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    Unseen: The Gift of Being Hidden in a World That Loves to Be Noticed
    Unseen: The Gift of Being Hidden in a World That Loves to Be Noticed
    Unseen: The Gift of Being Hidden in a World That Loves to Be Noticed
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    Unseen: The Gift of Being Hidden in a World That Loves to Be Noticed

    Written by Sara Hagerty and Jefferson and Alyssa Bethke

    Narrated by Katie Reed

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    How do we find contentment in God when we feel so hidden?

    Sara Hagerty unfolds the truths found in the biblical story of Mary of Bethany to discover the scandalous love of God and explore the spiritual richness of being hidden in him.

    Every heart longs to be seen and understood. Yet most of our lives is unwitnessed. We spend our days working, driving, parenting. We sometimes spend whole seasons feeling unnoticed and unappreciated.

    In Unseen, Sara Hagerty suggests that this is exactly what God intended. He is the only One who truly knows us. He is the only One who understands the value of the unseen in our lives. When this truth seeps into our souls, we realize that only when we hide ourselves in God can we give ourselves to others in true freedom--and know the joy of a deeper relationship with the God who sees us.

    Our culture applauds what we can produce, what we can show, what we can upload to social media. Only when we give all of ourselves to God--unedited, abandoned, apparently wasteful in its lack of productivity--can we live out who God created us to be. As Hagerty writes, "Maybe my seemingly unproductive, looking-up-at-Him life produces awe among the angels."

    Through an eloquent exploration of both personal and biblical story, Hagerty calls us to offer every unseen minute of our lives to God. God is in the secret places of our lives that no one else witnesses. But we've not been relegated to these places. We've been invited.

    We may be "wasting" ourselves in a hidden corner today: The cubicle on the fourth floor. The hospital bedside of an elderly parent. The laundry room. But these are the places God uses to meet us with a radical love. These are the places that produce the kind of unhinged love in us that gives everything at His feet, whether or not anyone else ever proclaims our name, whether or not anyone else ever sees.

    God's invitation is not just for a season or a day. It is the question of our lives: "When no one else applauds you, when it makes no sense, when you see no results--will you waste your love on Me?"

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZondervan
    Release dateAug 29, 2017
    ISBN9780310350538
    Author

    Sara Hagerty

    Sara Hagerty is a lifelong admirer of words. She's experienced their power to revive. The way she sees and crafts words comes from her love for God and his Word. Sara is married to her favorite person, Nate, and she's a mother of seven--four adopted from Africa and three through surprise miracle pregnancies. She's also a bestselling author and speaker who has found the significance of words whispered in hidden places as conversation with and worship to God as well as written in tearful honesty and shared with her readers. Today Sara's words offer God's hope to readers facing unexpected life circumstances. You can follow her on Instagram at @sarahagertywrites and on Substack at sarahagerty.substack.com.

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    • 5/5
      As someone who suffers daily with physical pain, I was refreshed by Sara Hagerty’s words of God finding me in my pain and moments when I feel completely forgotten by everybody else. Wow, what a dazzling God I have, He always sees and knows me. Bravo sister, I am delighted by this book!

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    • 5/5
      A must read ?? esp. in this season of wanting to be known, just a great reminder of what really matters.

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    • 5/5
      Such a deep book full of God’a heart. I felt very understood reading this book, and think everyone who struggles with comparison, striving and wanting to be recognized would benefit from this. So so good!
    • 2/5
      Unfortunately, I could not finish this book. I made it about 75% through and it is very rare for me not to be able to finish a book that I start. This is probably the first time in years that I was not able to get through a book. Every chapter in this book felt the same to me.

      This was not what I thought it would be about and I kept attempting to come back to it, but found it very irrelevant to my life. I could not relate to any of the examples that she gave. There were a few scattered nuggets of truth throughout, but the book was a very boring read overall.

      I still gave this book 2 stars, because while it is not relevant for me it may be for someone else. You may like this book if you are a parent, especially a parent of adoptive children. It also has beautiful cover art.

      I received a free copy of this book from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.