| Description |
221 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Dissonance: the clashing of suffering in a crescendo culture -- Warring storylines: hijacked by shame, healed by solidarity -- Triune love: you were made for relationship -- Emotion: present to pain, receptive to grace -- The cloud" suffering is transformational space -- Fully human: Jesus joined us on the floor -- Beautiful union: Christ's life becomes our own -- Personal presence: the sacrament of bearing witness -- The communion of saints: bearing witness in our worship -- Repentance: all of life is an opportunity for communion. |
| Summary |
"Our culture treats suffering like a problem to fix, a blight to hide, or the sad start of a transformation story. We silently, secretly wither under the pressure of living as though suffering is a predicament we can avoid or annihilate by working hard enough or having enough faith. When your prayers for healing haven't been answered, the fog of depression isn't lifting, your marriage is ending in divorce, or grief won't go away, it's easy to feel you've failed God and, worse, he's failed you. If God loves us, why does he allow us to hurt? More than a decade ago, chronic illness plunged therapist and writer K.J. Ramsey straight into this paradox. She wanted to conquer suffering. Instead, she encountered the God who chose it. This Too Shall Last offers an antidote to our cultural idolatry of effort and ease. Through personal story and insights from neuroscience, theology, and psychology, Ramsey invites us to let our tears become lenses of the wonder that before God ever rescues us, he stands in solidarity with us."--back cover. |
| Subject(S) |
Suffering -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Suffering.
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Self-perception.
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Spiritual life.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Name(S) |
Kapic, Kelly M., 1972- writer of foreword.
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| Added Title |
Finding grace when suffering lingers |
| ISBN |
9780310107255 (paperback) |
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0310107253 (paperback) |
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