Where Is God in All of This?: Finding God’s Purpose in Our Suffering

by Deborah Howard, Wayne A. Mack (Foreword)

Takes a biblical look at the ways God uses suffering to mold us as He intends us to be. We should see our sufferings through a spiritual lens and respond in godly ways.

160 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2009

About the author

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Deborah Howard and her husband, Theron, live outside Little Rock, Arkansas. Deborah's writing and speaking ministry serves to comfort the hurting, to instruct, and to write for Him. As a former hospice nurse, her experience lends itself to this ministry. Her fiction work is designed to entertain while demonstrating that living according to biblical principles is indeed possible.

Reviews

[Yvonne Kneeshaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

Began this book at the start of a long planned summer vacation. One chapter a day. This book is Biblically based with lots of scripture. It contains reminders of Biblical truths I already knew. Sometimes these truths are difficult to swallow and digest especially in the center of a particular hardship. Mine was a broken ankle & cellulitis resulting in a summer that looked very different than planned. Yet as my hubby drove me to a hospital an hour away I was reminded of the chapter I had just read. God is Sovereign & in control of all. He is trustworthy, gracious, merciful. Our drive back to the campground was kindly interrupted by God with the most amazing display of a full moon shimmering on the bodies of waters we passed by. We were in awe of His majesty! Temporarily forgetting our disappointment & pain. God allows suffering for many reasons and humbling ourselves in submission requires His grace & our choice to do so. Sometimes to grow us, correct us but mostly so that His glory can be displayed through us humans.

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very helpful