don’t know what it does for me. I’ve never thought much about that. I just figure God likes it when I show up.” I walked away from that encounter more thirsty to experience the Father’s fondness for me. Reading The Relentless Tenderness of Jesus has been a third encounter, but, like the two I’ve mentioned, not really an encounter with Brennan but with God. “A mystic is a person whose life is ruled by thirst.” That’s in chapter 12. I began reading this book a couple of hours ago and just now finished.