LivingLoved: Recognizing and Responding to God lets the reader into the private andintimate areas of the author's heart and mind. Many writers, pastors, orspiritual leaders encourage others to let God into their lives by telling Biblestories, giving snippets of generalized accounts about their own or othersexperiences, and by sharing philosophical viewpoints. Although not a "how-to"book, Living Loved details one person's coming to live in close, personalfriendship with God. Author Laurice Shafer writes for the person who haswondered about someone else's spiritual life, hoping to find encouragement fortheir own experience of God. She tells of God's efforts to bring her intofriendship with Him, describing it as it was...defects of character are acknowledged,God's specific interventions described, heart to heart communication between awoman and her God detailed, and healing and growth in human relationshipsexplored. The hope that comes with experiencing God and His power to restoreresounds in this book.