BOOK REVIEW- THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY

BOOK- The Pleasure of His Company- Experience God's Presence in a Whole New Way
There's just something about people who are close to God. Through the ups and downs of life, they remain secure, hopeful. If you want a more rewarding spiritual life, if you want the pleasure of knowing your Creator's heart, this soul-lifting book is for you.
Learn from Dutch Sheets as he shares his life lessons for cultivating an intimate relationship with God. Each of the thirty short chapters reveals a simple practice or biblical mindset that will help draw you away from the noise of life and into the Lord's peaceful presence.
With profound insights from the Bible and stories you won't soon forget, The Pleasure of His Company is like a spiritual mentor, showing you simple ways to enjoy God more.
This powerful book can also be enjoyed as a daily devotional. 
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I found that each chapter has a prayer in it so it offers up the opportunity to be interactive with your faith and what you read.  I like that at the end of each prayer is the notations of the scriptures that have been used in it.  

One of my favorite explanations in this book is about God seeking worshippers.  I have heard that said and explained quite a few times in quite a few different ways.  But what I got out of it this time is that God longs for the singer of the song.  For songs fresh from their heart, that relationship link that comes from that time together.  Heart to Heart!  God wants us to be be eager to be with Him as He is eager to be with us!   If He wanted puppets He could have made us that way!   He's seeking people who want to know Him!

The story that Dutch Sheets shared about how God pursued  him after he fell away for a time (after his parent's divorce) was heartwarming and shows how much God would personally do to reach one of his kids.  

I like his interpretation of Luke 10;38-42.  I’m paraphrasing here but he said, If you will truly connect with Me... everything will work well if you’ll simply listen to me.

Chapter 10 made me smile.  It had to do with Dutch’s impatience and how hard it is to wait.  He had some amusing suggestions of how life would look if he was in charge, with impatience given full reign. Also interesting was the Biblical meanings of the word “wait”.  In fact Dutch Sheets gives many different meanings for words that we take for granted.  Word from their original form, and their meanings adds more depth to the Scriptures.  He does it in a way that enlightens without being too heavy.

Lingerers, what a good term. The fact that good things happen to lingerers (Hebrews11:6)

To linger: to leave slowly and hesitantly.

One last thing that really touched me was how he shared the time that  God asked him to do something.  God didn’t demand that he do it, God asked him to. It was formed as a question.

 Since I have experienced the same (as I am sure others have) it really hit the mark with me.  

I'm not sure I personally would use this book as a devotional but I can see how it could be.

I received this book FREE through Baker Publishing Group from Bethany House in exchange for an honest review.