| “We live in a world that is hurting. Some are in physical pain. Others are dealing with emotional agony. Spiritual battles, trying to shoulder the overwhelming weight of caregiving, or living with a chronic illness, people all around us are suffering. Though it can seem we are an island we aren’t alone and we don’t have to face struggles alone. Having personally lived with chronic pain and in a wheelchair for over 50 years I know the heartbreak, the isolation and deep anguish. But I also know the joy that can come even amid some of life’s darkest hours.
Though pain, illness, stress, fatigue all can leave us feeling alone—we are not alone. . . . God has not left us for a nano second.
That is why I and my team here at Joni and Friends want to introduce you to the new Beyond Suffering Bible. We know that for millennia people have turned to the Bible, their family, their friends to find hope in the midst of endless suffering. But for the first time, there is a Bible specifically created for those who suffer and those who love them.
This Bible can help people understand how in the middle of the suffering and in times of unspeakable pain God is near. He wants to hold our hands as he guides us through the rough waters. This is a Bible that opens our spiritual eyes to what God has for each of us. How he can take us beyond suffering into his hope, which is endless.”
–Joni Eareckson Tada |
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