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Closer Than Your Skin: Unwrapping the Mystery of Intimacy with God

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Susan D. Hill asks some of the same questions I've struggled with. Does God really care about me as a person? How can I grow closer to Him? Is it possible to really have a one on one relationship with Almighty God? Closer Than Your Skin answers those questions and more. It's filled with stories about people who found God in the most unlikely places.
Sometimes our churches seem like social centers, revolving around programs, methods, and organizations. We're so busy we forget the simplicity of a relationship with Jesus. Susan D. Hill stresses the importance of making time for God, for waiting for him to lead us, instead of running ahead, and she shows us how to just enjoy being with him. An excellent book that speaks to the heart.

Closer Than Your Skin by Susan D. Hill is a hard book to define in just a few words. It's not quite a devotional, but through it I see her devotion to God. It's not quite a biography, but I've learned so much about Hill, I see her as a friend. It's a book written with haunting lyricism about the God moments in Hill's life, and her gentle encouragement to seek your own. She tells her story with brutal honesty about her husband's adultery and alcoholism, as well as her own frequent separations from God. Stories like these abound in Christian bookstores, but Hill writes with such earnestness and heart it's impossible not to feel for her and want your own God moment as well. She describes it a bit like a sneeze: you know it's coming, you can feel it, and there's nothing you can do to stop it, it's out of your control. This is a book you'll read again and again as you travel down your own road to get closer to the Lord.

This is an absolutely phenomenal book. If you have ever wondered things like "does God really care?" or "Can you really hear me?" or "How do I know you are there?" read this book!

Written in a conversational manner, Susan lays out a road map to paying attention to the little details of life that show that God does care, does hear and is here. In a truly practical fashion, this book cleans out your spiritual ears and allows you to relax and receive the presence of God in your life. From overcoming the obstacles of achieving that intimacy to watching for details, Closer Than Your Skin helps you find a new level in God that you probably never thought possible in this lifetime. In the 30 days since I finished the book, I'm 100% more aware and on fire once again!

This book is a real life-changer! I got it last week and could barely put it down. For all the people out there who see God as distant, never satisfied with what we do, judgmental, please read this eye-opening book. Susan Hill tells stories and gives coincidences from her life ("Is it odd or is it God?" her husband says to explain the way God works) that reveal how God is just yearning for a relationship with me and with you! I have started to ask what God is going to do through me today, and to tentatively try to address him as "Abba" ("Daddy") in the intimate way that the Bible says He would like to be called. You will laugh, you will cry, you will yearn for that close relationship to a loving Father that Susan convinces us is possible. Enjoy this book -- it's a real delight and I bet it will turn out to be a classic.

This was a well thought out book - written with exceptional clarity and honesty. It speaks of a woman's journey of faith, realizing that the only that truly matters is her relationship with GOD and the intimacy that comes with that, instead of a "to do list" which many of us feel compelled to do to feel both accomplished and accepted by both GOD and the world. It is about being, instead of doing...I would recommend it highly.

If you have ever wondered if there is more to the Christian life than what you have now, this could be the book for you! It is one woman's journey to an alive relationship with God - and she doesn't want to see anyone settle for less. I thought it was balanced with wisdom, and I love how she stressed that knowing your Bible is the very first key to knowing God. I believe God still does speak to His believers today and it was nice to read a supporting opinion on the subject.

Susan HIll sends the reader in a lot of personal directions. The way the bibical references are woven into the plot helps reading the Bible more meaningful and helps one apply it more closely to our personal lives. I've eagerly passed this on to family.

I bought this book right after it came out, but did not start reading it until last week. God KNEW that this was the time I needed to hear from Him. As I read I was drawn in to the stories - I mean I LIVE right where she was headed in NH. I had been through many of the situations she faced and NOW was the time God wanted me to hear from Him. Every person needs to read this book if they want to really begin to see and hear God in every circumstance of their lives. Thanks for the reminder, Susan, that God is in everything around us if we will just listen to His voice.

Thanks for this wonderful book! It truly helps you to reflect on circumstances (and see Him there) and be on the watch for God everyday. You will see the ways He will communicate to you and ways you can acknowledge Him (in service to others, etc).

My sister went to a book party with Susan D. Hill and sent me the book. Oh how I wish I had picked it up immediately. Hill is witty and smart, and God and Jesus seem so much more real to my everyday life. I have never enjoyed a book so much that has also made such a difference in me. Fabulous work...please write more!!