About the Book:
AN INVITATION TO BREATHE
Catastrophe or no catastrophe, if you are unhinged, disoriented, suffocating, or otherwise generally dragging, I'm inviting you to pull up a chair at this table . .
Breathing Room is a beautiful release of self-condemnation, a discovery of the rest that comes when we offer ourselves some space to breathe. Vulnerable and winsome, Leeana Tankersley shows you how to stop beating yourself up, how to be radically on your own team, and how to truly experience grace. If you've been putting on a strong front and yet are secretly coming apart, you'll find in these pages a trusted friend.
My Thoughts:
“If you can’t breathe, stop. Never move or act of that place. Wait until you can breathe…Do the exact
opposite of what that anxious defensiveness is convincing you that you must
do. The. Exact. Opposite. Just be still.” (p.66)
“I look to Christ who, last time I checked,
has not asked me to do his job for him.” (p.68)
“Show up and participate in what life has in
front of you, in what God is doing in your life. Continue to lean in. Continue to open your eyes. Continue to scout the beauty. Continue to create. Continue to love. Continue to get well. Continue to breathe. (p. 207)
Leeana
Tankersley’s latest book, breathing room, has been a healing balm to my
heart. It has been like sitting down
with a trusted friend and listening to her share her heart, and then, in turn,
sharing my own heart – with God. What a
gift! Leeana uses her experience in a foreign country – with three toddlers –
and a Navy SEAL husband who is gone a lot – to frame a common place that all
believers find themselves in when they forget to breathe. To breathe the love, the redemptive freedom,
the solid foundation of relationship with Christ – and be nourished and be made
whole. When we allow the lies of the
enemy to be the voice who constantly tells us how undeserving, how unloved, how
imperfect we are, we forget to breathe in the truth of God’s love for us and
the relationship He offers us daily. And
we must choose daily, to walk with Him despite what our circumstances may say
about us.
I’ve pretty
much highlighted this book to death.
Leeana has a way of stating things so clearly, so personally, so
succinctly, I found myself thinking, “Yeah!
That’s right! That’s how I feel!
I need to remember this!” Then,
by the time I reached the end of the book, I found myself thinking, “I can have
this same, honest, close relationship with God that Leeana does – despite the
yuck I’m currently navigating in my life.
God knew the
need of my heart, and He sent encouragement and words of life through the Leeana
Tankersley’s book, breathing room. I am SO GRATEFUL!! How I praise God for this book! I encourage everyone to absorb the truth in
this book! If you are struggling,
hurting, are discouraged, defeated…you need to read this book! If you just come through a challenge and
everything is great, you need to read this book. Every believer will recognize this journey. Everyone will rejoice in God’s faithfulness to
walk us through whatever trial we face, even if it is the voice of our own
defeat, and show His love toward us through His renewed mercy – day by
day. What a gift!
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