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God In The City Analysis

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Every experience turns into a story. Stories are each unique and present valuable lessons and themes to the audience. God in the City by Shawn Casselberry is a collection of powerful experiences of how God has brought transformation. There were two themes that really stuck out to me as I read this book. Potential and finding resting in our “busy” life is two themes’ that stuck out because I could relate to them personally.
I pretend and tell people that God has given me a gift to see potential in people and their endeavors. I believe whole heartily that if everyone in the world achieved their dreams in life and pursued their potential the world would not be in the shape that it is. On page 194-195 there is a story of drug dealers who stated, “Do you think we want to …show more content…

People, including myself, believe we are busier than we actually are. We have a long list of things that need to be completed in a day and when we are interrupted from our schedule we tend to be peeved by the inconvenience of another persons problems or even joys. On page 92 there is a quote by Henri Nouwen that brought light to my “busy” life. “My whole life I have been complaining that my work was constantly interrupted, unless I discovered the interruptions were my work.” This quote made me wonder how many opportunities I miss in a day to share Gods love because I am too busy for those special moments. This theme was meaning to me because there is great importance in slowing down and not rushing from thing to thing. Dr. Pardee at SAU would always state in class that, “The Devil would love to distract you with business.” Being too busy is a poor excuse to do the Lords precious work than what am I saying to him? I am currently trying to slow my pace and just ask God for opening eyes to opportunities he is putting in front of me. The theme of rest is an important lesson to

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