The Famine of Hearing: Emotional and Spiritual Nutrition in a Starving World

A soul can be surrounded by words and still remain starving.The Famine of Hearing is the second book in Kelly L. Call's Heavenly Father's Plan of Joy mini-series: Divine Maturation Through the Seven Governing Dynamics.This volume begins with the warning of Amos: a famine in the land "not of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord." In a world saturated with messages, religious language, commentary, content, lessons, posts, talks, and opinions, why do so many souls still feel unfed?Kelly L. Call teaches that the famine of hearing is not merely a lack of available words. It is a famine of reception, digestion, embodiment, and covenant response. A person may have access to scripture and still not receive it as living bread. A family may speak religious language and still fail to nourish its children. A church culture may be rich in activity and still struggle to help wounded souls hear the Savior.This book distinguishes true spiritual nourishment from emotional and spiritual junk food. Shame can imitate discipline. Labels can imitate clarity. Busyness can imitate purpose. Performance approval can imitate love. Stimulation can imitate joy. But none of these counterfeits can feed the soul into divine maturity.Through the Seven Governing Dynamics, The Famine of Hearing explores the seven nutrients of the soul: - Safety- Connection- Purposeful engagement- Loving attention- Significance- Clarity- GrowthThese are not substitutes for Jesus Christ. They are ways His nourishing work must become real in embodied souls, homes, families, churches, and communities.The book also examines how disciples learn to hear again: scripture as nourishment, revelation as living communication, the Holy Ghost as the teacher of hearing, prayer as spiritual digestion, stillness as appetite restoration, and repentance as the return of the ear to God.This is a book for hungry disciples, parents, teachers, leaders, ministers, late learners, and wounded souls who have heard many words but still long to be fed.Jesus Christ is the Bread of Life.He is the Living Water.He is the Word made flesh.The famine can lift.The ear can be healed.The soul can be fed.And in Christ, a starving world can come to the feast.