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Pain Redeemed {when our deepest sorrows meet God}
There are hundreds of ways that pain can rip through our lives. How are we to face it? How do we keep from crumbling under the weight?
The author of Pain Redeemed takes you on a journey through her own walk with infertility and with honesty and raw truthfulness gives you a personal glimpse into heart-wrenching pain and what happened when it came face-to-face with a God who loves.
Are you wondering where He is? Come taste the miracle of Pain Redeemed.
The author of Pain Redeemed takes you on a journey through her own walk with infertility and with honesty and raw truthfulness gives you a personal glimpse into heart-wrenching pain and what happened when it came face-to-face with a God who loves.
Are you wondering where He is? Come taste the miracle of Pain Redeemed.
90 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2012
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About the author
Natasha Metzler
17 books41 followersNatasha Metzler doesn’t have a whole list of credentials to tell you about, but she does have the incredible story of how God met her in the midst of her greatest sorrows and brought redemption.
Her deepest hope and prayer is that every part of her life may be marked by conversation with the Father.
Her deepest hope and prayer is that every part of her life may be marked by conversation with the Father.
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January 10, 2020
Age Appropriate For: 16 and up for discussions about infertility
Best for Ages: 18 and up
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I’ve wanted to read this ever since my friend Rachelle recommended it. It sounded so powerful. However, when I added to my shelf in 2013, I didn’t see what a book about a woman who struggled with infertility really had to do with me. While I was wrong, God reminded me of this book at just the right time.
Metzler’s book isn’t so much about her infertility, as it is about her struggle with why a good God would withhold something good from one of His children. I read this book when I felt like God was withholding not only the dream I most wanted (29 and still no husband or kids) but also seemed to be stripping away the things I wanted at the moment (arm injury so I couldn’t write).
Metzler is very raw in this book. I wanted to stand up and applaud her and give her a big hug too. As an author myself, I know it always takes courage to place things you write out there because there will always be people who hate it. Yet, she was so raw and honest about the things she thought and felt. She has to be one of the most courageous authors I’ve personally read.
This book is a spiritual journey for both Metzler and the reader, tackling the issue of deep, horrendous pain that comes when our dearest dreams seem to be dying. It leads the reader through grief with a fellow hurting soul and holds out hope – not a Bible verse band-aid or an inspirational quote to hang on your wall, but real hope founded in who God truly is.
If you want to feel like you are sitting next to someone who is being very honest about their darkest days and can help you find hope on your dark days, read this book.
I highly recommend this for women who are struggling with deep pain, the question “If God is good, then why (fill in the blank)”, and those who are struggling with infertility.
Best for Ages: 18 and up
Read on Kindle Unlimited.
I’ve wanted to read this ever since my friend Rachelle recommended it. It sounded so powerful. However, when I added to my shelf in 2013, I didn’t see what a book about a woman who struggled with infertility really had to do with me. While I was wrong, God reminded me of this book at just the right time.
Metzler’s book isn’t so much about her infertility, as it is about her struggle with why a good God would withhold something good from one of His children. I read this book when I felt like God was withholding not only the dream I most wanted (29 and still no husband or kids) but also seemed to be stripping away the things I wanted at the moment (arm injury so I couldn’t write).
Metzler is very raw in this book. I wanted to stand up and applaud her and give her a big hug too. As an author myself, I know it always takes courage to place things you write out there because there will always be people who hate it. Yet, she was so raw and honest about the things she thought and felt. She has to be one of the most courageous authors I’ve personally read.
This book is a spiritual journey for both Metzler and the reader, tackling the issue of deep, horrendous pain that comes when our dearest dreams seem to be dying. It leads the reader through grief with a fellow hurting soul and holds out hope – not a Bible verse band-aid or an inspirational quote to hang on your wall, but real hope founded in who God truly is.
If you want to feel like you are sitting next to someone who is being very honest about their darkest days and can help you find hope on your dark days, read this book.
I highly recommend this for women who are struggling with deep pain, the question “If God is good, then why (fill in the blank)”, and those who are struggling with infertility.
February 23, 2013
This is so beautiful.
What I Loved
Okay, first of all, let's cover-gush, shall we? Isn't that the most gorgeous shade of green?! =) When I first saw that cover, I knew I wanted to read this book ~ and not just because it was written by friend and fellow Kindred Grace team member Natasha Metzler. But I held back for a bit, because, well, because I knew God would meet me within those pages, and I wasn't sure I wanted to make my way through a book about pain...
I'm infinitely glad God brought me to this book when He did, though. I was right. He met me within those pages.
She shares poetry, she shares scenes from her life, and she shares kitchen-table talks with God. That's my favorite kind of non-fiction, truly. And her style of writing is so, so lovely.
Natasha isn't afraid to get real, to be honest, to admit, confess, embrace her longing to be a mother and her sorrow over her empty arms. Her story is powerful and profound in that she doesn't just share her story and shut the book. She turns up her hands and invites us along with her, whatever our pain and longings may be.
There is beauty in that kind of wild hope in God.
Why I Recommend This Book
Natasha doesn't preach; she draws pictures with prose and compels you to see the pinpoint light beyond the dark window. Pick up Pain Redeemed? You will be blessed.
What I Loved
Okay, first of all, let's cover-gush, shall we? Isn't that the most gorgeous shade of green?! =) When I first saw that cover, I knew I wanted to read this book ~ and not just because it was written by friend and fellow Kindred Grace team member Natasha Metzler. But I held back for a bit, because, well, because I knew God would meet me within those pages, and I wasn't sure I wanted to make my way through a book about pain...
I'm infinitely glad God brought me to this book when He did, though. I was right. He met me within those pages.
She shares poetry, she shares scenes from her life, and she shares kitchen-table talks with God. That's my favorite kind of non-fiction, truly. And her style of writing is so, so lovely.
Natasha isn't afraid to get real, to be honest, to admit, confess, embrace her longing to be a mother and her sorrow over her empty arms. Her story is powerful and profound in that she doesn't just share her story and shut the book. She turns up her hands and invites us along with her, whatever our pain and longings may be.
There is beauty in that kind of wild hope in God.
Why I Recommend This Book
Natasha doesn't preach; she draws pictures with prose and compels you to see the pinpoint light beyond the dark window. Pick up Pain Redeemed? You will be blessed.
September 4, 2012
Natasha’s story is one of infertility. Maybe yours is of a broken relationship. Or of a sick child. I don’t know your story, but He does. And as Natasha writes: “In the middle of pain the most healing thing to hear is that God knows.”
Pain Redeemed: when our deepest sorrows meet God is the heartbreakingly real story of Natasha’s struggle with infertility and depression. She shares very honest pages from her journal. She’s very open about her jealousy, her battles, her anger. But all in a way that points straight to the God Who redeems her pain, day by day.
I’ve never had to face the infertility that Natasha has. But Pain Redeemed is about so much more than infertility and depression. Natasha tells the stories of friends she has journeyed alongside, through other forms of pain and heartache. And she shares very personal stories of her relationship with her Redeemer. In a way that makes you ache for more of Him.
Natasha pens powerful parables, through poetry and prose. And she puts her finger on the crux of the matter—not the infertility, not the form of the pain, but overcoming the pain by bringing glory to Him through it all.
Pain Redeemed: when our deepest sorrows meet God is the heartbreakingly real story of Natasha’s struggle with infertility and depression. She shares very honest pages from her journal. She’s very open about her jealousy, her battles, her anger. But all in a way that points straight to the God Who redeems her pain, day by day.
I’ve never had to face the infertility that Natasha has. But Pain Redeemed is about so much more than infertility and depression. Natasha tells the stories of friends she has journeyed alongside, through other forms of pain and heartache. And she shares very personal stories of her relationship with her Redeemer. In a way that makes you ache for more of Him.
Natasha pens powerful parables, through poetry and prose. And she puts her finger on the crux of the matter—not the infertility, not the form of the pain, but overcoming the pain by bringing glory to Him through it all.
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November 10, 2013“I could be refined or I could grow self-consumed and bitter…” Natasha reveals in her debut e-book, “A Pain Redeemed.” She shares how her struggle with infertility kept her from hearing the voice of God in her life. “Children are good and beautiful gifts, but so often I elevate them over God in my life. I long for a baby more than I hunger and thirst for Jesus.”
Though she still longs for a baby of her own, that desire has been eclipsed by a longing for her Savior. Natasha invites her readers along in her journey and reveals how scripture, tears and faith paved her road to contentment.
Whether your pain is rooted in infertility, betrayal, or another source, as you walk the path with her, may her prayer become yours: “Use everything, even my pain, to bring You glory.”
Though she still longs for a baby of her own, that desire has been eclipsed by a longing for her Savior. Natasha invites her readers along in her journey and reveals how scripture, tears and faith paved her road to contentment.
Whether your pain is rooted in infertility, betrayal, or another source, as you walk the path with her, may her prayer become yours: “Use everything, even my pain, to bring You glory.”
October 4, 2012
If you have an ongoing struggle in your life, this book seeks to help you to come to terms with God's plan... not only to relieve your pain, but to bring about good for your life.
Through the author's struggle with infertility, she weaves a transparent story of hope and life, and gives encouragement to us to also seek the Author of our lives.
The story is engaging, the language is comfortable to read. The message is eternal.
Through the author's struggle with infertility, she weaves a transparent story of hope and life, and gives encouragement to us to also seek the Author of our lives.
The story is engaging, the language is comfortable to read. The message is eternal.
September 9, 2012
I don't usually read many books nowadays, but this week I've picked up a good one. I keep up with Natasha Metzler at her blog, http://natashametzler.com/
Her writing blesses me a lot, so I was thrilled when I discovered that she's just finished an e-book, Pain Redeemed. I read it all in one sitting, it was just that beautiful.
“Nothing is quite as painful as watching dreams die.”
Pain Redeemed is a grievously beautiful call of hope. Natasha Metzler reaches deep into her heart and plucks out her deepest hurts for all to see.
“I believed with all my heart that God, in His love and mercy, had a plan for me. But that doesn’t mean I didn’t long for something different.”
The result is a ravished soul laid bare, and true redemption made known. The author’s specific battle may be with infertility, but she expresses her heart cry in a way that all of us can identify with.
“There is no strength, no hope in comparing pain. My pain of infertility cannot be compared to my friend’s pain of watching her marriage dissolve. They are different, we are different, but in binding ourselves together we are the same.”
Everyone has a different sort of pain that plagues their life. Natasha doesn’t profess to know all the answers, and she openly admits that she still constantly struggles with her inner pains and griefs. However, she does stretch out a hand of help, and offer hope to those that are struggling.
“Only in emptiness can we be filled. Only in the burning of our dreams can we glimpse the redemption that God offers.”
Her writing blesses me a lot, so I was thrilled when I discovered that she's just finished an e-book, Pain Redeemed. I read it all in one sitting, it was just that beautiful.
“Nothing is quite as painful as watching dreams die.”
Pain Redeemed is a grievously beautiful call of hope. Natasha Metzler reaches deep into her heart and plucks out her deepest hurts for all to see.
“I believed with all my heart that God, in His love and mercy, had a plan for me. But that doesn’t mean I didn’t long for something different.”
The result is a ravished soul laid bare, and true redemption made known. The author’s specific battle may be with infertility, but she expresses her heart cry in a way that all of us can identify with.
“There is no strength, no hope in comparing pain. My pain of infertility cannot be compared to my friend’s pain of watching her marriage dissolve. They are different, we are different, but in binding ourselves together we are the same.”
Everyone has a different sort of pain that plagues their life. Natasha doesn’t profess to know all the answers, and she openly admits that she still constantly struggles with her inner pains and griefs. However, she does stretch out a hand of help, and offer hope to those that are struggling.
“Only in emptiness can we be filled. Only in the burning of our dreams can we glimpse the redemption that God offers.”
March 4, 2013
One of the most beautiful books on pain and heartache and how God uses even our greatest disappointments for something good. I cried through it and read it in one sitting.
March 16, 2013
Although the book is about infertility the message of how God meets us in our pain is universal. No easy answers or cliches here.
October 18, 2017
I don't remember how I came across this title; it has been sitting on my to-read shelf for awhile. I eventually took time to purchase and read it and I am glad I did. I admire Metzler in that she was gracious to write down her personal experiences and journey of sorrow and share them with the world. I am sure her words have helped and inspired numerous people. One does not have to had suffered through infertility to appreciate this book. I have not experienced that, but I have had other trials and possibly dead dreams that have caused me pain. Metzler addresses several of the sinful tendencies people fall into when going through difficult times and she tells us the ways in which we can overcome that sin by putting our lives into God's hands, trusting Him, and knowing that He is good and redeems us with His love. At the end of each chapter, there is a personal study guide and the edition I purchased has bonus material of parts of Metzler's journal entries. Many of the Scripture verses she included in her book are familiar ones that I turn to during distress and others were ones that will be added to my personal Scripture list. I also really liked the "Parable of the Silver Locket." Even if you decide not to read the book, I encourage you to read the parable that can be found on Natasha's blog.
I recommend to Christians who are currently going or have gone through a dark time in their lives. Hopefully, Natasha's story will turn you back to God and open your eyes to His greatness. Non-Christians can certainly benefit from this as well, but maybe some of them will not understand the concept of surrendering to God and hoping in His promise of someday making all things right as that can be mind-blowing and even the most seasoned of Christians have a hard time grasping this (or choosing to grasp it).
I recommend to Christians who are currently going or have gone through a dark time in their lives. Hopefully, Natasha's story will turn you back to God and open your eyes to His greatness. Non-Christians can certainly benefit from this as well, but maybe some of them will not understand the concept of surrendering to God and hoping in His promise of someday making all things right as that can be mind-blowing and even the most seasoned of Christians have a hard time grasping this (or choosing to grasp it).
March 28, 2019
For those who have struggled with infertility or miscarriage, this book is a healing balm. It put to words things so deep down in my soul I didn't even know how to express them. I highly recommend this book.
August 4, 2023
Very comforting to someone who is experiencing infertility. Helped me with my perspective.
November 24, 2016
Pain redeemed uses the author's own experience in infertility to tell us and show us how God can take anyone's pain and heartache and use it for His glory. How He is right there beside us in our sorrows, no matter what those sorrows are.
It's inspiring and heartwarming, one of those books you want to read again every year.
A book to give friends who are going through a hard time, and you know they will be gently encouraged and inspired
It's inspiring and heartwarming, one of those books you want to read again every year.
A book to give friends who are going through a hard time, and you know they will be gently encouraged and inspired
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