Donkeys Still Talk: Hearing God's Voice When You're Not Listening

by Virelle Kidder

Book Overview

God uses the oddest things to grab our full attention. Just ask the Old Testament prophet Balaam -- God used a donkey to speak to him! The donkeys in our own lives can be difficult people,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576834603
• ISBN13: 9781576834602
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: NavPress Publishing Group
• Length: 172 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Good Book, Good advice

A "donkey" can be a difficult person or an unforeseen situation that comes into our lives, often without warning. Who among us hasn't had to deal with one or two of those? We may not always appreciate these distracting and unwelcomed intrusions, but according to author Virelle Kidder, we can learn from them. In fact, sometimes the very reason these "donkeys" are in our lives might be to teach us something. Virelle Kidder is a wonderful writer, and her newest book DONKEYS STILL TALK is both enjoyable and uplifting. I would recommend it to anyone dealing with a difficult situation in his or her life.

Save therapy costs--buy this book

I loved Virelle Kidder's soft, friendly manner of writing to encourage me to change how I view the tough interruptions of my life. I was particularly helped with her chapter about unburdening the beast--which helped me realistically view how I tend to blame others, hold onto bitterness, take myself too seriously and lean toward other unattractive characteristics such as anger and complaint. This is an excellent book and I highly recommend it.

Practical and delightful

LIfe's interuptions often are met with grumbling. Virelle helps us see that there are great lessons to be learned from them. Her practical steps along with insightful personal questions help one find the solutions to grow through the interuptions. I savored each chapter and used the response questions at the end of each section to do a quick checkup on my life. It proved to be an edifying process. It is a book which needs to be read or referred to every time we hit a new unexpected interruption in life.

Braying All the Way!

I had the joy of writing the foreword for this book and can say with all my heart, "You gotta read this one!" As a woman who never learns anything the easy way, I very much identified with the various scenarios Virelle Kidder describes in Donkeys Still Talk. How often have I whined about problems, challenges, and difficult people, when they were God-sent "donkeys" meant to get my attention?! This book offers the two things we can never get enough of in this world--truth and hope--penned by a writer who has plenty of both to share.

An amazing book from an amazing writer

Virelle Kidder is an amazing writer.Thanks to her simple, open style the words leap off the page and into the heart. It's funny, there were no startling revelations in Donkeys Still Talk, yet with each flip of the page I rediscovered something about myself and God. It's not just that Virelle is a great storyteller, though she is, but it's that she is transparent and willing to share with the reader all she has learned from the many and varied donkey messengers in her life. The format of this book, complete with the face to face sections, makes it easy to apply what Virelle has written to our specific situation. This is a must read for anyone who has ever had an interruption to the life they had planned on living.