Heartstone: A Journey out of the midnight of my soul [Paperback]

Tim Young (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 30, 2011

What story is your life telling? Is it a mess? Is it lonely and difficult? I don’t want to presume to know what your situation may or may not be, but I can tell you that there is a God who can and will restore the years life has stolen from you. If Heartstone has any message that can resonate with you it is that “You are not alone!” Come and take a journey with me through the pages of my personal failure, defeat, lost expectations, and my final devastation. Heartstone is a story about a people who faced the giants that we all face, and the keys God gave them (and has given each of us) to deal with those giants and turn theirs and our broken solitude into a field of dreams. The truth of God’s word is that He has already written the story of your life. It is time for you to read that story and find your road home. God’s truth is that He has a plan for you that is good and not for evil. A plan where you win in the end. Let Heartstone be the beginning of your journey home. This time the happy ending will be your own. He wants you to have a beautiful ending! He wants you to live courageously from your heart!

Editorial Reviews

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"This book is more than a good read, a gift for a hurting friend, or an outline of someone else's life with another happy ending; it is a resource for daily life, with lessons that go beyond any individual circumstance." -Rick and Debra Evans, Living In Faith Ministries

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The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it. -Proverbs 27:12 (NIV)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 182 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (July 30, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 144997628X
• ISBN-13: 978-1449976286
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,765,068 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am the author of Heartstone: A Journey out of the midnight of my soul.

Life can often present us with circumstances we never anticipated. The unfortunate truth is that we all have to navigate these difficult seasons with little understanding, not much experience, and a willingness to learn more about ourselves than we wanted to know. Heartstone Journey is my personal blog and its focused on a journey we are all too familiar with, the journey of life!"

I write on my personal thoughts (Journal), Faith, Leadership, Life and Community. I occasionally throw in some other stuff that I think you might find interesting from time to time.

I am a man who should have lost it all but because of God's Amazing Grace, I am a committed Christian who has made it my life's mission to see all who are hurting, lost, or disillusioned, find their redemption and restoration from a God who can, and will, rebuild the lost dreams of their fallen hearts.

If you have experienced the contact sport called "life" in any way then join the conversation because this blog is for you. Life is not a snapshot, so why do we live it that way? Live courageously from your heart!

Remember, it's about the journey and the journey is the destination!

Learn more about me by visiting my bio page on the Heartstone Journey website: heartstonejourney.com

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Heartstone-A journey for all to read because if you have not been there yet, chances are you or someone you know will be. August 29, 2011

By AJ

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I just finished your book and it was incredible! At different times during my reading, I found myself crying, smiling, agreeing and pondering your powerful testimony. Your poignant, revealing and honest account will certainly be a wonderful support and reference for those who are experiencing their own "Midnight Journey". Your personal poems, the sharing of your hurts and shortcomings, your provocative questions, the myriad of scripture quotes and other references, etc. all came together in an amazing way to present your story and invite others to truly learn who our God really is, how much He loves us and how much He wants us to love, trust and follow Him.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Even Christians need salvation... August 17, 2011

By Sogna

Format:Paperback

This book was an eye opener! As christians we lose sight that even WE need salvation...going through the motions isn't enough. We judge and forget that someday we'll be judged. The author captured his journey and reminded us that we need hope, love and understanding...how a HEART of STONE had come full circle to the HEARTSTONE!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A journey worth taking November 1, 2011

By edbank

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We've all heard that the best things in life are found when we focus less on the destination, and more on the journey. There is no shortage of "stop and smell the roses" stories. Well, this is not one of those stories. Rather, Heartstone is an invitation to take a journey with a man who traveled a path many of us either have taken or have nearly taken -- a path of heartache, loss, regret and missed opportunity. In Heartstone, Tim Young bares his soul, almost literally, on the page. (One could argue that he bared it, quite literally, to God, as he searched for meaning in his life as a Christian who made some mistakes and learned firsthand the law of reaping and sowing, all too painfully.)

Don't expect convenient excuses or easy answers in this book. For those who think that being a Christian somehow offers a protective shield from the pain of this world, this book offers a "think again" challenge. As Young writes, "Life is not an injury-free sport." We all suffer through storms in life. Young's storm is divorce. To his credit, he doesn't try to sugarcoat the causes or oversimplify the effects. Rather, he exposes the wound in his heart over and over, exposing the reader to his self-blame, his loneliness, his doubt and, eventually, his journey and exploration of faith and healing.

A grape cannot become wine without going through the winepress (and coming through the other side as something transformed and utterly different from when it began the process). Young's journey is no less transformative. A reader learns what it's like to journey through the midnight of Young's soul. Through Young's story, we learn that it's only through the power of the Spirit of Jesus Christ that one can be made whole again after the pain of a divorce.

Lastly, worth noting is the book's narrative structure. Like a hike in the White Mountains, the writing takes unexpected turns, veering on and off the well-marked path, over granite-rock terrain, into old-growth forests of darkness and, finally, out into the light, to the summit -- that exposed-rock place where one can see a 360-degree view of hope that only the heightened perspective of experience provides. It's written in a unique style; a blend of narrative and interrogation, memoir and poetry, exposition and exploration.

For anyone who has been broken by life (and, to some extent, who hasn't?), this book offers some good news: You don't have to go through it alone. In fact, you never have been alone. The God who created you is waiting for you to come to Him and, like a child, seek his comfort and his healing. Don't know how to ask for such help, or doubtful such help exists? Tim Young has offered to be your guide on the journey, and his story is the map to help get you there.