I’ve been looking forward to reading Finding Spiritual Whitespace for five years now. Somehow, it got buried under all my other review books and never was read, until I found it recently and read it the first chance I got. After hearing good things about this book, I was glad to finally see what people are talking about—and what an interesting book!

Sharing parts of her life story, Bonnie dives into the rejection she felt as a child and the chaos in her life as a result of her parent’s divorce when she was quite young. She had a lot of struggles to go through as an adult, then, as she was trying to work toward forgiveness. Along with her story, Bonnie gives practical thoughts about following the Lord. She also gives prompts for ways to help to unpack and heal from your own past, as well as prompts for things to talk to the Lord about.

I really appreciated the focus on Jesus and His healing work in our lives in this book. I didn’t take time to do the prompts at the end of each chapter but feel like I would have had a much richer reading experience if I had. There’s a lot of good thoughts here, not only talking about working through the past but also learning to trust Jesus for our present as well. And, of course, one of the main encouragements in this book is taking time for whitespace—times to rest and recharge with Jesus. There’s a lot packed into this book, and if you need encouragement in your life, I’d recommend you read it. I really appreciated it.

I requested a free review copy of this book, and this is my honest opinion of it.