Book Description About the Author Courtney Reissig is an author, speaker, and blogger who lives in Little Rock, Arkansas, with her husband Daniel and four sons. Read more Customers Review: Christians often struggle handling our emotions. We know that what we feel momentarily doesn’t always align with what we believe to be true eternally. As a woman who loves the Lord and also experiences deep and turbulent emotional waves, this is a tension I wrestle with more days than not.Courtney has written a guide for believers to both acknowledge the reality of our emotions and remember the truth that frees us from becoming defeated by them. By walking through specific Psalms that speak to common feelings – despair, grief, envy, anxiety – she highlights how the psalmists process their emotions via lament, a holy complaint cried out to the Lord that testifies to his sovereignty. Like a compassionate friend, Courtney shares times when she felt discouraged and scared and frustrated, letting us know that we aren’t alone in these feelings, and that the dark emotions come as a result of living in a dark, sin-plagued world. Yet in these gloomy experiences, we also get to experience the hope of the gospel. Like the psalmists, we can look back through history and remember God’s faithfulness, then let this blessed assurance shape how we respond to our scattered emotions.I appreciated the biblically rich content of this book and its overall heart for helping readers feel “well.” Reading it made me want to dig more into the Psalms and set them as a filter for processing my feelings in a God-honoring way. Pick it up, and you’ll be encouraged to look at both your emotions and this beloved book of the Bible in a fresh, freeing way.
Love this book! Beautiful and authentic, meeting you where you’re at and showing you that our God does the same. So often we let our feelings and emotions dictate our lives – either by letting them guide us and dictate truth OR shoving them down like they don’t exist. But ‘Teach Me to Feel’ shows us how to process our emotions in light of God’s Word, growing and rooting us in it as we go along.
I have loved this book so much! A very helpful walk through the Psalms and how to praise the Lord and honor Christ in every situation and with all of our feelings. Rooted in scripture and always focusing on Christ. So helpful for people of all ages who want to honor Christ!
This book is wonderful. Based in scripture and so well written. I’m one to avoid the Psalms because of their poetic structure but the author did a great job helping me better understand. Such a wonderful reference to reach for, when feeling a particular emotion, to point you back to The Word. Love the journal pages at the end of each chapter.
This book has been a sweet gift in the midst of a very trying time for my family. God has used Courtney’s work in the Psalms to comfort my heart when my feelings (whether grief, anxiety or joy) are overwhelming. I highly recommend this book for any Christian looking to better understand God, themselves and the Psalms- you won’t be disappointed!
Excellent book!
Thankful for a book that uses the language of Scripture, specifically of the Psalms, to give language to our emotions. Courtney’s grasp of Scripture and her wise insights into human nature make this book a true gift. One of my favorite things about it is that she writes knowing the implications of our union with Christ & her insights into Psalms are decidedly Christ-centered. Grab this book, it will reorient your heart to worship in whatever season you find yourself.
I love Courtney’s real authentic Life sharing but also not leaving us in ourselves and our wallowing but pointing us to the gospel that is in the scriptures mainly in the Psalms. in a world where we mostly are told to do what feels good or do what we feel is right she points as to what is actually true by pointing us to the truth that is in the word |
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