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A review by thebeesnies
This Too Shall Last: Finding Grace When Suffering Lingers by K.J. Ramsey
5.0
I've been waiting for someone to write this book for 8 years.
Chronic illness tears apart your life and makes everyone else panic and give you platitudes. Pastors who preach on suffering often force a neat resolution at the end of their sermons, tying everything up with a nice little bow. KJ Ramsey looks suffering in the face without trying to deny its reality or avoid the people for whom it doesn't resolve. It took me a year to read because her experience mirrored mine so much, and I had to put it down a lot. But she actually engaged with the difficulty of living and knowing you are loved by God even when he doesn't take away severe pain.
I'm probably going to start it again now.
Chronic illness tears apart your life and makes everyone else panic and give you platitudes. Pastors who preach on suffering often force a neat resolution at the end of their sermons, tying everything up with a nice little bow. KJ Ramsey looks suffering in the face without trying to deny its reality or avoid the people for whom it doesn't resolve. It took me a year to read because her experience mirrored mine so much, and I had to put it down a lot. But she actually engaged with the difficulty of living and knowing you are loved by God even when he doesn't take away severe pain.
I'm probably going to start it again now.