Exile to Home

From the garden of Eden to the final pages of Revelation, Scripture tells one unfolding story-a story of exile and homecoming, bondage and rescue, wandering and return. It is the story of a Father who created us for relationship with Himself and who never stopped making a way to bring His children home.

In Exile to Home, DeAnna Wahlheim traces this thread through the story of Scripture while weaving in her own journey of brokenness, addiction, surrender, recovery, and restoration. As she returned to God's Word, she began to recognize the lies that had become embedded in her view of God-lies that had quietly shaped the way she understood His character and interpreted her own story. Slowly, as she learned to ask one simple question-Father, what are You revealing about Yourself?-she began to see Him differently.

The God she discovered in Scripture was not a distant Father waiting for her to get everything right. He was the Father who had been pursuing her all along.

Through the garden, the wilderness, the Promised Land, the prophets, the cross, and the promise of a restored creation, Exile to Home invites readers to examine their own understanding of God and discover the Father's heart revealed throughout Scripture. It explores the voices we choose to believe, the places we look for life, the bondage we cannot escape on our own, and the God who comes to rescue us-not simply to bring us out, but to bring us near.

Part biblical reflection and part personal testimony, this book is an invitation to see the Bible-and perhaps your own story-with new eyes.

You were created for more than simply believing in God. You were created to know Him. You were created to walk with Him. You were created for home. And God has been making a way home from the very beginning.