Layers: Uncovering and Celebrating God's Original Idea of Me

by Sandi Patty

A look through life's failures and fears to find the real woman God intended you to be. On athletic fields children wear safety equpment to keep them from getting hurt. In battle soldiers wear body armor to protect them. But when we're safe and secure with our friends and families, we should not need protective layers. Yet many of us wear them . . . protective emotional and behavioral layers that we use to shield us from life's heart hurts. Those layers are different for each of us: anger, shame, guilt, perfectionism, withdrawal, overeating, addiction, or other compulsive behaviors. Sometimes they even start out as something good?laughing through our tears and masking our real feelings to get through public situations. But when they stay too long, those protective layers get firmly attached, eventually imprisoning us and preventing us from being the cherished creations God intended us to be. In Layers , acclaimed recording artist Sandi Patty invites you to join her in a journey of self-discovery, peeling back the layers of her life and yours to celebrate the real you God created you to be.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0785228292
• ISBN13: 9780785228295
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Very candid

Sandi Patty has become quite the prolific writer lately. This is her fourth book in as many years. It is also one of her better books. Sandi writes in her down to earth, girlfriend-to-girlfriend style. Patty is more revealing than ever about her struggles with her weight and a negative body image. I was surprised to read that for a long time, she dreaded going to photo sessions and refused to even look at pictures of herself. Sandi describes how she is learning to see herself through God's eyes. Sandi Patty also describes how for many years, her life was out of control because she didn't think she was allowed to make any choices for herself. This attitude came from a childhood incident of abuse. But Patty tells how today, she travels and sings because she CHOOSES to, not because she feels obligated (like in her early career.) "Layers" is a very worthwhile book for any woman to read. I do recommend it.

Layers - by Sandi Patty

I received my book in excellent condition and just as quick as I was told I would.