God Does His Best Work with Empty
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
It’s amazing how heavy the weight of emptiness can feel, how much room it can take up in our souls, how much pain can be caused by something that isn’t even there. But while we may see the emptiness of our lives as our greatest problem, that’s not how God sees it. When God looks into the empty places of our lives, He sees His greatest opportunity. God does His best work in the emptiness of our . . .
• Insatiable craving for things that don’t satisfy
• Relational disappointments and loneliness
• Frustrated search for purpose and meaning
• Relentless desire for comfort and security
• Ongoing struggle to live with loss and unfulfilled dreams
Join Nancy Guthrie in discovering why emptiness has never been, and never will be, a problem to God. As Nancy pulls back the curtain on God’s work to fill up emptiness as revealed throughout the Bible, you’ll experience page after page of grace and hope that your emptiness can and will be filled. You’ll begin to see that God really does do His best work with empty—as he fills it with Himself.
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Guthrie (Holding On to Hope), host of the Help Me Teach the Bible podcast, explores in this touching work the pain but also hope within feelings and thoughts of emptiness. After the deaths of her two children, each during infancy, due to a rare genetic disorder, Guthrie was overcome by a "profound sense of emptiness" but was also comforted by "an empty bedroom, an empty place at the table." Speaking to Christians "in need of grace to fill and redeem and relieve the ache of emptiness," Guthrie offers assurances that God views emptiness as an opportunity. Drawing from examples of those who experienced feelings of emptiness in the Bible, such as the children of Israel, Naomi, and Mephibosheth, she illustrates how God uses emptiness to teach and train, such as how infertility inspired resilience and faith in Sarai and husband Abram. Guthrie encourages readers to "feed on truth" and to allow faith and a sense of joy in God's creation to satiate cravings, loneliness, disappointment, and loss. She starkly contrasts "trying to make sense of this world" with trusting God when the meaning is unclear, arguing one must have complete faith in God's plan. Guthrie's heart-wrenching testament to living with emptiness will direct Christians to a more intimate and trusting relationship with God.
