All around us, day in and day out, people come and go and I’m certain so many are hurting. This world, fallen and broken, does not reflect Eden, where hurt was swept away. We live with hardship, pain, doubt, denial, and deep, deep hurt at the things our eyes have witnessed. From famine and tsumani, suicide and cancer, to the day by day aching's, as we wait, wonder, and ponder. Our hearts often question, “why me?”, “why now?”.
One of my favorite bible study authors Kay Arthur, faces these wonderings, ponderings and questions regarding hurt and pain that surround us in the world in her new book When The Hurt Runs Deep: Healing and Hope for Life’s Desperate Moments. She offers a fresh, straight forward approach to helping us answer these questions in a way that not only glorifies the Lord but offers healing for the heart. Divided into 18 chapters the book begins with a glimpse at a few biblical lives as they faced trials and hurt that came their way. She has not only seen and witnessed hard times but has walked this road personally, and it shows within the book. Her wisdom is biblical, personal, and applicable.
The book walks through anger, suicide, the question of why, and suffering among others and throughout the book nuggets of wisdom abound to not only comfort the heart but to bring the readers mind to Christ. She mentions in the beginning that the “soveriegnty of God…is the very key that unlocks and heals our hearts (25)” to which I firmly say Amen. And she spends the rest of the book walking through hard issues to which she continues to go back and rest in the place of our Sovereign God.
As someone who has walked through hard things and had my eyes witness hurt and pain firsthand, like so many of you, this book was a great reminder of who I trust in, why I do, and how redeeming and good His love is. I would definitely recommend this book to anyone. It’s a great resource and the appendix offers a great study guide for two or more.
Disclaimer: I received this book free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group as part of their book review program Blogging for Books.
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