JOURNEY INTO A DEEPER UNDERSTANDING AND EXPERIENCE OF GOD

The secret’s out—finally a genuine nuts-and-bolts book on ‘how to’ communicate with God just as we are. All myths have been absolved in this soul-rending ‘at-one-ment with God’ dialogue Ruth has written here. How do we find God, let-alone talk to God? God’s communication with us—how do we recognise God’s voice; how do we hear God? How do we keep an ongoing conversation with God? Whether one is searching or is already on the journey, Ruth’s book gives each and every one of us the assurance that absolutely everyone is unconditionally loved by a God who really wants to be at one with us.

There is a difference between always asking a person for something, yes, that is talking to the person. However, the difference between that and conversing with someone is quite different. A conversation is the to-ing and fro-ing of a growing discourse. BEING WITH GOD is a book of God and Ruth’s conversations—a two-way conversation between them both. She has faithfully, at God’s bidding, recorded for our benefi t many of them in this book. They are insightful into a personal life of faith rarely described in such raw honesty and for the reader they are a gift. The manner in which they have been related is wonderfully instructive, helpful and of much benefit for everyone. The simplicity of the writing, the simplicity demonstrated of us approaching God as being a part of our everyday life and the simplicity of our listening to God’s voice in our ‘at-one-ment’ with God, when reading BEING WITH GOD illustrates the fullness of how we can have a continual growing relationship with God.

Every life is individual. Ruth speaks of the things in her life, individual to her alone, and of how she is aware that in and through those happenings, there are insights for her in her continuing conversation with God. BEING WITH GOD shows how our lives can be enlivened as though a third dimension has opened to us.

This book is one which is long overdue in its helpfulness. -JAN HARVEY

This is a beautiful personal reflection of Ruth’s journey into a deeper understanding and experience of God. With gentle simplicity, as she shares the thoughts of her heart, her wisdom ‘rings bells’ of understanding, and prompts us into graceful reflection on our own relationship with the God who is love. -The Very Rev’d Peter Beck, ex-Dean Of Taranaki / Pirihi Matamua O Taranaki

Ruth Hammond is a listener, listening to God, and from this conveys profound spiritual truths of the faith. She writes with prayerful and pastoral sensitivity ‘from the heart’ of her own experiences, yet the reader will surely identify with her experiences of life. -The Rev Derek Lightbourne. Pastor, Mentor And Friend

Ruth Hammond has developed another God-inspired book to bring inspiration and hope. These intimate insights and poetic writings share a remarkable depth as she reflects on her own spiritual experiences. Being with God will encourage and uplift readers in their own God conversations, and ultimately act as a spiritual signpost that points us all to Jesus. - Justin St. Vincent. President, NZ Christian Writers

Ruth’s website and blog: ruthhammond.co.nz

Format: Hardcover | 88 colour pages
Dimensions: 155 x 220 x 12mm | 373g
ISBN13: 978-0-473-40003-3
Publisher: Free Reign Publishing
Publication Date: January 2017
Publication country: New Zealand