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"Emergency operator. May I help you?" "Yes, my name is Alex Gee, my wife is nineteen weeks pregnant and I think her water just broke This is her second pregnancy, and . . . we lost our first baby just like this . . ." "Sir? Hello? Sir? Try to stay calm. Who is your wife's OB/GYN?" "It's Dr. Koller Uh . . . My wife is losing more fluid . . . Hurry " Oh God, this isn't happening again. I can't handle another loss like this. Let this be a dream Please let this be a dream Have you ever felt like God has let you down just when you needed him most? For Alex Gee it was the loss of his second child at birth. For others it is death, divorce, financial ruin, physical disability or a host of other trials we face in the world. In these moments of crisis our view of God is challenged and our faith is shaken. With refreshing candor in this book Alex Gee offers true companionship--though not easy answers--as you search for the way to hope.
"Alex Gee is a pastor, activist and writer whose writing nourishes the soul. He is a man whose vital faith honors the complexity of life while never evading the bracing simplicity of the gospel challenge. He is a Christian whose convictions have been made manifest in countless works of community building that strengthen the weakest among us and throw bridges across our divides. And he is a writer who does not exhort but models--revealing his own struggles, sufferings, weaknesses and failures, all the while testifying to the tenacity of God's grace. I know your life will be enriched, as mine has been, by Alex's life and work through this probing and faith-filled book."--Parker J. Palmer, author of Let Your Life Speak and A Hidden Wholeness
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Abandoned by God | |
| Dialing 911 | |
| Are You There, God? | |
| Children Are a Gift from the Lord | |
| A Message from Jackie Gee | |
| Who is God Really? | |
| A Moment of Truth | |
| Is This God's Wrath? | |
| The Radical Truth About God's Love | |
| Myths We Choose to Believe About God | |
| What's All the Hype About Grace If I Still Have to Suffer? | |
| A Method to God's Madness | |
| What God Does with the Bad Stuff | |
| Faith, Fragments and Fire | |
| I Can See Clearly Now | |
| My Tribute | |
| Afterword: Rest in Peace, Victoria and Alexis | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9780830833979
ISBN-10: 0830833978
Audience:
General
Format:
Paperback
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 128
Published: 5th October 2006
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Dimensions (cm): 21.0 x 14.3
x 0.9
Weight (kg): 0.168
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