The View from Rock Bottom: Discovering God’s Embrace in our Pain

Written by:
Stephanie Tait
Narrated by:
Ann Richardson

Unabridged Audiobook

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Book
1
Narrator
1
Release Date
November 2019
Duration
5 hours 55 minutes
Summary
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

Even if the healing never comes, there is something sacred in the suffering. It's from holy rubble that God makes all things new.
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Erica P.

This heart - wrenching, authentic, real, in the middle of life account of one woman's experience of a theology of suffering is truly soul healing. It is an overdue necessity for the American church and a balm to those in the disability community who struggle to find a place in that church. So many times in these chapters i heard my own story being told. i wept and laughed and pondered as i listened to truths i had known in my heart but couldn't find the words. This book cries out for a sequel as it is the author's own present tense testimony. My advice to anyone who picks up this treasure is to read (or listen) until the very end. the last two chapters are as captivating as the first. This book should be required reading for any seminary but has real application for anyone who has ever asked the question "why does a good God allow suffering?" the narrator gets only 3 stars because her voice seems somewhat condescending which gives a dissonance with the author's words. and the writing is so personal it seems strange to hear it from someone other than the author.

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