YOU'LL GET THROUGH THIS: Hope and Help for Your Turbulent Times

BY Max Lucado

 

 

Going through a divorce?  Struggling through the grief of losing a loved one?  Lose your job?  Is your world falling apart?  “You’ll get through this.  It won’t be painless.  It won’t be quick.  But God will use this mess for good.  In the meantime don’t be foolish or naïve.  But don’t despair either.  With God’s help you will get through this.”  These are the words that Max Lucado writes in his book for those who are suffering – these are the same words he shares with parishioners when they come to him feeling despair. 

                While Lucado stresses to all those reading not to give up, he takes the reader along the path of Joseph, who was sold into slavery by his own brothers.  The story is included Genesis in the Old Testament – one many have heard often – the story of Joseph and his “coat of many colors.”  No matter what a person is going through – sadness, loss, betrayal, grief – Joseph also suffered these pains, along with many other indignities.  Lucado reminds the reader over and over that if Joseph could overcome all of these things and place his trust in God, so should we.  It is also a reminder of how temporary this life is – that no matter how bad the pain is, it will pass.  If we put our trust in God, though we may walk through sadness in this life, we will be blessed for eternity!

                This is a book of hope – letting people know that though they make not be able to make it through the tough times on their own, with God’s intercession, moving on, forgiveness, getting through the tough times – it is all possible.