SoulPrint by @MarkBatterson Review

It seems like in the last few years(to me anyways) that 'destiny' has become a hot topic among the Christian community. I personally think it's great, because when I was growing up as a young believer I always thought if I believed John 3:16 and told a few people about the 'Big Guy' upstairs that I was fulfilling my purpose.

SoulPrint accurately starts off with saying 'this is not a self-help book', a point that I love. I believe that somewhere along the line in the last few years we have shifted from His-story to our-story. What's in it for me? How can I become a better person so that I can feel better, get more money and even become famous in the process.

Mark starts off by describing how our memories work and how only a few of our experiences are ever remembered because they were barely felt. He gives some great psychology findings that I thought were extremely valuable and was very glad to see in a book like this. The brief class in 'Psych' 101 taught here by Mark really opened my eyes at how some of the experiences and memories I have, have literally 'defined' my soulprint today. But the best part of it, is that through this stewardship of 'memory management' I can redefine that soulprint to where it should be and inside of that I will find my destiny.

Overall this is not a 'lengthy' book, I read it in just a few days, and many could probably read it in a sitting. The key however is the substance and depth that I have found in this book. This is not a book that you can just read page to page and move on to the next, at least not for me.

I wanted to go through this book once but in the next few weeks I am really going to go back through each chapter and do some of my own soul searching. I was very glad to see discussion questions posted in the back of the book for yourself or a small group so that this can become much more than a 'feel good' book but something that requires you to dig deep and hopefully change yourself, or at least 'see' yourself more clearly.

I highly recommend this book as a book to start your new year off to a great start, a fresh perspective and hopefully to find your destiny in the process.



I received this book by WaterBrook Multnomah to review on this blog.