So Close, I Can Feel God's Breath : Experiencing His Nearness in Thin Places

by Rose, Beverly

• ISBN13: 9781414307244
• ISBN10: 1414307241
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-04-01
• Publisher: TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS

Summary

God is always near, but sometimes we aren't able to feel his presence. Through an honest, in-depth look at her own life, Dr. Beverly Rose finds those thin places where the barriers between us and God are nearly transparent. Dr. Rose explores the phenomenon of "thin places"--experiences in which the dividing line between this world and the next seems to dissolve in an intense awareness of the presence of God. She grounds her exploration in the Bible, alongside her own reflections on the Old Testament views of her Jewish heritage and the incarnation of Jesus in her life as a Christian.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
PART I: What on Earth Is a Thin Place?
Life on the Edge	3	(6)
Discovering the Unseen	9	(10)
PART II: What Makes a Place Thin? The Five Ws
Who Am I? Born of Divine Breath	19	(10)
When Am I? Eternity in Time	29	(12)
Who Is God? The Unknowable Made Knowable	41	(16)
Who Is Jesus? God Unveiled	57	(20)
What Am I? Dust Falling, Spirit Rising	77	(14)
Why Am I? Made for Spiritual Embrace	91	(22)
Where Am I? On the Border with Jesus	113	(18)
PART III: How in Heaven's Name I Became a Thin Place
My Father and Me---and the Son?	131	(22)
Endnotes	153