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A review by s_mack_
The Scars That Have Shaped Me: How God Meets Us in Suffering by Vaneetha Rendall Risner
3.0
This book was an easy read. Very personal. There were a couple of chapters that I felt were deeply personal to me and encouraging. Specifically, seasons of suffering are not the scraps we get when we don't get what we really wanted, but instead suffering is the times in our life when God often grows us into HIM. A time to worship for his goodness especially when we don't understand all of it instead of worshiping the gifts we really wanted.
“Life is full of pain. Sometimes God miraculously delivers us. When he does, we rejoice and give him glory. He makes all things new and brings beauty from ashes. Sometimes we aren’t delivered, but he gives us true contentment in our circumstances, so the world can see his peace and satisfaction. And sometimes he leaves us with a constant ache, a reminder that this world is not our home, and we are just strangers passing through."
“Life is full of pain. Sometimes God miraculously delivers us. When he does, we rejoice and give him glory. He makes all things new and brings beauty from ashes. Sometimes we aren’t delivered, but he gives us true contentment in our circumstances, so the world can see his peace and satisfaction. And sometimes he leaves us with a constant ache, a reminder that this world is not our home, and we are just strangers passing through."