Blessed at the Broken Places Reclaiming Faith and Purpose ith the Beatitudes [Paperback]

Discover how Jesuss blessings convert emotional suffering from a source of shame to a resource for faith. Long description: When you hurt, what does it mean for your faith? Too often church culture and religious individuals suggest that emotional pain shows lack of faith or sin against a punitive God. How ironicJesus suffered loneliness, misunderstanding, persecution and death to meet us at the lowest places and lift us to hope and life with his resurrection. Reframing apparent defeat as the first step in a life of purpose, this book shows how Jesuss blessings, the Beatitudes, address the paradox of living through suffering on the way to joy. When you feel l“.