplicity of
this approach is not necessarily easy, but it is effective. The introduction
is key I think. It reveals the way the
author and at least one other person, i.e. me, approach things. Please hear the author out on this one.
Told in an honest, easy reading style Paul invites the
reader into the practice of being open.
I recommend this book to you.
I received this book from the publisher in exchange for a
review.
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