This past year has been a hard one. But through COVID-19 or any painful situation in your life, Kurt Willems is here to tell you that Jesus is with you, though it may be hard to see. His new book Echoing Hope: How the Humanity of Jesus Redeems Our Pain, which I got to review for free, is all about keeping the faith even in our vast emptiness and loneliness.
It's kind of hard for me to sum up this book because I feel like each of the four sections in this book covers a lot of ground. First, it talks about where Jesus is in the middle of our pain and why suffering happens. Then, it talks about how to hear God's echoes, using examples from Jesus' own life. The third section is kind of applying it all to real life, and the last section is about accepting the risk of loving despite the pain it can cause.
Basically, Jesus as the human form of God shows us what it means to be human. And through Jesus' own experience with pain, we know that God understands what we're going through, and he's always there with us.
If you've ever felt that you're alone, just know that you are not. Willems shares his stories of pain growing up at the hands of an abuser and the story of his wife's miscarriage and his failed church. And we know from the Bible that Jesus experienced personal pain and also wept for others' pain.
You. Are. Not. Alone.
I made a lot of notes while reading this book, and found many applications to things going on in my own life, from motherhood to still grieving the loss of my mom. No matter what you're going through, I'm sure you'll find something relatable and helpful within these pages.
Echoing Hope is published by WaterBrook and is on bookstore shelves now. I received a free e-ARC in exchange for my review.
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