Closer Than Your Skin

by: Susan D. Hill

Published by: Water Brook Press (February release)

Reviewed by Sarah van Ingen

Closer Than Your Skin was written for all those who have ever wanted more from religion than what lies within the four walls of a church. Author Susan Hill was such a person. After asking Christ into her life at a young age, Hill grew weary of what “church” had to offer. She threw herself into all sorts of religious activity, and yet that lifestyle only left her exhausted and longing for something real—a true point of connection with this God that she served.

Inspired by the promises in the Bible and the example of others who dared to look for more, Susan Hill did something revolutionary in our day. She stopped. And she waited. And she listened.

In Closer Than Your Skin, Hill tells the remarkable story of how she found personal intimacy with God. What makes this story so compelling is its ordinariness. Hill is a normal woman who has experienced her fair share of the ups and downs of life. She wasn’t born with extraordinary powers, nor did this intimacy with God spring from any one miraculous event. Rather, Hill learned to overcome self-condemnation and began to believe that God loved her with passion, and that he wanted to communicate that love.

Once this belief took root, Hill began to listen for what God might be saying. Slowly, as the days passed, she came to recognize the voice of Love. God started speaking to her through scripture, friends, movies, dreams, and other life circumstances. Each communication seems ordinary enough. But taken all together, the sum of the communication is stunning. Hill found what she was looking for. She found a living, two-way relationship with God. It thrilled her to her core, and now she’s shared her secret of listening.

Hill’s writing is both enjoyable and mature. Readers who are just beginning a faith journey will find this book captivating and inspiring, while those of deep faith will enjoy its depth of insight. Hill shows us that, hidden within the ordinary, there is an extraordinary relationship with God available to each one of us.

Armchair Interviews agrees.

Author’s Web site: http://www.CloserThanYourSkin.com