Finding Deep & Wide - Shellie Rushing Tomlinson

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Stop Settling for the Life You Have and Live the One Jesus Died to Give You

Finding Deep & Wide

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WHAT IF YOU ACTUALLY ENJOYED YOUR FAITH, AND IT HELD YOU UP, RATHER THAN BEING ONE MORE THING YOU WERE TRYING TO MAINTAIN?

A long comes a book daring us not to settle for anything less than what the Bible promises.

Let Shellie Rushing Tomlinson illuminate the path that leads you away from formulaic, duty-bound Christianity towards a deep and wide life spent joyfully surrendered to Jesus. With her signature Southern warmth and humor and poignant storytelling, Shellie retells familiar Bible stories and recasts them in a grace-filled way that will help you see the life Jesus offers you so freely. Her honest, heartfelt, and often hilarious stories of family life in Louisiana reveal Shellie’s own journey from being a rule-following Christian to discovering “the joy of dying to all that trying.” In Finding Deep and Wide, Shellie invites you to stop trying to please God and be beautifully transformed by Him instead.

Ideal for individual and group study, Finding Deep & Wide includes questions for reflection and growth at the end of each chapter.

Chapter One Excerpt

Y’all Come Back Now, Ya Hear?

The chasm between my love for Mercy and his inability to return it was all too familiar. But I’ll leave the analogy there and pray it’s served its purpose. The journey I’m inviting you to share is an ongoing story about what begins to happen once we quit treating God like a halfway house. There’ll be plenty of hard-earned, transparent, and ongoing experience from me, but I believe there’s also life-transforming value here for you. For indeed, I did quit running back and forth to God. Eventually. The season came when I began to long for more than just believing in God and knowing about Jesus. I wanted the relationship the Bible said was available. The goal lines of my life were moving. Ironically, I’d need to learn a lot more about quitting as I raced toward Jesus, for a whole new trap had been set for me—and for the longest time, I was clueless as to why I kept tripping! But we’ll get to that soon enough. For now, I think it’s more important for us to unpack the big lie that kept me holding God at what I thought was a comfortable distance for so long. Why? Because I had bought the big lie, and you may have, too.

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Author. Bible Teacher. Podcast Host

Laughter Loving, Story Stacking, Jesus following, FarmWife, Mom & Keggie

Shellie Rushing Tomlinson and her husband, Phil, live and farm in Lake Providence, Louisiana. They have two children and five grandchildren (with another on the way!) and are presently raising two rambunctious labs with zero manners.

An incurable storyteller and bona fide people lover, Shellie uses her gift of humor to connect instantly and easily with a wide variety of audiences. Shellie is the author of award-winning humor titles with Penguin Group USA, Suck Your Stomach In and Put Some Color On, and Sue Ellen’s Girl Ain’t Fat, She Just Weighs Heavy! Jeff Foxworthy calls her work “laugh out loud funny.”

Kori Robertson of A&E’s Duck Dynasty fame endorsed her faith memoir, Heart Wide Open saying it will “fuel your desire for a relationship with God and give you the gentle nudge and the steps to get it.”

Shellie’s storytelling cookbook Hungry is a Mighty Fine Sauce earned high praise from Robertson family matriarch Kay Robertson, and of her most recent release, Devotions for the Hungry Heart, Orlando Magic Senior Vice President said, “This little book may just change your life, one day at a time.”

Shellie is the creator and host of the Belle of All Things Southern website and is presently using her experience in live radio to host the entertaining podcast, All Things Southern.

A Jesus lover in full pursuit of a well-blended life in Christ, this sought-after speaker whose inspired and entertaining messages are encouraging believers to keep seeking and never settle.

Book Endorsements

Michele Cushatt Author of Relentless: The Unshakeable Presence of a God Who Never Leaves

When I think of Shellie Tomlinson, I think of the night we stayed up late talking about the twists and turns of a hard, complicated life and how Jesus met us there.I can tell you this: Shellie loves Jesus like a boat loves water. And every time I'm with her, I end up loving Jesus more, too. When you read Finding Deep and Wide, you will feel like you've stayed up late with a bestie and talked about the most important things in life. Even better, by the time you close the last page of this book, you'll have new tools to help you live the deep and wide life you were created for

Wendy Pope Speaker and author, Wait and See, Yes, No and Maybe, and Hidden Potential

I don't know what a cathead biscuit is, but I do know Shellie loves the Lord and His Word. Her obvious Southern charm draws you in like a moth to the front porch light. Shellie challenges the reader to peel away religious rhetoric and trade"less than" living and "I'll follow Him later" mindsets for a relationship like none other--a "more than" life and "I'll follow Him anywhere" attitude. Grab a glass of sweet tea and sit with your new friend Shellie Tomlinson

Chrys Howard author of Rockstar Grandparent

In Finding Deep and Wide, Shellie Tomlinson, in true Shellie form, entertains, inspires and challenges us to discover just how much God loves us and wants the best for us. Through her captivating stories set deep in the heart of Louisiana, Shellie teaches us how to open our hearts wide and experience a love like no other. Pour a cup of coffee or a glass of sweet tea and drink in the words of this book and truly fill your spirit with everything God wants for you

Jonathan Wiggins Lead Pastor Rez Church, Loveland, Colorado

Few authors can so seamlessly weave powerful quotes, clear illustrations, compelling stories from Scripture, and even her own experiences into a powerful picture of a faith-filled life well-lived. Shellie Tomlinson does it well and makes it seem effortless! Shellie not only writes powerfully, she authentically lives powerfully as one who is searching for and "finding deep and wide" in her everyday life. This book calls us away from the false choice between the secular and the sacred and instead invites us to experience God's grace, presence and pleasure in all of it.Finding Deep and Wide will change your life for the spiritually richer, healthier,and better if you let it!