Finding Selah
The Simple Practice of Peace When You Need It Most
- Prayer & Spiritual Formation
- Publisher: Zondervan
- Published: 2018
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Publisher's Description
That something you’ve been looking for in the empty stress of your mad-dash days? It has a name. The Psalms call it selah—the pause, rest, or interlude between the notes in a song. More than merely an empty space, selah is a chance to stop and resync with the story and song of God. For all the ways life keeps you running, this word and practice offers a way to re-center yourself on the One who holds all things together and makes all things beautiful. Stretched beyond her capacity in caring for a large family in the middle of Manhattan, Kristen Kill was exhausted, depressed, and desperate for a change. Then something sparked within her when she read the Psalms, and found that often all that stood between the psalmist’s cries for help and celebrations of praise was this simple word, selah. Join Kristen in Finding Selah for a journey that will transform the way you think about work, rest, and the little spaces in between that make all the difference. This book will show you how to tune your ear to the song God is singing over you, embrace the “selah moments” able to transform your daily rhythms, and most of all, encounter the ultimate Selah in Christ, who stands in the gap between heaven and your most hectic of days. There is hope for the dissonance you feel. Finding Selah will show you not only how to sing a new song, but to live a new way.
Endorsements (11)
“In a world of busy bodies and busy hearts, Kristen does a masterful job guiding us back to the source of our rest—God’s inspired prayer book for all times, all places, all situations, and all people types—that we know as the Psalms. Perhaps there is no more relevant time than now to reacquaint ourselves with these inspired, life-giving prayers. Thank you, Kristen, for putting a spotlight on a peace that’s always been, and is ever still, ours for the asking.”
“In a world where chaos and struggles seem to await us around every corner, Kristen uses her beautifully penned words to point us to a God who is waiting for us to simply rest in Him. She points us to the one who calms our souls and shows up in our lives when we least expect it. You will cry in this book, you will laugh in this book, and you will smile while reading, but most of all, you will see a God who sees His children. You will read about a God who cares about His children and cares about you. You will feel loved while reading this book.”
“At the end of the day, so many of us are searching for the same thing: peace. The search itself can be one of dissonant struggle when we wrestle and stress and exhaustedly strive to untangle all that stands in our way. In Finding Selah, Kristen Kill is a most empathetic and understanding guide in the journey to a peaceful spirit. Alongside this tender and gracious friend, we discover that peace isn’t so much a state of being to achieve, as it is embodied most fully in a person named Jesus.”
“Finding Selah meets us right in middle of our hurried, harried, scheduled, and striving lives, and woos us to the kind of rest that doesn’t require change in location or change in circumstances. Kristen shows us how peace and rest is found in receiving from God in the mundane, the chaos, the heartaches, and in everyday moments we might otherwise miss Him. Eyes that see, ears that listen, and hearts redirected—that’s the path to rest Finding Selah offers.”
“Beautifully woven with grace and truth, Finding Selah extends a gentle invitation to hold on to hope when we’re feeling weary and discover the peace that comes when our daily rhythms are rooted in Him.”
“Selah” is God reaching out to every woman’s heart with the pause we long for and somehow sense we’re missing, whether we know it or not. The invitation to rest and be still—to be guilt-free—is one that every mom needs to receive again and again in the midst of a world whose every refrain is “more more more, louder louder louder!” In Finding Selah, Kristen gently walks us through the process of being vulnerable with God through joy and heartache, allowing Him to sing over and refresh us with His love and approval.”
“These pages, they sing. In our cacophony of a world, Kristin Kill gently, artfully, and masterfully masterfully invites us back to the quiet of Him. I’ll gift this book, over and over again.”
“After reading Finding Selah, I just exhaled. With beautiful, life-giving, artful words, Kristen unfolds a story and a hope for all of us who are desperate to breathe and find rest in the middle of our overwhelm. Finding Selah is a book to savor.”
“Kristen cares about the heart of women, and she cares about the heart of God. This is so incredibly evident in her book, and you’ll be blessed to slow down, settle in, and find selah in her words and in His Word. You’ll be so thankful you read this, and you’ll want to pass it around your friend group or buy one for all the gals you know. Thanks, Kristen, for leading the women of our generation so beautifully!”
“Beautifully written and masterfully woven together, Finding Selah is chock-full of soul-stirring stories and truth that surrounds the reader in a peaceful, restful way. Even the most stressed, desperate, and overwhelmed will find respite between each of the words that Kristen Kill writes. Finding Selah offers a soothing and calming encounter that will forever change even the most restless and reminds all of us that knowing God and His peace makes all the difference in the way we live in the world.”
“Crazy busy is a feeling I think most, if not all, of us are well aquatinted with. No matter what season of life we are in, our days can feel so hurried and hectic. Maybe it’s even fair to say we feel like we’ve been taken hostage to our frenzied schedules, and no matter how hard we try, we can’t attain the peace we crave. Or we do find it, but it all too quickly slips through our busy hands. This is why I’m so grateful for the inspired words my friend Kristen Kill has penned in Finding Selah. Kristen shows us how doing life in a new rhythm— a rhythm of rest that is anchored in grace—is not only possible but promised to those who accept God’s invitation to daily intimacy with Him.”
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