Faith: God's Answer for Your Disappointments and Suffering
- ISBN-10
- 1512335290
- ISBN-13
- 9781512335293
- Series
- Faith
- Pages
- 92
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-08-01
- Author
- Daniel Jennings
Description
What do we do when life goes completelycontrary to the way we feel it should? Howdo we handle life's disappointments,heartaches and let downs?All people suffer but not all respondappropriately to their sufferings. For some,suffering turns to bitterness andunforgiveness towards God. For others itturns to despair and, sometimes, evensuicide and we are led to ask the questionhow does one handle the big (and small)setbacks, hurts and disappointments thatwe all experience.In 2012 the author entered into a seasonof suffering unlike any he had experiencedbefore and found himself faced with manyquestions for which he had no answer:Where was God? Why had He abandonedhim? What should he do? Who can help?As he journeyed through the darkest nightof his soul he discovered a way of lookingat life that not only made sense of thesuffering he was experiencing but alsohelped him to see suffering in a way hehad never seen it before as he looked at itthrough the lens of faith.In this book the author provides hope forevery hurting soul, demonstrating that nomatter how hurtful your situation hasbeen, there is good behind and in it andthough you may have felt like God wasnowhere to be found He was there withyou all of the time.
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