Kristen Kill - Finding Selah: The Simple Practice of Peace When You Need It Most

In a world of busy bodies and busy hearts, Kristen does a masterful job guiding us back to the source of our restGods inspired prayer book for all times, all places, all situations, and all people typesthat we know as the Psalms. Perhaps there is no more relevant time than now to reacquaint ourselves with these inspired, life-giving prayers. Thank you, Kristen, for putting a spotlight on a peace thats always been, and is ever still, ours for the asking.

SCOTT SAULS, senior pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville,
Tennessee and author of Befriend and From Weakness to Strength

In a world where chaos and struggles seem to await us around every corner, Kristen uses her beautifully penned words to point us to a God who is waiting for us to simply rest in Him. She points us to the one who calms our souls and shows up in our lives when we least expect it. You will cry in this book, you will laugh in this book, and you will smile while reading, but most of all, you will see a God who sees His children. You will read about a God who cares about His children and cares about you. You will feel loved while reading this book.

JAMIE IVEY, host of the podcast The Happy Hour with
Jamie Ivey, and author of If You Only Knew

At the end of the day, so many of us are searching for the same thing: peace. The search itself can be one of dissonant struggle when we wrestle and stress and exhaustedly strive to untangle all that stands in our way. In Finding Selah, Kristen Kill is a most empathetic and understanding guide in the journey to a peaceful spirit. Alongside this tender and gracious friend, we discover that peace isnt so much a state of being to achieve, as it is embodied most fully in a person named Jesus.

LOGAN WOLFRAM, author of Curious Faith, speaker,
and host/CEO of the Allume Conference

Finding Selah meets us right in middle of our hurried, harried, scheduled, and striving lives, and woos us to the kind of rest that doesnt require change in location or change in circumstances. Kristen shows us how peace and rest is found in receiving from God in the mundane, the chaos, the heartaches, and in everyday moments we might otherwise miss Him. Eyes that see, ears that listen, and hearts redirectedthats the path to rest Finding Selah offers.

RUTH CHOU SIMONS, mom of 6, artist, bestselling author
of GraceLaced, and founder of GraceLaced.com

Beautifully woven with grace and truth, Finding Selah extends a gentle invitation to hold on to hope when were feeling weary and discover the peace that comes when our daily rhythms are rooted in Him.

RUTH SCHWENK, coauthor of Pressing Pause
and founder of TheBetterMom.com

Selah is God reaching out to every womans heart with the pause we long for and somehow sense were missing, whether we know it or not. The invitation to rest and be stillto be guilt-freeis one that every mom needs to receive again and again in the midst of a world whose every refrain is more more more, louder louder louder! In Finding Selah, Kristen gently walks us through the process of being vulnerable with God through joy and heartache, allowing Him to sing over and refresh us with His love and approval.

JAMIE C. MARTIN, author of Give Your Child the World
and cofounder of SimpleHomeschool.net

"These pages, they sing. In our cacophony of a world, Kristin Kill gently, artfully, and masterfully invites us back to the quiet of Him. Ill gift this book, over and over again.

SARA HAGERTY, author of Every Bitter Thing is Sweet and Unseen

"After reading Finding Selah, I just exhaled. With beautiful, life-giving, artful words, Kristen unfolds a story and a hope for all of us who are desperate to breathe and find rest in the middle of our overwhelm. Finding Selah is a book to savor."

SARAH MAE, coauthor of Desperate:
Hope for the Mom Who Needs to Breathe

Kristen cares about the heart of women, and she cares about the heart of God. This is so incredibly evident in her book, and youll be blessed to slow down, settle in, and find selah in her words and in His Word. Youll be so thankful you read this, and youll want to pass it around your friend group or buy one for all the gals you know. Thanks, Kristen, for leading the women of our generation so beautifully!

JESS CONNOLLY, coauthor of Wild and Free
and author of Dance, Stand, Run

Beautifully written and masterfully woven together, Finding Selah is chock-full of soul-stirring stories and truth that surrounds the reader in a peaceful, restful way. Even the most stressed, desperate, and overwhelmed will find respite between each of the words that Kristen Kill writes. Finding Selah offers a soothing and calming encounter that will forever change even the most restless and reminds all of us that knowing God and His peace makes all the difference in the way we live in the world.

CHRYSTAL EVANS HURST, author of Shes Still There

Crazy busy is a feeling I think most, if not all, of us are well aquatinted with. No matter what season of life we are in, our days can feel so hurried and hectic. Maybe its even fair to say we feel like weve been taken hostage to our frenzied schedules, and no matter how hard we try, we cant attain the peace we crave. Or we do find it, but it all too quickly slips through our busy hands. This is why Im so grateful for the inspired words my friend Kristen Kill has penned in Finding Selah. Kristen shows us how doing life in a new rhythma rhythm of rest that is anchored in graceis not only possible but promised to those who accept Gods invitation to daily intimacy with Him.

JEANNIE CUNNION, author of Mom Set Free

ZONDERVAN

Finding Selah

Copyright 2018 by Kristen Kill

Requests for information should be addressed to:

Zondervan, 3900 Sparks Dr. SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546

Epub Edition November 2017 ISBN 9780310347026

ISBN 978-0-310-34706-4 (audio)

ISBN 978-0-310-34702-6 (ebook)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Kill, Kristen, author.

Title: Finding selah : the simple practice of peace when you need it most / Kristen Kill.

Description: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Zondervan, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017033402 | ISBN 9780310347699 (softcover)

Subjects: LCSH: Peace of mindReligious aspectsChristianity. | Christian life.

Classification: LCC BV4908.5 .K55 2018 | DDC 248.4dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017033402

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