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When Heaven Feels Distant
When our lives seem off course and constantly heading downhill despite our best efforts to keep the commandments and follow the Savior, our knee-jerk response is often to question God's motives, concern, and love for us. Like the Apostles on the stormy sea of Galilee, we may wonder, "Why does the Master sleep?" Why does God seem to keep His distance when we need His guidance most? Tyler Griffin, an associate professor of Ancient Scripture at BYU, strives to offer hope and perspective to those who feel isolated and distant from heaven, especially when those distant feelings are compounded by confusion, frustration, and deep hurts that spread over time. This book seeks to reaffirm and fortify faith in Christ amid the storms of life, and to help readers find a true sense of connection with the almighty God of the universe, who holds worlds without number in His hands, but holds you and your loved ones in His heart.
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Published February 1, 2018
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March 5, 2018
this is an incredible book with lots of insights and perspectives to consider. It is super uplifting and helps us know that the Lord is super close to us.
I loved that the book ends with - the Lord isn't trying to get us into Heaven but rather is trying to get Heaven into us.
I loved that the book ends with - the Lord isn't trying to get us into Heaven but rather is trying to get Heaven into us.
March 4, 2024
This is a good book with some great reminders about God's love and goodness, even in the midst of trials and afflictions. Here are some of my favorite quotes:
"I acknowledge the goodness of God. Nothing I have written or accomplished is of any value without Him (p. x)."
"While lying in the ICU, he ached to comfort his young family... Tressie insisted that Tim try to eat, but nothing would stay down. Finally, she asked him if anything sounded appetizing. 'The only thing that comes to mind is banana bread,' Tim responded. 'But you don't even like banana bread.'... Tressie then informed Tim that she had a fresh loaf of banana bread back in Joshua's room at the children's hospital. One of the sisters from the local ward had just delivered it. She told Tressie that she had received an impression that morning to bake banana bread... he had tasted the reassurance and love of his Father in Heaven that he so desperately needed... He didn't know how things were going to work out, but he knew the Lord would never forsake him, and that gave him the determination to move forward, trusting in the Lord (p. 3)."
"I don't believe that people change because of things they see or hear alone; they ultimately change because of things they feel (p. 5)."
"During hard times, we ask each other, 'Do we need sympathy, solutions, or support?' (p. 5)"
"You are not alone. Your difficulties and pains are real. There are many who have gone before whose experiences can help us feel less isolated as we each take our turns passing through our own furnaces of affliction (p. 6)."
"Submit to the Lord and trust Him, especially when heaven feels distant (p. 6)."
"The Lord has helped me in the past; where is His steady, guiding hand now (p. 6)?"
"She could not find any words to say to comfort this dear mother. She just put her arms around Carole and they cried together. Carole, in a moment of profound honesty, simply said, 'I don't understand' (p. 7)."
"God could have prevented either untimely death, but He didn't. The Burnetts didn't know all of the answers, but they knew the Lord (p. 8)!"
"'Heavenly Fathe, bless my daddy, and if you need him more than us, you can have him. We want him, but Thy will be done. And please help us not to be mad at you' (p. 8)."
"The Lord has given us many answers and revealed true principles to guide us on the strait and narrow way that leads to eternal life and a fullness of joy in this life and the next... Know and feel how much you are loved and how close the Lord really is (p. 9)."
"The Lord had finally given her an answer. It was different from what she had anticipated, and it was given in a way she had not expected (p. 10)."
"It was one thing for her parents and teachers to share lessons about God, but it was an entirely different matter for her to be taught directly by Him (p. 11)."
"Heaven is closer than it feels (p. 11)."
"Jesus' presence does not guarantee a smooth ride through our sea of life, but heaven is never distant as long as we are in the same boat with the almighty Son of God (p. 13)."
"Many of us assume that diligent discipleship will guarantee a life of ease and minimal difficulties. The reality is that progression in the gospel, by design, is messy and muddy, riddled with storms of varying intensities (p. 13)."
"'If our lives and our faith are centered upon Jesus Christ and his restored gospel, nothing can ever go permanently wrong. On the other hand, if our lives are not centered on the Savior and his teachings, no other success can ever be permanently right' (Howard W. Hunter, p. 14)."
"There is no mention of anyone asking Jesus how He was feeling that day. People brought their needs and desires to Him, and He met their needs without drawing any attention to His own... Is it possible that Heavenly Father sent the multitudes to Jesus that day as part of a healing and consoling process?... perhaps He was never more connected to heaven than when He was surrounded by hungry crowds, ministering to their needs (p. 14)."
"Read the scriptures, learn about other people, and look for patterns of the Lord's guiding hand in their lives, thus making it easier to find that same divine mercy and grace in our own struggles (p. 17)."
"Nephi had great blessings, but he also had seen great afflictions (p. 18)."
"'Have I seen the hand of God reaching out to touch us or our children or our family today?' (Henry B. Eyring, p. 18)"
"Even when we seek and find His merciful hand, we are not guaranteed that our problems or concerns will instantly resolve. We do, however, gain a certain level of comfort knowing that the Lord is watching us and is fully aware of our situation (p. 19)."
"The way God will judge us in the future is largely determined by how we judge Him in the present (p. 22)."
"The Lord's love is easy to feel when everything is flowing smoothly in our lives. His commandments are easy to follow when we are basking in heavenly light. Discipleship gets more difficult, however, when clouds of opposition, rejection, temptation, or loss eclipse that warm light (p. 23)."
"No mortal escapes the realities of this undulation, with its cheery heights interspersed with equally dreadful depths (p. 24)."
"The Lord will call us many times to leave our comfort zones and enter wildernesses where we will be stretched beyond our current capacity (p. 25)."
"It is in the wilderness that he realizes he can't survive on his own (p. 26)."
"Did the Lord send Lehi's family into the wilderness to help them get somewhere, or to help them become something?... Consider how easy it would have been for God to instantaneously transport all the people and the brass plates across the ocean to the promised land. This would have bypassed the wilderness wanderings, backtracks, ship-building, and perilous ocean voyage. God could have given Lehi's group less adversity along the way (p. 27)."
"God could make everything flow smoothly for us, but He doesn't (p. 28)."
"Rather than dwelling on the difficulties of his life... Nephi shifted his focus... How much would Nephi have known about the goodness of God if his life had always been comfortable and predictable (p. 29)?"
"We saw the merciful hand of a loving Father in Heaven reminding us that we were not forsaken (p. 31)."
"Like Lehi in his dream, when we press forward, especially when the road ahead is dark and uncertain, we learn to trust in the Lord to guide us, we recognize His hand through the selfless service of others, and we become an extension of heaven when He helps us lift those around us on the path (p. 32)."
"'Do you have the faith not to be healed?' (David A. Bednar, p. 36)"
"Healing is not a result of desire, faith, and prayers alone (p. 36)."
"As we press forward through all the troughs and peaks of life, we will eventually arrive at that great day when we too will fall at His feet and partake of His sweet fruit (p. 38)."
"Through this miracle, Peter gained much-needed strength and experience as the Lord's instrument (p. 39)."
"God is not bound by time like we are (p. 40)."
"The Lord demonstrated that He is more interested in shaping us than He is in providing us a pain-free life of instant solutions to our problems (p. 42)."
"What a difference a day can make in following the Lord's direction (p. 43)!"
"God's prophets never guarantee a path of ease, but they always instill confidence in the Lord's promises--hence the need to stay current with the Lord's will for us today (p. 44)."
"As important as obedience and sacrifice are, our motivation is also critically important (p. 51)."
"The key is to continually monitor the intentions of our heart throughout the process and pray for help so our obedience will be consecrated for the welfare of our soul (p. 51)."
"When God's cosmic clock collides with our earthly wristwatch, we must trust that as our all-knowing Father, He can teach us to recognize and follow His guiding hands in both (p. 53)!"
"God's perfect timing is demonstrated in every interaction He has with His children (p. 54)."
"The Lord knew Enoch's limitations, but he also knew Enoch's capacity (p. 54)."
"God does not send us on errands alone. Rather, He invites us to walk with Him (p. 55)."
"We must submit to God as a child submits to his or her parents (p. 55)."
"The Lord's thoughts are not our thoughts, neither are our ways His ways, for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are His ways higher than our ways, and His thoughts higher than our thoughts (p. 56)."
"God's eternal goal is not great customer service; it is our eternal welfare (p. 57)."
"We stretch. We reach. We plead. We cling to hope. But most of all, we hold fast to the belief that God has our best interest in mind, even though we may not understand. We simply accept the fact that our perspective is greatly limited, while His is limitless and eternal (p. 58)."
"We love that for which we sacrifice; the greater the sacrifice, the greater the potential for love (p. 64)."
"It is understandable that God would often withhold many answers to our questions until we have the needed context to comprehend the truth (p. 65)."
"God gives us the very thing we fought for--freedom to think, feel, and act 'according to the dictates of our own conscience' (P. 66)."
"'You need time to meditate and ponder, to think, to wonder at the great plan of happiness that the Lord has outlined for His children' (Gordon B. Hinckley, p. 66)."
"Problems arise... when we use the combined wisdom of the world as a replacement for God when seeking answers to questions with eternal consequences (p. 68)."
"We plant these seeds in our hearts... if they are good, they will... swell within our hearts, enlarge our souls, enlighten our understanding, [be] delicious to us (p. 71)."
"We don't go to church to celebrate our perfection; we go to celebrate Christ's perfection and to plead for His help (p. 73)."
"Sometimes the answer to one question illuminates our path for one more step (p. 74)."
"Proceed in faith... It is easier for God to direct our path when we are moving forward than when we are sitting around, waiting for Him to tell us what to do (p. 77)."
"Heaven feels increasingly distant when we refuse to pay the price for gaining knowledge and peace (p. 83)."
"The Savior's mercy and grace extend to all of life's struggles, not just sin (p. 87)."
"The whole point of a covenant is that we combine all our resources and efforts with the Savior's (p. 99)."
"Upward progression and positive change were never intended to be accomplished alone or in isolation from the Savior's redeeming grace (p. 102)."
"An eternal perspective is essential (p. 104)."
"The Lord assures us that He loved our loved ones long before He brought them into our lives, and He will help us work with them, even if they have lost all hope (p. 104)."
"There was never a time with greater righteousness across the world (p. 107)."
"Sheep get lost because they have a propensity to put their heads down, start eating, and wander away (p. 113)."
"God is not to blame when people make decisions that are unwise or that put them in harm's way (p. 117)."
"The Lord is not limited by our past abuses, neglect, and scars (p. 121)."
"Without humility, life-enhancing lessons are less likely to sink in and become part of us (p. 121)."
"Grafting is a way for a husbandman to bring new opportunities for potential fruit to a tree (p. 122)."
"No matter how small or insignificant our efforts may seem, as we strive to draw near to Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ, we will come to better understand Their perfection (p. 124)."
"Heavenly Father did not delegate prayer to Jesus Christ. Ponder the significance of being not only invited but commanded to talk to the God of the universe (p. 126)."
"We sometimes hear silence as the answer to our prayers not because the Lord trusts us and wants us to use our agency, but perhaps because we lack real intent to act if we were to receive an answer (p. 130)."
"When heaven feels distant today, we can either wait for the Lord to come to us or we can actively seek Him (p. 133)."
"The Lord magnifies us and our resources when we appropriately sacrifice a little of the very thing we lack (p. 140)."
"Another essential connection with heaven is through the Lord's chosen servants (p. 142)."
"The Lord may not take away all our burdens, but He will walk our painful roads with us, in life or in death. Mortality's outcomes alone are not a good measure of God's care, concern, and power of deliverance (p. 144)."
"God is not merely seeking to get us into heaven; He is seeking to get heaven into us! (p. 151)"
"I acknowledge the goodness of God. Nothing I have written or accomplished is of any value without Him (p. x)."
"While lying in the ICU, he ached to comfort his young family... Tressie insisted that Tim try to eat, but nothing would stay down. Finally, she asked him if anything sounded appetizing. 'The only thing that comes to mind is banana bread,' Tim responded. 'But you don't even like banana bread.'... Tressie then informed Tim that she had a fresh loaf of banana bread back in Joshua's room at the children's hospital. One of the sisters from the local ward had just delivered it. She told Tressie that she had received an impression that morning to bake banana bread... he had tasted the reassurance and love of his Father in Heaven that he so desperately needed... He didn't know how things were going to work out, but he knew the Lord would never forsake him, and that gave him the determination to move forward, trusting in the Lord (p. 3)."
"I don't believe that people change because of things they see or hear alone; they ultimately change because of things they feel (p. 5)."
"During hard times, we ask each other, 'Do we need sympathy, solutions, or support?' (p. 5)"
"You are not alone. Your difficulties and pains are real. There are many who have gone before whose experiences can help us feel less isolated as we each take our turns passing through our own furnaces of affliction (p. 6)."
"Submit to the Lord and trust Him, especially when heaven feels distant (p. 6)."
"The Lord has helped me in the past; where is His steady, guiding hand now (p. 6)?"
"She could not find any words to say to comfort this dear mother. She just put her arms around Carole and they cried together. Carole, in a moment of profound honesty, simply said, 'I don't understand' (p. 7)."
"God could have prevented either untimely death, but He didn't. The Burnetts didn't know all of the answers, but they knew the Lord (p. 8)!"
"'Heavenly Fathe, bless my daddy, and if you need him more than us, you can have him. We want him, but Thy will be done. And please help us not to be mad at you' (p. 8)."
"The Lord has given us many answers and revealed true principles to guide us on the strait and narrow way that leads to eternal life and a fullness of joy in this life and the next... Know and feel how much you are loved and how close the Lord really is (p. 9)."
"The Lord had finally given her an answer. It was different from what she had anticipated, and it was given in a way she had not expected (p. 10)."
"It was one thing for her parents and teachers to share lessons about God, but it was an entirely different matter for her to be taught directly by Him (p. 11)."
"Heaven is closer than it feels (p. 11)."
"Jesus' presence does not guarantee a smooth ride through our sea of life, but heaven is never distant as long as we are in the same boat with the almighty Son of God (p. 13)."
"Many of us assume that diligent discipleship will guarantee a life of ease and minimal difficulties. The reality is that progression in the gospel, by design, is messy and muddy, riddled with storms of varying intensities (p. 13)."
"'If our lives and our faith are centered upon Jesus Christ and his restored gospel, nothing can ever go permanently wrong. On the other hand, if our lives are not centered on the Savior and his teachings, no other success can ever be permanently right' (Howard W. Hunter, p. 14)."
"There is no mention of anyone asking Jesus how He was feeling that day. People brought their needs and desires to Him, and He met their needs without drawing any attention to His own... Is it possible that Heavenly Father sent the multitudes to Jesus that day as part of a healing and consoling process?... perhaps He was never more connected to heaven than when He was surrounded by hungry crowds, ministering to their needs (p. 14)."
"Read the scriptures, learn about other people, and look for patterns of the Lord's guiding hand in their lives, thus making it easier to find that same divine mercy and grace in our own struggles (p. 17)."
"Nephi had great blessings, but he also had seen great afflictions (p. 18)."
"'Have I seen the hand of God reaching out to touch us or our children or our family today?' (Henry B. Eyring, p. 18)"
"Even when we seek and find His merciful hand, we are not guaranteed that our problems or concerns will instantly resolve. We do, however, gain a certain level of comfort knowing that the Lord is watching us and is fully aware of our situation (p. 19)."
"The way God will judge us in the future is largely determined by how we judge Him in the present (p. 22)."
"The Lord's love is easy to feel when everything is flowing smoothly in our lives. His commandments are easy to follow when we are basking in heavenly light. Discipleship gets more difficult, however, when clouds of opposition, rejection, temptation, or loss eclipse that warm light (p. 23)."
"No mortal escapes the realities of this undulation, with its cheery heights interspersed with equally dreadful depths (p. 24)."
"The Lord will call us many times to leave our comfort zones and enter wildernesses where we will be stretched beyond our current capacity (p. 25)."
"It is in the wilderness that he realizes he can't survive on his own (p. 26)."
"Did the Lord send Lehi's family into the wilderness to help them get somewhere, or to help them become something?... Consider how easy it would have been for God to instantaneously transport all the people and the brass plates across the ocean to the promised land. This would have bypassed the wilderness wanderings, backtracks, ship-building, and perilous ocean voyage. God could have given Lehi's group less adversity along the way (p. 27)."
"God could make everything flow smoothly for us, but He doesn't (p. 28)."
"Rather than dwelling on the difficulties of his life... Nephi shifted his focus... How much would Nephi have known about the goodness of God if his life had always been comfortable and predictable (p. 29)?"
"We saw the merciful hand of a loving Father in Heaven reminding us that we were not forsaken (p. 31)."
"Like Lehi in his dream, when we press forward, especially when the road ahead is dark and uncertain, we learn to trust in the Lord to guide us, we recognize His hand through the selfless service of others, and we become an extension of heaven when He helps us lift those around us on the path (p. 32)."
"'Do you have the faith not to be healed?' (David A. Bednar, p. 36)"
"Healing is not a result of desire, faith, and prayers alone (p. 36)."
"As we press forward through all the troughs and peaks of life, we will eventually arrive at that great day when we too will fall at His feet and partake of His sweet fruit (p. 38)."
"Through this miracle, Peter gained much-needed strength and experience as the Lord's instrument (p. 39)."
"God is not bound by time like we are (p. 40)."
"The Lord demonstrated that He is more interested in shaping us than He is in providing us a pain-free life of instant solutions to our problems (p. 42)."
"What a difference a day can make in following the Lord's direction (p. 43)!"
"God's prophets never guarantee a path of ease, but they always instill confidence in the Lord's promises--hence the need to stay current with the Lord's will for us today (p. 44)."
"As important as obedience and sacrifice are, our motivation is also critically important (p. 51)."
"The key is to continually monitor the intentions of our heart throughout the process and pray for help so our obedience will be consecrated for the welfare of our soul (p. 51)."
"When God's cosmic clock collides with our earthly wristwatch, we must trust that as our all-knowing Father, He can teach us to recognize and follow His guiding hands in both (p. 53)!"
"God's perfect timing is demonstrated in every interaction He has with His children (p. 54)."
"The Lord knew Enoch's limitations, but he also knew Enoch's capacity (p. 54)."
"God does not send us on errands alone. Rather, He invites us to walk with Him (p. 55)."
"We must submit to God as a child submits to his or her parents (p. 55)."
"The Lord's thoughts are not our thoughts, neither are our ways His ways, for as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are His ways higher than our ways, and His thoughts higher than our thoughts (p. 56)."
"God's eternal goal is not great customer service; it is our eternal welfare (p. 57)."
"We stretch. We reach. We plead. We cling to hope. But most of all, we hold fast to the belief that God has our best interest in mind, even though we may not understand. We simply accept the fact that our perspective is greatly limited, while His is limitless and eternal (p. 58)."
"We love that for which we sacrifice; the greater the sacrifice, the greater the potential for love (p. 64)."
"It is understandable that God would often withhold many answers to our questions until we have the needed context to comprehend the truth (p. 65)."
"God gives us the very thing we fought for--freedom to think, feel, and act 'according to the dictates of our own conscience' (P. 66)."
"'You need time to meditate and ponder, to think, to wonder at the great plan of happiness that the Lord has outlined for His children' (Gordon B. Hinckley, p. 66)."
"Problems arise... when we use the combined wisdom of the world as a replacement for God when seeking answers to questions with eternal consequences (p. 68)."
"We plant these seeds in our hearts... if they are good, they will... swell within our hearts, enlarge our souls, enlighten our understanding, [be] delicious to us (p. 71)."
"We don't go to church to celebrate our perfection; we go to celebrate Christ's perfection and to plead for His help (p. 73)."
"Sometimes the answer to one question illuminates our path for one more step (p. 74)."
"Proceed in faith... It is easier for God to direct our path when we are moving forward than when we are sitting around, waiting for Him to tell us what to do (p. 77)."
"Heaven feels increasingly distant when we refuse to pay the price for gaining knowledge and peace (p. 83)."
"The Savior's mercy and grace extend to all of life's struggles, not just sin (p. 87)."
"The whole point of a covenant is that we combine all our resources and efforts with the Savior's (p. 99)."
"Upward progression and positive change were never intended to be accomplished alone or in isolation from the Savior's redeeming grace (p. 102)."
"An eternal perspective is essential (p. 104)."
"The Lord assures us that He loved our loved ones long before He brought them into our lives, and He will help us work with them, even if they have lost all hope (p. 104)."
"There was never a time with greater righteousness across the world (p. 107)."
"Sheep get lost because they have a propensity to put their heads down, start eating, and wander away (p. 113)."
"God is not to blame when people make decisions that are unwise or that put them in harm's way (p. 117)."
"The Lord is not limited by our past abuses, neglect, and scars (p. 121)."
"Without humility, life-enhancing lessons are less likely to sink in and become part of us (p. 121)."
"Grafting is a way for a husbandman to bring new opportunities for potential fruit to a tree (p. 122)."
"No matter how small or insignificant our efforts may seem, as we strive to draw near to Heavenly Father through Jesus Christ, we will come to better understand Their perfection (p. 124)."
"Heavenly Father did not delegate prayer to Jesus Christ. Ponder the significance of being not only invited but commanded to talk to the God of the universe (p. 126)."
"We sometimes hear silence as the answer to our prayers not because the Lord trusts us and wants us to use our agency, but perhaps because we lack real intent to act if we were to receive an answer (p. 130)."
"When heaven feels distant today, we can either wait for the Lord to come to us or we can actively seek Him (p. 133)."
"The Lord magnifies us and our resources when we appropriately sacrifice a little of the very thing we lack (p. 140)."
"Another essential connection with heaven is through the Lord's chosen servants (p. 142)."
"The Lord may not take away all our burdens, but He will walk our painful roads with us, in life or in death. Mortality's outcomes alone are not a good measure of God's care, concern, and power of deliverance (p. 144)."
"God is not merely seeking to get us into heaven; He is seeking to get heaven into us! (p. 151)"
December 30, 2017
the author has a great and very engaging writing style! I love the message this book shares and the faith promoting stories. I highly reccommend this book!
February 13, 2018
This book's title intrigued me, and it does contain some interesting insights for people struggling with their faith. But I found the author's examples to be superficial and not grounded in the reality of the truly painful events in life that often cause people to feel separated from God. For instance, one of the personal examples the author cites of a time when he felt distant from God was when he and his wife had a difficult time selling their home when they needed to move. While I don't pretend to diminish the trial this may have been in his life, it seems a far cry from the suffering caused by addiction, death, serious illness, and a host of other life challenges. So while the book does provide some solid guidance, it didn't move me like I anticipated.
August 31, 2018
I think Tyler Griffin sums up his book very well at the end: "His comforting promise is sure: "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away" (Revelation 21:4). This is one of my very favorite scripture verses. The author shares some of his own experiences and what he learned from them and reminds us to have faith in Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father, even throughout the difficulties in life. He also reminds us that God has a plan for us and loves us always.
July 16, 2024
I really enjoyed reading this book. I recommend this book to anyone that cares about their relationship with God and our Savior. There are many lessons taught in this book that can help us take a step back and see what we can do differently to receive answers and helps us gain a better understanding of how our Heavenly Father works with us.
Tyler Griffin is a very kind man with a genuine love of the gospel. I look forward to learning more from him in the future.
Tyler Griffin is a very kind man with a genuine love of the gospel. I look forward to learning more from him in the future.
December 13, 2024
Many powerful and insightful one-liners throughout (reminiscent of Elder Maxwell). Deep reminders of God’s love for us in various situations where we may perceive that we are alone or the heavens are coldly silent. I was just so impressed with this book that I can’t adequately explain. Each chapter just spoke to my heart and soul.
I first listened to this book but realized there was so much to stop, digest, and ponder. I am going to get the ebook so I can reread and annotate.
I first listened to this book but realized there was so much to stop, digest, and ponder. I am going to get the ebook so I can reread and annotate.
April 29, 2018
I really liked this book and the examples it used to show that God is there even when it doesn’t seem like it. I felt like I was being reminded of all the lessons I had already known when scriptural stories were used to drive home the point. This book is great for anyone that wants to learn more about trials and the way Heavenly Father answers us.
January 29, 2018
I didn’t want this book to end, it touched me. The author has a unique way of opening the scriptures up and learning to apply what I read into my own life. He shares personal experiences from personal experiences and also experiences from family and friends. This is a book I will read again.
March 6, 2018
I really enjoyed this book. Griffin presents the subject in a largely practical/anecdotal way and it works. I read this as a filler book, but it turned out to be quite inspirational and I'm glad I did.
September 25, 2018
I think this is one if the best spiritual books I've read. He talks about so many aspects of Heavenly Father and our relationship, what we need to do, what gets in our way, and how often we misinterpreted things. Her had some great stories that teach hard to grasp subjects.
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December 2, 2020Everyone feels alone, confused, hurt, or distant from Heaven at some point in their life. Tyler Griffin shares ways to overcome this and reaffirm and strengthen our faith in Jesus Christ. He suggests ways to fells closer to the God of the Universe.
I enjoyed this book very much.
I enjoyed this book very much.
February 9, 2018
Listened on audiobook then purchased---love!
February 21, 2018
Relevant and insightful.
February 21, 2018
A very insightful and inspirational book.
March 7, 2018
I really enjoyed this book and the thoughts it evoked as the book progressed. It was well written, was thought provoking, and strengthening for my spiritual beliefs.
March 23, 2018
Good little book, very basic. The personal stories weren't very inspiring to me. Good reminder to manage our expectations and keep our faith.
May 6, 2018
I enjoyed listening to this book. A reminder that God is in the details of our lives. He had some good scriptural interpretations.
September 21, 2018
Do you enjoy high school seminary teachers that like to hear their own stories told? Then this book is for you. Not a bad message, just no depth or real insight.
August 6, 2019
A good perspective on being patient and trusting in God.
August 9, 2019
Loved this book. Some very profound thoughts on the gospel Well worth any seekers time.
August 26, 2019
This was an uplifting read that gave some fresh insight on parables and scriptures that I’d read many times before.
December 28, 2020
I loved the different examples and focus on what we can do. The book helps bring a different perspective on why things happen or don't. I would recommend this to everyone.
January 29, 2021
Excellent
I gained a lot of deep insights and new ways of looking at life and the scriptures thru this book. It was well worth the time and I highly recommend.
I gained a lot of deep insights and new ways of looking at life and the scriptures thru this book. It was well worth the time and I highly recommend.
April 18, 2022
Heaven is closer than you think!
Brother Griffin brings into clear focus the incomparable relationship we have with our Heavenly Father and our Savior Jesus Christ.
Brother Griffin brings into clear focus the incomparable relationship we have with our Heavenly Father and our Savior Jesus Christ.
March 6, 2025
I listened to this book on Deseret Bookshelf +, and now I want to buy a hardcopy so I can reread it and take notes!
May 25, 2018
One of the most helpful and inspiring books I have ever read!
August 6, 2019
A positive perspective in not giving up when the Lord feels hard to reach
July 12, 2019
Wonderful to listen to on CD. The author shared some wonderful insights, along with the doctrine related to trusting in the Lord's timing and purposes.
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