Who are you, God?: Suffering and intimacy with God

Everyone suffers. Suffering is human. It is not suffering in itself that is the problem. It is what we, as sufferers, believe about God and suffering that can restrict our ability to cope, prevent us from healing, or even make our suffering worse.This book pulses with the pain, relief, and insights of people who shared their intimate stories of suffering--women and men of all ages, and from all walks of life. Many of these people said they experienced part of their healing just by telling their story.The central theme of this book is this: If people who suffer have or can develop a loving image of God and enter into a healing process, they will have greater intimacy with God and their faith will deepen. In fact, their relationship with God makes all the difference.Intimacy with God transforms suffering"In what I believe may be one of her best books, Janet Hagberg writes about her own journey of life suffering with such tender and honest vulnerability that we are led by her hand to feel safe enough to dare enter into the darkness of our own life's pain. Then she masterfully takes our hand and offers to place it into God's loving grip so that the darkness is no longer a place full of fear but becomes a place where hope is all we see." Rev. Keith Meyer, pastor, mentor, author of Whole Life Transformation and Kingdom Life