Finding God in the Ruins

How God Redeems Pain

De: Matt Bays

Narrado por: Matt Bays

When the reality of your pain doesn't line up with what you've been taught in church, then what? While many abandon their faith or embrace hopelessness, it is possible to discover the God who heals your heart in the midst of the pain.

Matt Bays has been where you are. His unforgettable stories of loss and healing will usher you into a life where gratitude overpowers anger, hope overcomes despair, and hunger for God replaces indifference to God. With a fresh and original writing style, Bays demonstrates that true redemption is far more powerful than the temporary fixes of sanitized Christianity.

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Heartfelt and beautiful

This is a wonderful, vulnerable, exquisitely written book. Matt Bays lays it all out there and walks us through the indescribable pain he's been through in his life. The most powerful part for me was when his wife asked him if he'd change anything about the trauma and abuse he endured as a child, and he honestly concluded no because his pain is what made him who he is. In my own life, God has always shown up when I've been hurting the most. I didn't want to hurt but I loved having God meet me there. Just like Matt, I have always loved the raw emotion of David's psalms and the book of Job. Those passages gave me permission to shake my puny little fist at the very Being who gave me that fist to shake, and scream it out. I love that Matt feels the same way. The truth is that life is ugly, unfair, and full of senseless suffering, and it is entirely fair to ask God why. And God won't answer. Instead, he does something better than explain himself. He suffers right there with me, just the way Matt Bays describes it. Jesus was right there with the girls in India being violated, or the Jews being murdered in the Holocaust. So powerful! Not every Christian will agree with his perspective, but this book resonated deeply with my spirit.

An honest look at brokenness and God's love for us.

I'm grateful to Matt Bays for sharing his story; his anger, his loneliness, his hope and his journey through redemption in this book.

Also, thank you sharing the truth: God is bigger than our circumstances and doubt. He's a good, good Father. And I am loved by Him.

I recommend this book to anyone who has experienced great loss and wrestles with the question, "Why, God, why?" You are not alone.

Incredibly powerful

I don’t quite know where to begin. I definitely had a different expectation in my mind then this book delivered but let me be very clear it delivered way beyond my expectations. I think for everyone that listens to this or reads it and I have bought a copy now that I’ve listen to it and so glad that I listen to the author read this to me it will mean something different. Parts of this book were uncomfortable, parts of this book didn’t make sense at the time I was listening but now that I’m done it all makes perfect sense. I can’t say it totally explains why i am suffering, why I’m hurting so bad and why God does not take this pain away from me but it does provide a comfortable hand reaching out and saying me too.
I definitely know this is a Audible book I will go back and listen to over and over. I am glad I have bought a hardcopy.

Not what I was expecting…but still broke me and repaired me

Wow I wasn’t expecting the details of the abuse and how it changed and because I experienced sexual abuse it hit something in me that I’ve never really healed from!!!! Really good book!

great book in understanding pain and suffering.

this is a great book for anyone seeking to understand where God is in our pain and suffering

Beautiful vulnerability

What a beautiful story told of deep pain and heartache and how God is found to be love, even in the most awful of circumstances. Matt Bays is immensely courageous as he shares the horror he experienced as a child, and the agony of his sister's health battles. What a beautiful soul to be so brave to share his honest struggles with his faith. He helps us to know that when we doubt and question our faith, this is a natural and necessary process for growth and freedom. I am so thankful for his honestly and insight. My heart is overflowing. ❤️

finally a book about God that makes sense

this book is key in my journey - a treasure I consider valuable in my healing

Heart break

We all make a pilgrimage, I am glad God directed yours. At times I wanted to shake you and scream " God IS love". Several times I thought I would quit reading because it felt like the blame game. I don't want my God not to be glorified. I read on, glad I did because as I knew God would be stronger than your weakness. It is my prayer that he continues to grow you in his love and grace. I will reread this again, it's heavy. Bless you and thank you for a look through your glasses.

Hard but Compelling

This was one of the hardest books to listen to, because the painful reality of our world was vividly exposed, albeit with a measure of humor and memorable descriptions of people and events. The author has a unique ability to somehow wield a mix of painful stories and paint a word picture that draws the listener in to stay engaged in the telling of his very real story and his struggle with faith and reason.
I highly recommend this book & I believe the author himself providing the audible, is very compelling.

Finding God in the Ruins

This book has really brought me through some very dark times including suicidal thoughts It has brought me to my knees in tears so that I could surrender myself 100% to God allowing him to make me into the person He wants me to be.