Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations with Frederick Buechner by Frederick Buechner
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book goes on my devotional classics shelf, alongside my leatherbound copies of My Utmost For His Highest, Streams in the Desert, and The Valley of Vision. In the spiritual tradition of self-examination, Buechner strikes a chord with me on so many subjects. His way of expressing what I feel is note perfect. For example, “Faith in God is less apt to proceed from miracles than miracles from faith in God.” A sentence like this motivates me to look for miracles throughout my day. His treatise on memory in the November section and the power of stories in the August and December sections gave me much to ponder.

A good devotional will challenge the believer to consider more deeply the meaning of life. Buechner’s insights affirm some of my own observations. Sentences like  “Sin is easier to write about than grace…” make me smile. So true!  Thoughts like “We can love him, we can learn from him, but we can come to know him only by following him–” cause me to question the depth of my faith. That he is both a theologian and a novelist seems fitting. His words speak to my heart.

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