Uninvited: Living Loved When You Feel Less Than, Left Out, and Lonely Kindle Edition

I wanted to like this. A lot of Christian women in the circles I work in like the book, and I was excited to read it. It uses scripture -- a good thing, but that was the only part of the book that was helpful. She really did not do a good job of discussing how to deal with the main issue (assuming that you have read the Bible and are familiar with scripture). There are WAY too many personal stories of "oops" and way too much discussion of weight/body from a not very Christian perspective (way too much influence of culture and its view of beauty). I think in this category the better book options might be Surrender to Love by David Benner, Loveable by Kelly Flanagan, or perhaps even Anatomy of the Soul (really a Christian book about how our backgrounds and what we know about brain science intersect to explain why we feel the way we feel and what we can do about it).

I'll have the fairly unpopular opinion, I'm sure. I found this book to be terribly written. She bunny trails in every chapter and not well at that. I felt most examples of rejection given are superficial and more like a teenager's diary. Like many Christian books she uses scripture SO out of context. She also misses one HUGE lesson you need to learn about rejection- Rejection is about perspective and often isn't actual rejection and even more often has NOTHING to do with you at all. She talks in circles and says nearly the same thing every single chapter. She quotes a brief scientific fact unnecessarily and uses other people's ideas to sort of support her own. In a world full of bad authors Uninvited is yet another poorly written, poorly edited Christian self help that doesn't help or challenge you. I was seriously disappointed in this very overhyped book.

I am a voracious reader, and this one ranks in my top 10 for sure. I read it at a time I was broken and emotionally raw with pain. Had two small strokes, my craft group at church decided they didn't want me anymore, convinced their two campus Lutheran Brethren Church to have me 'trespassed' (I had never been disruptive, threatening .... all I ever did was ask them to meet with me - Matthew 18) and when they filed a police report after my audio Bible app went off in church one Sunday, I knew I had to move. I moved 800 miles away to a state where I didn't know a single person to start my life over at the age of 62. I'd only had one failed relationship in my life before this, and I absolutely DID NOT know how to navigate the pain of this level of rejection. I read some excellent books on Trauma and PTSD and Christine Caine's book Unexpected is also excellent. But this one resonated with me to the deepest recesses of my brokenness. I cried through most of it but they were cleansing tears. Not only were here words wise and biblical, but it helped me tremendously to know that someone identified with the level of pain I have experienced.

This book was a recommendation in a group that I follow and I have to say that the authors style of writing is honest and very visual. She used her real life examples to explain scripture and God's love for us when we feel left out and less than. I related to many parts in the book and when I found myself saying "well what about?" Then behold the next chapter covered something that I was seeking. We've all felt pain in life and have been rejected. I can't say how much this book has done for me. I've been following along and highlighting and mediating on scriptures from the book in my bible as well. I wasn't raised in church. I was saved about three years ago and am learning so much about God's word and it's books like this that help me in my walk with him.You can tell that the author was genuine and not just trying to put a book out. I truly appreciate my sister in Christ and am so thankful that I was recommended this little gem that is helping me heal. This is also a book that can be highlighted and many things dead over and over for Motivation and affirmations.

There were some good points so for that I was thankful that I read. But overall it was not at all what I expected. It dealt more with past hurts such as divorce and a broken heart but did not touch much upon current issues with loneliness and feeling left out. I get the gravity of the past hurts. I was abandoned by a parent too and rejected by the one that stayed. It did help me to see that there might be something to address and work through with God that might be spurring some current hurts. But Lysa's readers are generally women and many of their current struggles are seeing friends getting together without an invitation or seeing social media highlight that we are not included or that they don't feel invited or included in their church family or with other school parents. There was really none of that (one quick reference to social media) but it was all the unveiling of her past broken heart and father rejecting her. I am not downplaying that at all. It is just that the title of her book indicates more material for feeling lonely and left out and it really was not any of that. I am really glad that I got it from the library as I almost bought it. I would have been really disappointed. I loved The Best Yes so much more.

I read this once before and loved it but couldn't ever quite apply it to my life until I started counseling and my counselor actually suggested this book. I told her that I already read it once and she suggested that I read it again now that I was going through therapy, and I'm so glad that I began rereading it because so much of it applies to me and it has been so much more helpful this time around. I have gone through a lot of the same things that the author has. It's actually made me consider starting a blog myself! Thank you Lysa for writing this and being vulnerable!

This is one of the best healing books I have ever read. Thank you Lysa for your openess and honesty and for giving so much of yourself to this book. Your "stories" which another reviewer didn't like made the book believable for me. I could identify with so much of what you said and got great healing from reading it and praying my way through it. I love the psalm 91 prayers.I feel like you wrote this book for me😊I bought it on my kindle and highlighted so much of it that I decided to buy a paper copy too.I look forward to reading more of your books.

I bought this book sometime ago and I didn't like it at that time. Then, after seeing Lysa's interview about what was happening in her life when she wrote it, made me interested in the book again.Wow. What a fantastic journey it was for me.I loved every part of it and I couldn't put it down.It was a very honest writing, with no intention of being perfect or just teach us (as she even mentioned). I could relate a lot to it and could also stop to be healed in areas God was showing me.Hope this is the right time for you to read it too.

I found this book super helpful. Identity is a most important part of the Christian walk and Lysa addresses the issue of living loved (living life to the fullest) as a daughter of Christ with beautiful vulnerability and authenticity. I hope to keep coming back to this book in future days.

I love this book so much. I haven't finished reading it, as I've only purchased it, but even what I have read so far is so powerful, so funny and if you are feeling down, depressed and unloved and lonely then this book is for you.

I loved this booker, I couldn’t put it down. It is real, funny and practical and has really helped me begin to separate my feelings from the actions and words of others. It has reinforced the hope that God is in everything, even the things that hurt and that I don’t need to look to approval and opinion of others. I will read this again!