The View from Rock Bottom: Discovering God's Embrace in our Pain
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I had found my rock bottom,
and instead of pulling me out,
the God of the universe met me there in the rubble.
What is your response when your life turns upside down? When you lose your job? When you receive a difficult diagnosis?
Do you blame God or beg Him for a way out of your suffering? In more than a decade of misdiagnoses and debilitating treatments, Stephanie Tait admits she did plenty of both before hearing the two words that had drastically altered her life: Lyme disease. Yet she has discovered it’s in her pain that Jesus is most present. Through personal stories and biblical examples, you will learn that suffering connects you to God as He meets you in your moment of pain strengthens your community when you allow others to comfort you in your sorrow gives you greater appreciation for life’s goodness as you gain an eternal perspective
and instead of pulling me out,
the God of the universe met me there in the rubble.
What is your response when your life turns upside down? When you lose your job? When you receive a difficult diagnosis?
Do you blame God or beg Him for a way out of your suffering? In more than a decade of misdiagnoses and debilitating treatments, Stephanie Tait admits she did plenty of both before hearing the two words that had drastically altered her life: Lyme disease. Yet she has discovered it’s in her pain that Jesus is most present. Through personal stories and biblical examples, you will learn that suffering connects you to God as He meets you in your moment of pain strengthens your community when you allow others to comfort you in your sorrow gives you greater appreciation for life’s goodness as you gain an eternal perspective
Even if the healing never comes, there is something sacred in the suffering. It’s from holy rubble that God makes all things new.
My Thoughts:
The View from Rock Bottom was just the book I needed when I needed it. This book has been incredibly powerful and moving for me as I been on a recent and significant health battle very similar to Stephanie. When this book showed up at my door, my eyes filled with tears as I read the back cover in relief to know that I was not the only person going through something so tremendously difficult and while I wish no one else would suffer, it brought comfort to know I could lean into another' story. The power of story is so helpful for us to lean into the promises of God. Those promises change our now and our future. This book has been remarkable in my own suffering and journey. I highly recommend it.
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