Closer than Your Skin

Unwrapping the Mystery of Intimacy with God by Susan D. Hill

What growing Christian doesn’t desire intimacy with God?

“People yearn for a genuine connection with God to the point where they accept substitute gods they can see and touch.”

Author Susan Hill’s authentic voice comes through loud and clear in her book about finding intimacy with God. She doesn’t claim this book is a “theological case for hearing God’s voice” and she doesn’t pretend to be an authority. Just someone whose taken notes along the way and hopes readers might find “something beyond the familiar and the formulaic, and see the possibilities for knowing God.”

She explains how this book is sort of a memoir of how she discovered God was interacting with her all throughout her life, beginning in her childhood and how she learned to hear God’s voice by noticing occurrences in her life were more than coincidences.

I’m only a quarter of the way through the book but can relate to Susan’s journey toward intimacy with God. I believe her stories will relate to many Christians who have been brought up in the church, yet still yearned for an authentic relationship with God. She documents her struggles to connect to God during different stages of her life, her struggles with sin, how God’s presence was all around her, and how he had a hand on her life, though she took a while to learn how God operated in her life.

Susan Hill traces her discovery of a vibrant companionship with God and shows how it can become an everyday reality for anyone. Through stirring stories from her life, she assures readers that knowing God is more than spiritual rhetoric; it’s reality for those who learn to recognize His voice.

I am so excited to dig into this book during the Lent season! And I’m going to pass on the blessing! One lucky winner will receive this books thanks to the generosity of Waterbrook Press! If you’re not the lucky winner, I encourage you to get your own copy here!

Susan D. Hill is an award-winning feature writer and a leader of interdenominational women’s groups, where she has sought answers to the common longing for a more authentic spiritual experience. She also serves on the board of the Uganda Orphans Fund, a non-profit Christian relief organization building orphan homes for victims of AIDS and war. Susan and her husband, Duncan, have three children and live in Montana.

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