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# When God Weeps: Why Our Sufferings Matter to the Almighty

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## Customer Reviews

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    Excellent Book for Anyone in Pain
  

*by L***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 21, 2023*

Though extensive research and backed by Biblical scriptures, Joni has shown how God really does care for those in pain. Christians know that when they get to heaven there will be no more sorrow and no more pain.Joni uses many quotes from C.S. Lewis throughout the book. I agree with her choice as he is my favorite author. (I’m sure Joni comes a close second.)What I especially liked about this book is how the author organized it. It has a definite beginning and end. She ties everything together nicely in the end. It is a long book, but very much worth the time spent reading it. (My review is short and  doesn’t do the book justice. Joni really did her research as is shown in her extensive appendices.)

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    Thoughtful, real
  

*by D***D on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 4, 2004*

Joni Eareckson Tada's insights on suffering have been forged during more than thirty years in a  wheelchair.  In When God Weeps she and her longtime friend Pastor Steve Estes explore questions of theodicy beyond the superficial.  They proclaim faith in a God `big enough to understand our suffering, wise enough to allow it."  This is not your superficial "God wants everyone to be healthy right now" approach!Their approach is radically God-centered.  Rather than starting with man's concerns and then either apologizing for God (like open theism) or accusing him (like skepticism), they attempt to start with who God is.  The first section of the book looks at God's gracious self-revelation in Christ.  With infectious joy they attempt to describe the Trinitarian God's attributes: his beauty, his goodness, his sovereignty.  Their point is that God is contented forever in his own glory.  They paint a Biblical picture of a God of infinite passion and love.  "Our call to suffer comes from a God tender beyond description" (p. 40).And this God is himself a sacrificial, suffering servant.  "The Trinity planned it.  The Son endured it.  The Spirit enabled him.  The Father rejected the Son whom he loved.  Jesus, the God-man from Nazareth, perished..... This is who asks us to trust him when he calls on us to suffer" (p.54).  God hates suffering (p. 57), and yet, "(t)he Bible could be no clearer.  God does ask his children of every nation... to suffer" (p. 65).  Alluding to C.S. Lewis' famous line from the Narnia series, they conclude: "the sovereign God who holds your days in his hand is not safe.  He's anything but.  He's the King, I tell you.  But he's good" (p. 93).Having explored God's nature and character in very personal terms, the authors next turn to described God's actions and works in Section II (pp.97f.).  As Tada learned from long, painful experience, God's Word tells us that he uses the weak of this world to accomplish his purposes, to his glory and their (our) special honor (p.113; cf. I Cor. 12:22).  In this we can have fellowship in his suffering.  They note, "By itself, suffering does no good.  But when we see it as the thing between God and us, it has meaning" (p.135).  The Cross is the key.

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    Absolutely critical reading for explaining pain in this world.
  

*by C***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 28, 2022*

Absolutely critical reading for explaining pain in this world. These two writers do a great job explaining some of the most difficult questions about God and suffering. I read it many years ago and have recommended it to multiple people who have also found it useful and insightful. I believe it to be a must-read for all Christian believers and should be helpful explanation of suffering to anyone.

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