God Knows You: Getting Real about Spiritual Challenges

Do you ever feel invisible? Do you feel like no one really knows who you are? Maybe you are quiet, and people tend to overlook you. Maybe you don’t have many friends—or even any friends. Maybe you have a lot of friends, but you feel like you can’t be yourself around them. Maybe you go to church every Sunday, but your bishop never selects you for a class presidency or asks you to speak in sacrament meeting. Maybe you just don’t feel seen.

In God Knows You: Getting Real About Spiritual Challenges, historian Matthew C. Godfrey shares his testimony of the power found in authenticity. By exploring the real challenges and questions he has faced throughout his life—and some of the challenges and questions to be found in Church history—he invites readers to learn how to handle their own difficulties with faith, hope, and grace. This book is a powerful testimony that no matter your age, no matter what your relationship with God currently looks like, God sees you. He knows you. And He loves you.

Matthew C. Godfrey is a historian with the Church History Department in Salt Lake City, Utah. He spent twelve years with the Joseph Smith Papers Project and enjoyed the experience immensely. He’s a regular presenter at BYU Education Week and has been on podcasts such as All In, Follow Him, and the Church News Podcast. Matt is married to Carrie Huber and has four wonderful children. In his spare time, he loves ’80s alternative music, watching sports, and reading (in that order). He was also once crowned Disco King at a party in college.