I recently finished the book……..Angry Conversations With God. I noticed this book at B&N one day, picked it up – read the jacket cover – laughed – put it down. On a different visit to a different B&N, there it was again. This time I picked it up – carried it around – purchased it. Some books take me longer to read than others, this one I completed in no time. I found myself laughing out loud at times, other moments I was brought to tears. I think I identified so much with Susan’s writing because I found a little bit of me there.

I think Donald Miller hits it on the head when he says:

“If King David were a woman, and were funny, he’d be Susan Isaacs. And the thing about this book is: it surprises you. There are lines in it you won’t see coming. You’ll be handing this book to somebody else about a month from now, thinking ‘maybe this will help them understand me.’ You’ll do that because it helped you understand yourself first.” — Donald Miller, author of Blue Like Jazz.)

(By the way, if you haven’t read Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller I highly recommend it!!)

That was exactly what I thought…people have to read this….this is exactly how I feel….then maybe I would make sense to people…maybe they would understand me!!! This book is not for the faint of heart. You will be challenged and you will be surprised. You might even be insulted. It’s not sugar coated – it’s very real, very funny….yet very raw and vulnerable. At the end of this book I felt relief, I felt like I peeled back another layer. It’s not an easy task to deal with your issues. Susan deals through hers with humor and some sarcasm, but her points are very clear. I don’t know what God thinks about Susan’s book but I like to think God loves us most when we are honest and we are real and we lean on him for our understanding.

I could continue on in detail but it’s probably best for you to unpack this one yourself. I was excited to see that both Susan & Donald will be speaking in St. Louis this weekend! I’ll let you know how that goes! Right now I plan on going by myself…which I think is really okay. It’s been a very long year and I’ve learned a lot about me and about how I react and relate to other people. I’ve noticed my strengths and weaknesses and I’ve realized that these can sometimes be interchangeable. I’ve learned to walk by faith through a very long, dark night. I’ve learned a lot about obedience and how terrifying and uncomfortable that can be!

Through it all I’ve learned….that I still have a lot to learn!!