Reviews for Streams in the Desert: 366 Daily Devotional Readings

The average rating for Streams in the Desert: 366 Daily Devotional Readings based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2015-11-07 00:00:00 Gregory Rak This is the classic Christian devotional on suffering for good reason. We suffer. My sister suggested I read this 2 years ago when the props fell out from under me. I read it almost daily for a year on a Kindle App. It was sustaining. This and the Psalms and coffee became the staples of my mornings. One day I realized I could check off the ones I had read already in the app so I began doing that last November and now I am quite sure I have read all the devotions and will read them again I am sure. Some readings are better than others in this book. Most days we are reminded that suffering is normal and if not good, at least fruitful for Christians. Every once in a while one of the readings is too cheesy and almost always the poetry is pretty bad but in spite of those caveats this book has felt like a gift from my sister and a gift from God. I just ordered Tim Keller's new devotional on the Psalms so I will say goodbye to Streams for a while but I highly recommend it for those of you who are in the midst of suffering.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-01-02 00:00:00 Enrique Portilla (I know I finished this a day early, but tomorrow is going to be a busy day.) Full of excellent inspirational thoughts, this was a great daily devotional. The author may be long departed, but her words, like the Good Book that inspired it, are timeless.