When your heart is suffering, it’s so easy to be confused by a loss or a terminal diagnosis. Life is hard and full of disparities between those who have and have not experienced challenges, chronic illnesses, tragedies, or the deepest kind of grief. In the pages of this guide you will come to see that God really is with you in the place of suffering.
Dr. Mike Rakes, Evangel University president, created this guide as an accompaniment to his most recent book, “Surrendered & Unafraid: The Flourishing of Faith During Seasons of Suffering.” The book considers the questions, “What happens when the God of miracles doesn’t give you the miracle?” “What happens when you pray fervently, and God remains silent and unmoving?” “What happens when God lets you down?” that he and his family wrestled with following the loss of their beloved 27-year-old daughter, Whitney, to an incurable cancer in her bloodstream. Ultimately, he is reminded that God doesn’t promise us a life without suffering but is always present with us, inviting us to trust Him and live surrendered and unafraid.
