Title: Finding Purpose Beyond Our Pain
Authors: Paul Meier, MD and David L. Henderson, MD
ISBN: 978-0785229223
Pages: 304
Ever since the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, we humans have had to endure pain of various types and intensities over the course of our lifetimes. Of course none of us look forward to pain or enjoy dealing with it when we have it, but we can take comfort in the knowledge that God never inflicts it upon us on a whim. Everything our loving Creator does has a purpose in keeping with His master plan for our lives, and if we can learn to appreciate it in the proper context, pain can be a powerful force for good.
In Finding Purpose Beyond Our Pain, Drs. Paul Meier and David L. Henderson teach us how to accept the pain that comes our way and use it to seek out the meaning and fulfillment that God has in store for us. In this book, Drs. Meier and Henderson use their training and skills as Christian psychiatrists to help us deal with the pain and heartbreak that accompany seven of life’s most common and profound challenges: Injustice, rejection, loneliness, loss, discipline, failure and death. Each of these challenges has the power to weaken our Christian resolve and make our lives quite miserable, but if we can learn to appreciate how they fit into God’s master plan for us just the opposite will happen. That’s where this book and the powerful message it conveys come in.
If you sometimes find yourself struggling with pain and heartbreak (and as a human being you surely do), then you need to read Finding Purpose Beyond Our Pain because it will provide you with the tools you’ll need when dealing with life’s inevitable setbacks.
Note: I would like to thank Thomas Nelson Publishers for providing a copy of this book for review.