I've heard wonderful things about this devotional. In fact I was gifted it during a difficult time in my life, because it's such a highly recommended devotional. Though, I had difficulty reading it. That was my personal experience. The author writes as though Jesus is talking to us directly. However, I know it's is the writer's words, so it was hard for me to read from this point of view. With language being used as though it was God writing, it was difficult reading this from something other than the Bible.