The One Year Book of Hope: A 365-Day Devotional with Daily Scripture Readings and Uplifting Reflections that Encourage, Comfort, and Restore Joy (One Year Books)

From Publishers Weekly People who are experiencing terrible grief don't want to hear platitudes from someone who has never walked in their shoes. What sets Guthrie's consolation literature apart is that she has clearly been through hell and still manages to find joy. Readers may remember her story, recounted in Time magazine and in her own book, Holding on to Hope. Two of her three children were born with a deadly rare disease called Zellweger Syndrome, and lived only about six months each. Processing pain, she explains, is an ongoing daily endeavor, so she created 52 weeks' worth of daily devotions, organized around themes like brokenheartedness, faith, and questioning God. Guthrie never runs from hard questions, from the section on heaven (what are our loved ones doing up there? What will our bodies be like?) to a week on finding purpose in pain. (Here, Guthrie discusses how she has used her own experiences to minister to hurting people, and encourages others to do the same as they feel ready.) Where other devotionals offer tiny and undemanding snippets from Scripture, Guthrie's approach is meatier, and we see her genuinely wrestling with some of the more difficult passages of the Bible. Throughout, Guthrie's soul-searching honesty and personal anecdotes make her a perfect companion in times of deep sorrow.Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. From the Inside Flap For information about the author, please visit www.NancyGuthrie.com Dare to hope when life has let you down. In this life, pain and disappointment are real. Maybe you've been wounded by a family member or friend. Perhaps you know the pain of losing someone you love or of a difficult medical diagnosis. Sometimes we need to know there's hope for when life just hurts. Nancy Guthrie knows what it is like to hurt, sometimes so much that there aren't words to describe the pain. She offers no trite answers or quick cures. Just remarkable, hopeful insights from the depths of her experiences. Over the course of the next year, she'd like to be your daily companion in your pursuit of God's hope. In this book you will find: Daily HOPE-filled devotions to help you grow closer to the Source of all comfort Opportunities to dig deeper into Scripture Weekly reflection questions and meditations to help you focus on the Giver of all good things Weekly guided prayers Whether you're experiencing sharp pain or a throbbing ache that you haul around with you year after year, day after day, "The One Year Book of Hope" will guide you toward healing, peace, and most of all, the God of all comfort and hope. Nancy Guthrie has had to bury two of her three children. Nancy has endured the kind of loss most of us hope we never have to face. Yet her hope has not dimmed, and her easy laugh has not disappeared. Nancy and her husband, David, and son, Matt, make their home in Nashville, Tennessee, where they attend Christ Presbyterian Church (Presbyterian Church in America). Read more