God's Hand in Our Hardship

By Joni Eareckson Tada

Why does God let good people suffer? When you read through the Bible, you can see that Jesus spent much of his life relieving people’s illnesses and hurts. So why doesn’t our all-powerful God just get rid of suffering? Joni Eareckson Tada answers the big questions about hardships and explains what we can learn from suffering in this 14-page pamphlet. It uplifts, encourages, and inspires those struggling with hardships by highlighting the 6 ways God remains in control over every situation. Features simple summaries, encouraging testimonies, and dozens of key Bible verses.

This perspective-shifting pamphlet answers the tough questions most of us have about God and suffering, such as:

• How can a gracious and loving God allow anyone to suffer?
• Why do “good” people have to suffer? Don’t they deserve better?
• What possible good can come through suffering?

14 panels, fits inside most Bibles, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, unfolds to 38 inches long.

3 Key Features of God’s Hand in Our Hardship

1. Bible-Based—Packed with dozens of Scriptures and helps straight from the Word of God, get solid advice for navigating trials that will guide you towards hope and spiritual growth.
2. Practical—This pamphlet isn’t just fluffy encouragement and hopeful words: get real, practical steps you can take today to apply God’s Word to your life and allow him to transform your hurts into hope.
3. Relevant—Instead of religious cliches or sugarcoated greeting-card advice, get a wealth of experience and eternal hope from someone who has been there and suffered the pains of loss and illness. Filled with real stories from real people, enjoy having inspiring testimonies of those that found their hope in the Lord.

Popular author and speaker Joni Eareckson Tada helps you understand why God allows suffering and what we can learn from it in this glossy, full-color, 14-page pamphlet.

Perfect for:

• Personal & individual use
• Small group study
• Devotions
• Hospital ministry
• Chaplaincy
• Outreach ministry
• Church giveaways
• And more!

About the Author

Joni Eareckson Tada offers hope to people struggling with health and emotional challenges. After a 1967 diving accident left Joni Eareckson Tada a spinal cord-injured quadriplegic, she embarked on a lifelong study to make sense of suffering from God’s perspective. Joni Eareckson Tada is now an international advocate for individuals with disabilities, and the founder of the non-profit organization, Joni & Friends.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
• Release date: Aug 3, 2021
• ISBN: 9781596365940

Joni Eareckson Tada

Joni Eareckson Tada is founder and CEO of Joni and Friends, an organization that communicates the gospel and mobilizes the global church to evangelize, disciple, and serve people living with disability. Joni is the author of numerous bestselling books, including When God Weeps, Diamonds in the Dust, and her latest award-winning devotional, A Spectacle of Glory. Joni and her husband, Ken,were married in 1982. For more information on Joni and Friends, visit www.joniandfriends.org. 

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understanding God’s role in our suffering

Everyone who takes the Bible seriously agrees that God hates suffering. When he walked on earth, Jesus spent much of his time relieving suffering. And we are to do the same—the Bible tells us to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, visit prisoners, and speak up for the helpless. When we feel compassion for people in distress, we know that God felt it first. He shows this every day, even now, by raising sick people from their beds, often to the wonder of doctors. Every day God grants childless couples babies, pulls depressed people out of the pits, protects those with Alzheimer’s from crossing the street, and writes happy endings to sad situations. Even when he has to punish sin, he says in Ezekiel 18:32 that it gives him no pleasure.

All of creation waits eagerly for Christ’s return when sin, sorrow, and suffering will be done away with (Isa. 35:5–6, 10; Rom. 8:22–23). But until the kingdom of God comes in fullness to earth, sin, sorrow, and suffering simply come with being human. Thankfully, though, God loves to redeem our sin and our suffering, as well—all for our good and his glory!

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a personal perspective from Joni

The Lord took absolutely no pleasure in my broken neck. Like any father who has compassion on his children, God grieved to see me hurt. Yet at the same time, it pleased the Lord to permit my accident. My spinal cord injury was his sovereign design for