Habits Of The Heart by Kathleen Butler – Book Review

Habits of the Heart: 365 Daily Exercises for Living like Jesus – Book Review

If you want to grow spiritually, what are you doing differently this year to change your life? As author Katherine J. Butler notes in Habits Of The Heart:

If you want to change your life, you have to do something different.

Habits of the Heart: 365 Daily Exercises for Living like Jesus is a tiny devotional with a rather unassuming cover that you can pick up and read in a minute or two each day – but don’t let the brevity of each day’s offerings fool you. By focusing on one key aspect of our faith each week, and offering us Scripture to meditate upon and a daily habit to practice until it becomes a habit, Kathleen introduces us to 52 spiritual disciplines and paves the way for lasting change in our lives.

Katherine’s approach to spiritual growth – simple, uncomplicated, focused on basics – is a refreshing change for those of us who are exhausted from filling our lives with one complicated program after another. The strength of this book isn’t that it’s filled with answers to complex theological questions, but that it’s filled with questions to spiritual essentials that you’re left to ponder and explore during your quiet times with God and the quiet in-between moments of your days.

When I first ordered Habits Of The Heart, I was concerned that the book would be a bit too basic for me, but in this season of resting in the Lord, listening daily for His voice and guidance, and simplifying my life, I’m finding it a perfect companion for my journey!

I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars.