One Minute Pause 4+

Intimacy

Intimacy is a confusing topic for me. Intimacy in my life was always connected with physical intimacy and the lines in my head were so blurred and confused that I feared intimacy with God. Not trusting anyone because of deep hurts from the past complicated things even more. Trusting God was always conditional, and always on my terms. Intimacy with God was unattainable. I am learning that physical intimacy is designed to be an outward manifestation of deeper connection and it’s all based on a foundation of trust; something I gave up on long ago. But Our Father in His wonderful gentle way has been teaching me what trust is and what true intimacy is. Practice makes progress. It felt weird in the beginning. Wrong even. The process is gentle and simple- so simple you might think it won’t have the power to overcome pain and fear. It leads you to trust Jesus. Really trust Him. Freedom. Everything and everyone I give to you God. I love you Jesus. I really love you!
Thank you for helping me to receive His gifts that were always available for me, but I never trusted Him enough to receive them.
Much love,
Alan
Tulare, CA.

Excellent start and finish to your day

I was aware I needed a structured yet doable end and beginning to each day to give my day’s struggles to God and to start my day centered on God. It absolutely had to include prayer and scripture. This fit my need exactly. No amount of self-help will stand the test of time that being deeply in union with Christ will accomplish. Great job Mr. Eldredge. I appreciate that you can’t just skip ahead in the app. You have to finish each day’s meditation to progress to the next. It gets deep, but you get plenty of warming up. I felt it was what I needed to shed off the pain and suffering of the last few years. Jesus alone gets my pain and He is the best counselor. So glad this app gave me structure to get there.
A Note: I fully disagree with us being “amphibians”. I understand the metaphor but it’s a dangerous one in these days where eroding the Creation story is manifest everywhere. So I had to actively look past that part which detracted a little. I was glad a friend gave me heads up on that. Would love an explanation as to why that was included in such a beautiful program. It raises serious questions for me. Because it was repeated so often, I couldn’t give 5 stars. I will restart the app and see if that becomes too much of an obstacle for me.
Overall very happy with the app!

Developer Response ,

Thanks so much for your kind review! We appreciate it, and if you have any further feedback we'd love to hear from you at support@wildatheart.org or in our app's feedback form.

Time to Reflect

I absolutely love this app. Love what John Eldridge talks about, how he talks about it, and ultimately just the amazing tool I’ve been gifted in order to seek a deeper relationship with God. My mother and I even listen to the podcast “Wild at Heart” which is a masterpiece all its own. That being said, there is one thing I would like to comment upon that I find a bit difficult:
In the beginning of the short audio clips, we’re given time to “think” or “take a moment” around various beautiful topics involving Christ and ourselves. But quite often I find that before I can truly begin to settle into these thoughts, John begins to say something to help us get further into that mindset.
I am a slower processor, and would love it if there was some way to change that length of time that I get to reflect. Like a little slider bar that would increase or decrease the duration of the ambient noise before he begins talking again/praying/etc. That way I could really settle into my thoughts and be prepared to continue with the pause session!
Again, love the app. Thank you guys for all the hard work you’ve put in. May Christ continue to work through you as His love and peace constantly shift our mindsets towards Him.

Developer Response ,

Thank you so much for your kind review, and for the suggestions! This is the kind of feature we'd like to look into developing.