{"product_id":"honey-you-were-born-invited-louise-gwathmey-weld-9798891128675","title":"Honey, You Were Born Invited","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you. Augustine of Hippo, the Confessions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e There is no human heart which does not have a hunger-hole in it. When this hollow makes itself known, you may feel it as a longing for home. It is, in fact, a God planted longing for himself, the home for which you were created.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It shows itself in the disappointment you feel when the very thing you thought would satisfy does not. It manifests as a low-grade restlessness, as you seek fulfillment in work, or accomplishments, or sports, or human relationships. For some the intensity of the need triggers addictions and obsessions: to alcohol, drugs, overworking, overeating, over exercising.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Blaise Pascal wrote: There is a God- shaped vacuum in the heart of every man which cannot be filled by any created thing, but only by God, the creator, known through Jesus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the witness of the Bible that we cannot know ourselves truly apart from a relationship with this creator.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e For Louise Weld, growing up in a family filled with unconditional love quickened in her the longing which the heart craves, a reunion with the creator whose essence is love, and in whose image men and women are shaped to love as he loves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And once she understood that it was not created things but the creator who could heal her homesickness, and that in fact the Creator had made an extraordinary provision for our homecoming in the revelation and work of Jesus Christ, there was not much else to say or do with her life but commend his grace and mercy to any who would listen. The sermons in this book have been preached and now gathered in this book for that purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louise Gwathmey Weld\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798891128675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Covenant Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d","brand":"Louise Gwathmey Weld","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46311398113535,"sku":"9798891128675","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4d775ed8-2d23-4a35-a5fd-94e8584be461.jpg?v=1730889498","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/honey-you-were-born-invited-louise-gwathmey-weld-9798891128675","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}