Now Is Eternity: Comfort and Wisdom for Difficult Hours

by Christoph Blumhardt, Johann Christoph Blumhardt

Bad days are one thing – everyone has them now and then. But what about the darker clouds that settle over a life for weeks or even months at a time? What about separation and divorce, prolonged illness and hospitalization? What about the loss of a friend or a parent, the absence of a child or a spouse?

For the friend or family member who just isn’t coping, no matter what you say, the sturdy simplicity of this little volume offers something most well-meaning sympathy cards a gentle insistence that there is still a God who watches over all, and a stubborn faith that the worst trials of life’s “difficult hours” will one day be overshadowed by his comfort and peace.

In reminding us of the power conferred by hope, Now Is Eternity is a source of daily strength.

80 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2000

About the author

Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt (1842–1919) was a German Lutheran theologian and one of the founders of Christian socialism in Germany and Switzerland. He was a well-known preacher. In 1899 he announced his support for socialism and joined the Social Democratic Party of Germany; for this, he lost his position as minister. The next year, he was elected to the state parliament of Württemberg.

He was a significant influence on the theologians Karl Barth, Hermann Kutter, and Leonhard Ragaz, who were also Christian socialists.

Reviews

[C.E. Hart · Rating 5 out of 5]

First of all, as a book cover lover, I have to point out the gorgeous cover art. I’ve always loved Van Gogh’s Starry Night, so I was instantly attracted to this little soft bound book.

Now Is Eternity is a collection of meaningful meditations for those going through particularly difficult times. Each page has concise reflections that take less than a minute to read.
This is a sweet and comforting book to calm and comfort the heart.

Author: J.C. and C.F. Blumhardt
Publisher: Plough
Pages: 80
I received a complimentary copy from the publisher. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

[Brenda Adams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Comfort and wisdom for difficult hours.

[Johann Christoph Arnold · Rating 5 out of 5]

Truly this is comfort and wisdom for difficult hours, just like the title says. Read this book when you have been blindsided by tragedy and every other book seems too difficult to take in. Just a few sentences on each page, I turn to it again and again.