6/23/2023 0 Comments This too shall last kj ramsey![]() ![]() We are all mid-story in circumstances we did not choose, wondering when our hard things will end and where grace will come if they don’t. Through personal story and insights from neuroscience and theology, Ramsey invites us to let our tears become lenses of the wonder that before God ever rescues us, he stands in solidarity with us. This Too Shall Last offers an antidote to our cultural idolatry of effort and ease. ![]() Instead, God invited her into a bigger story. Instead, she encountered the God who chose it. had to find a way across the widening canyon that seemed to separate God's goodness from her excruciating circumstances. Over a decade ago chronic illness plunged therapist and writer K.J. If God loves us, why does he allow us to hurt? ![]() When your prayers for healing haven't been answered, the fog of depression isn't lifting, your marriage is ending in divorce, or grief won't go away, it's easy to feel you've failed God and, worse, he's failed you. We silently, secretly wither under the pressure of living as though suffering is a predicament we can avoid or annihilate by working hard enough or having enough faith. Our culture treats suffering like a problem to fix, a blight to hide, or the sad start of a transformation story. This book is not a before-and-after story. Ramsey, combines personal stories and insightful research to reveal the surprising joy available in suffering. This Too Shall Last, by therapist and writer K.J. ![]()
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