Maddie's Book Review : When People are Big & God is Small by Ed Welch

When people are big and God is small

by Edward T. Welch

Book Review by Madelyn Petta age 11

Was the book helpful to me?

Yes. Very muchly.

If yes, then why?

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because it told me how to overcome the fear of man, which is to look at how great and awesome god is and how tiny, helpless and putrid man is. Then you examine the ‘scary’ qualities of god, which makes you push people out of your mind. You also need to examine your fear of man closely and pick out exactly what you want from people. Look at this desire. Most likely it is not a biblical desire but a false selfish lust. People are not love tank fillers.

What I learned

. most of our felt needs are only selfish lusts
. we need Jesus to replace our ‘People love cups’ with ‘Jesus love cups.
. If God is the God who made the whole universe, the whole earth, all the never ending galaxies, planets and stars, if God is the God who made you and I, then why do we fear helpless people and not Him?

Applications (not the ipod kind)

. in my life I need to understand why I get embarrassed of things

. I need to ask God to shatter my pepole love cup

. I need to grow in the fear of the LORD

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