He Loves Me, He Loves Me NOT: A Memoir of Finding Faith, Hope and Happily Ever After
by Trish Ryan
Published by FaithWords
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Reviewed by Jamie Driggers
When Trish Ryan was in the midst of her idyllic childhood, she knew two things: God loved her, and one day he would send her a Handsome Prince. But, her thoughts on God and men were pretty much self-generated and quickly intermingled to a single passion. Her quest for spiritual fulfillment centered around finding a man and her happily ever after. Born Catholic, she went through years trying astrology, feng shui and any other spiritual road that offered fulfillment if only she could bend the universe to her thinking. Increasingly despondent, she heard God speak. Could she “take Jesus seriously?”
This is an extraordinarily powerful book in the right hands. For all of the women’s lib many of us were raised under, still most women at least secretly harbor the hope that a handsome prince will seek us out and love us for who we are, cinders and all. We ache to be loved. And we clamor for peace. Trish writes this in a thoroughly enchanting way.
She is brutally honest about her spiritual quest and her quest for a husband–and the distinct parallels between the two. Not only that, but the heartbreak she suffers at each crossroads. And when she begins to describe “Christians,” she doesn’t throw the lingo around assuming readers understand. She beaks it down into what it really means in everyday language. And she is believable because she lived it.
I think this book is great for two audiences: The Christians and the “Decidedly Not” Christians. Christians should read this to see what the world’s understanding of spirituality really is and how ridiculous the “lingo” sounds when you don’t understand it. And for those spiritual seekers out there, always looking to achieve spirituality but not quite finding it, oh, I hope they will also pick it up.
This book is just a phenomenal resource on so many levels. Don’t assume it isn’t for you, because there is a fair chance that it is.
Armchair Interview says: A book worth checking out.
Author’s Web site: http://www.TrishRyanOnline.com