• Beyond the Shallow

  • How Suffering Led Me to the Deep End of Grace
  • By: Michelle Bates
  • Narrated by: Michelle Bates
  • Length: 3 hrs and 59 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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Beyond the Shallow

By: Michelle Bates
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See the lavish grace of Jesus's love for you....

As Christians, we commonly portray grace as something that comes to us in the form of a paycheck and healthy bodies. By wading into the deep end of suffering, I have learned that God's grace is much more evident in the mire and the dung of life. Amid deep pain and suffering, I found myself at the grace-filled cross where his glory is revealed in the unseen as I struggle with what is transient.

Michelle grew up in church and believed in what she calls Christian karma: Do good, get good. She adopted this unspoken mantra during her teen and young adult years and even into her early married life. But when suffering came to her door, she returned to Scripture to learn the truth of the gospel. She learned to see grace through the loss of expectation and the loss of three of her six children.

As you listen to this book, Michelle's hope is that you will see the lavish grace of Jesus's love for you, and-if you are walking through immense suffering-that you will understand Jesus is most certainly enough.

©2020 Michelle Bates (P)2020 Michelle Bates

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Great read for the suffering.

Well written book for those suffering AND those walking through suffering with loved ones. I have already purchased several copies for friends in grief.

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Beautiful and real

What an amazing and difficult story. One question that kept rising up in me; how was Michelle able to read this, and record it? Writing this must have been hard enough but reading it back, recording it, I can’t even imagine. Thank you.

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A must read for

Well, it's a must read for everyone I know and love.

This isn't a trite exercise in grief counseling. It's not a research paper of platitudes. It's not a Bible study from a concordance.

This is a stunning expression of vulnerable faith. It shares lessons earned where the hard road of life touches our tender expectations.

This book is one you'll want to share.

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Open Book

This story is a literal open book into the difficulty of grief, loss, and tragedy in light of a good God who loves us even when we are angry. Michelle shares so many difficult moments for the benefit of the reader and their walk through suffering.

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