When God Weeps

Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty

De: Joni Eareckson Tada, Steve Estes

Narrado por: Devon O'day

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A must-listen for anyone who has ever asked God, "Why me?"

It's easy to trust God when things are going our way and the world makes sense. But when suffering strikes—especially seemingly senseless suffering—we are filled with doubt and stunned by events spiraling beyond our control.

In the midst of suffering, we often question the very foundation of our faith—our belief in the God who says he loves us. Since our trust and obedience rest on God's character, the questions that life's tragedies force us to face are difficult, even frightening:

• Who is God?
• Can he really be trusted?
• What are his purposes in the face of suffering?
• If he can stop suffering, why doesn't he?

Joni Eareckson Tada, a woman who has lived in a wheelchair for more than thirty years, and Steve Estes, a pastor and one of Joni's closest friends, explore the answers. When God Weeps is not so much a book about suffering as it is about God. It tackles tough questions about heaven and hell, horrors and hardships, and why God allows suffering in this life.

Through a panoramic overview of what the Bible says about suffering, the authors make clear who God is, why he permits so much heartache and pain, and how it is we can trust him. With both a practical edge and heartfelt warmth, When God Weeps offers dependence on his love and mercy in spite of our doubts, fears, longings, and questions.

©1997 Joni Eareckson Tada (P)1997 Zondervan

Deep dive into what the Bible says about the Sovereignty of God

At one point in my Christian life, I would have really struggled with this book, because it didn’t fit with what I *wanted* to believe about God. Now, I am very grateful for this deep look at God’s sovereignty, because it really does fit with God as he has revealed himself to be in the whole of scripture, Truly this book brings together compelling evidence from the Bible to help me understand God’s sovereignty more clearly, and with that understanding I have so much more freedom to trust in the God who is intimately involved in every aspect of my life. What might surprise some people is that it (along with the book “Follow the Healer” by Stephen Seamands) also increases my freedom and faith to pray bold prayers for the miraculous hand of God, because I know even more deeply that I can trust God to move according to his good and sovereign will. I don’t need faith in a particular outcome. I only need a “mustard seed” of faith in the God who is the author and perfecter of my faith. Glory be to God!