The Book Depository Abandonment to Divine Providence by Jean-Pierre De Caussade
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Description: Abandonment to Divine Providence : Paperback : Dover Publications Inc. : 9780486464268 : 0486464261 : 19 May 2008 : God hides behind simple daily activities; finding Him is a matter of surrender to His will. That's the message of this inspirational classic, which has guided generations to spiritual peace. The Book Depository Abandonment to Divine Providence by Jean-Pierre De Caussade - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Author: M.H. SILVERWOOD
Rating: 5
Review: This is not a long book that might deter readers by its size. It is a slim volume (114pp) which is well worth reading in small considered doses. Fortunately it is divided into many short sections. If you are the sort of person who likes to THINK, not necessarily meditate, I can recommend this. Every so often there is a real gem of a thought. Most people have fairly dull or routine lives, many have to spend a lot of their time doing chores, or other dull things. Has this dull time any value? Perhaps we waste hours of life in traffic jams nowadays - well De Caussade has thoughts on the ordinary frustrations of life. He suggests that they do indeed have value. Great value! His reasoning is simple and there is a warmth behind it which reflects someone who cares about ordinary folk. Remarkable for its time, this eighteenth century book has much to say to us in the modern world. It should be better known. Thoroughly recommended.
Author: Leone
Rating: 1
Review: I found this book very wishy washy-it was hard to get hold of anything concrete. The author seems to be saying again and again 'abandon yourself to divine providence' without saying how you would do this. He says. 'The soul should only proceed according to the inspiration of the Holy Spirit for if it were to act according to its own ideas it would make no progress,' but he does not tell how you can be sure you are following the Holy Spirit and not your own ideas masquerading as divine will. The author suggests several times that reading books will not help you whilst writing the same basic idea at length for you to read. He seems to be saying accept whatever happens to you as the will of God ( I may have got that wrong-the writing is not of the clearest) without qualifying this in any way.
