Reviews for Get Out of That Pit: A 40-Day Devotional Journal

The average rating for Get Out of That Pit: A 40-Day Devotional Journal based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-10-13 00:00:00 Beth Smith You should read this. I loved this book. I really didn't want to. I did not want to be just another mainstream Christian Beth Moore fan but alas, I did love it. For some reason, God keeps sending me things that I need to hear. He's kind of good like that. Most of the book is about recognizing when you're in a pit and the three ways you get in them; being pushed in, falling in and diving in. Just like Beth, I have been in several forms of pits of varying sizes and for various reasons. The most intriguing parts that resonated with me were about how only God pulls you from the pit and plants your feet firmly. Not a well-meaning friend, not a fantastic counselor, not a minister, just God. While all of these people can be helpful, they can easily end up right next to you in the pit without meaning too and may even keep you there. You'll have to read the book to understand what I mean by that maybe. I think the last 2 chapters were just what I needed. The first is about knowing you're out of the pit by having a new song. If you know me, you know I always have a song in my heart, whether it is ridiculous like the price is right theme song (which is constantly there) or fantastic like Beautiful Things or You are the Beauty (musically my favorite and lyrically excellent). I had goosebumps reading about how God loves music and puts a song in our hearts. I think it is going to blow our minds when we go to heaven and God starts beat boxing and rapping with a Heavenly Host doing background vocals. It will be truly awesome. It reminds me of The Magician's Nephew, when Aslan creates Narnia. He sings everything to life with his music. What an absolutely cool way to think of heaven. I can't yet grasp it but I wait with true anticipation. The last chapter is an encouragement about God has already won the battle for us. The entire book hints at Psalm 23:1-2, The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. Beth's correlation between still waters and living waters in Revelation is refreshing, it LITERALLY (haha) restores my soul with life as I read it. I also just loved the down to earth nature of Beth. Her stories resonated with me. Her examples hit close to the heart. I heard her speak live once. The thing she said was, "You have to eat the message before you tweet the message." I'm soaking this stuff up.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-18 00:00:00 Carmen T Saliceti Maldonado I listened to this book on audio and that was MUCH BETTER. It's a lot easier to listen to Beth Moore speak than to read her ideas in book form. She often starts out with an analogy that meanders for a while before it is concluded in an understandable fashion. Once it's all "tied up," I get it and say, "Oh, okay." But sometimes during the reading, I get lost as to where the heck she's going. It's like getting led around blind-folded. It's much easier to hear her present her ideas to an audience and make her points verbally, I think. That said, this book still holds oh so many GREAT nuggets, I still think it's AWESOME and worth the read! Powerful stuff with a VERY PRACTICAL section in the back to help guide the reader in prayer. I especially love that all of Beth's answers are GROUNDED IN THE BIBLE. Her weapons are God's Word-- Bible verses-- not just her own human thoughts. She often shares her own testimony to make it all come to life, but it's not HER insight that she depends on. It's God's Word and how HE led her through. That's why I just love Beth Moore. Such a blessing.