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More Than You Can Handle: When Life's Overwhelming Pain Meets God's Overcoming Grace
"God won't give you more than you can handle." This is one of the most common and least helpful reassurances floating around Christian circles. It is anything but biblical. The truth is that God does allow a lot more than we can handle. But why? Nate Pyle has walked through tragedy in his own life--professional uncertainty, the intense impact of mental illness, and the struggle to build a family because of a lost pregnancy, infertility, and adoption. As a pastor, Nate has cried with countless people experiencing deep and overwhelming pain. They want answers but perhaps even more, they want someone to sit with them as they lament. Cliché Christianity tells us not to ask questions in hard times. Yet transformation awaits us in the dark night of the soul. In More Than You Can Handle , Nate asks with "God, where are you in this pain? Why don't you step in and act?" Because when we courageously bring all of who we are to all of who God is--and stop pretending we can "handle" life--we encounter the God of Redemption. The good news isn't that we can handle everything, but rather that God promises to be with us at the very moments we can't handle anything. Skillfully weaving together his own story, the stories of others, and a powerful look at the life of Jesus, Nate delivers a fresh and timely response to the pain we each experience. As Nate reminds us, the only thing more overwhelming than the pain of life is the love of a God who carries that pain with us.
208 pages, Paperback
Published March 5, 2019
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Nate Pyle
2 books4 followersNate is an author, blogger and ordained pastor in the Reformed Church of America. He serves as the pastor of Christ's Community Church in Fishers, Indiana where he lives with his wife and son.
Never imagining himself to be a writer, Nate began blogging in 2011 to gain clarity around his own thinking on various topics, especially leadership and church. Quickly, Nate realized he was a unique voice in the blogosphere. Rooted deeply in Reformed theology, Nate's writing is laced with nuance and a pastoral posture that is markedly different than the major Reformed voices in the blogging circles. In a world defined by extremes, Nate is a refreshing voice that walks the fine line between extremes.
Nate is a life-long learner, avid outdoorsman, wanna-be athlete, and a frustrated downhill skier living in Indiana. You can connect with him at www.natepyle.com.
Never imagining himself to be a writer, Nate began blogging in 2011 to gain clarity around his own thinking on various topics, especially leadership and church. Quickly, Nate realized he was a unique voice in the blogosphere. Rooted deeply in Reformed theology, Nate's writing is laced with nuance and a pastoral posture that is markedly different than the major Reformed voices in the blogging circles. In a world defined by extremes, Nate is a refreshing voice that walks the fine line between extremes.
Nate is a life-long learner, avid outdoorsman, wanna-be athlete, and a frustrated downhill skier living in Indiana. You can connect with him at www.natepyle.com.
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June 7, 2019
“God never gives you more than you can handle…
Not so. Yet people go around saying this. I’ve heard the words my entire life and believed them. Platitudes. Well intentioned words to those who are wrecked. These chaotic helter skelter events in our lives rarely come spaced out. They usually come in overwhelming waves, exposing and discarding our security. Like those who say, “God helps those who help themselves.” Not biblical. The honest truth: Life will give you more than you can handle. But instead of saying “you can bear this,” we can say, “as you bear this, you aren’t alone.’
Confronting the lie: God won’t give you more than you can handle” was the original article that Nate Pyle wrote. Which comes from the idea in 1 Corinthians 10:13 which says: ‘The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.” -- This only talks about temptation. Not trials. Not anything else. It’s how things get misinterpreted and then passed down that way.
Giving us incredibly hard things to deal with are an opportunity to Give God control, take it away from our own power and trust him more. It doesn’t mean it won’t be painful or even unbearable.
When we go through difficult situations, it doesn’t mean we’re not trying hard enough or faithful enough, it reminds us that a God who loves us is bigger than us, and our pain, so we can trust him to get us through. God through grace. God with us.
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"Not once have I danced around our house shouting, “Yeah suffering!” Instead, in the midst of pain and hurt, I am actively expecting God to do something. I don’t know what. I don’t know when. But I am expecting the God of resurrection to heal us. I am expecting God to restore us. I am expecting him to redeem this situation. I am expecting him to do this and so I will be actively looking and waiting for him to do something. I believe expectant waiting can only happen when we exchange our feeble platitudes for an authentic faith that engages God with the full brunt of our emotion and pain. Only then can salvation been seen.” –
“The Point isn’t what God says in response to suffering, but where God is. God is present.”
“After your season of suffering, God in all His grace will restore. Confirm, strengthen and establish you." I Peter 5:10
Not so. Yet people go around saying this. I’ve heard the words my entire life and believed them. Platitudes. Well intentioned words to those who are wrecked. These chaotic helter skelter events in our lives rarely come spaced out. They usually come in overwhelming waves, exposing and discarding our security. Like those who say, “God helps those who help themselves.” Not biblical. The honest truth: Life will give you more than you can handle. But instead of saying “you can bear this,” we can say, “as you bear this, you aren’t alone.’
Confronting the lie: God won’t give you more than you can handle” was the original article that Nate Pyle wrote. Which comes from the idea in 1 Corinthians 10:13 which says: ‘The temptations in your life are no different from what others experience. And God is faithful. He will not allow the temptation to be more than you can stand. When you are tempted, he will show you a way out so that you can endure.” -- This only talks about temptation. Not trials. Not anything else. It’s how things get misinterpreted and then passed down that way.
Giving us incredibly hard things to deal with are an opportunity to Give God control, take it away from our own power and trust him more. It doesn’t mean it won’t be painful or even unbearable.
When we go through difficult situations, it doesn’t mean we’re not trying hard enough or faithful enough, it reminds us that a God who loves us is bigger than us, and our pain, so we can trust him to get us through. God through grace. God with us.
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"Not once have I danced around our house shouting, “Yeah suffering!” Instead, in the midst of pain and hurt, I am actively expecting God to do something. I don’t know what. I don’t know when. But I am expecting the God of resurrection to heal us. I am expecting God to restore us. I am expecting him to redeem this situation. I am expecting him to do this and so I will be actively looking and waiting for him to do something. I believe expectant waiting can only happen when we exchange our feeble platitudes for an authentic faith that engages God with the full brunt of our emotion and pain. Only then can salvation been seen.” –
“The Point isn’t what God says in response to suffering, but where God is. God is present.”
“After your season of suffering, God in all His grace will restore. Confirm, strengthen and establish you." I Peter 5:10
August 9, 2021
“𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘴, 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. … 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.”
When you start a book and in the introduction it already speaks to your soul - that’s when you know confidently it’s going to be a good one. So much goodness in this one!!
One thing I really appreciate that Pyle does is he quickly debunks the popular, yet very unbiblical, phrase, “God doesn’t give you more than you can handle” (while also reminding us that the phrase “God helps those who help themselves” is equally wrong - I absolutely hate that one). He also gives us space to feel our grief and validates our emotional response to the hardships of life. He points out the reality that life is unfair and unpredictable, and often we find ourselves dealing with things far beyond what we can handle. It’s not weakness to not handle those things; it just reminds us of our vulnerable humanity.
He also addresses doubt and how that grows our faith, of our err in believing in divine retribution (a likeness to karma, a mental framework man created for how we think the world operates; e.g. Job) why good people suffer, the differences between believing in certainty and having trust in God, the fallacy of prosperity gospel, how culture has impacted our way of thinking when suffering happens, and more.
One thing I do wish Pyle did, and I run into this with far too many Christian authors, is the lack of capitalizing pronouns when referring to God and Jesus. It seriously bugs me, that lack of reverence. Aside from that, this book is really great, and I’d strongly recommend it for anyone who is dealing with overwhelming hardships and grief. And it isn’t just filled with great food for thought, it also urges us to change how we think in our minds and with our faith. Gets 4.5 out of 5.
Other noteworthy quotes:
“𝘚𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴. 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳. 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯; 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸.”
“…𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘦: 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘴. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.”
“𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵: 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘕𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴.”
“𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘺.”
“𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥.”
“𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥. 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘦.”
“𝘎𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢-𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 “𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘸.” … 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘮, 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦.”
“𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦.”
“𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩. 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴.”
“𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺.”
“𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘦.”
“𝘎𝘰𝘥’𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦-𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘎𝘰𝘥’𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘉𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥. 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘭 - 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘯.”
When you start a book and in the introduction it already speaks to your soul - that’s when you know confidently it’s going to be a good one. So much goodness in this one!!
One thing I really appreciate that Pyle does is he quickly debunks the popular, yet very unbiblical, phrase, “God doesn’t give you more than you can handle” (while also reminding us that the phrase “God helps those who help themselves” is equally wrong - I absolutely hate that one). He also gives us space to feel our grief and validates our emotional response to the hardships of life. He points out the reality that life is unfair and unpredictable, and often we find ourselves dealing with things far beyond what we can handle. It’s not weakness to not handle those things; it just reminds us of our vulnerable humanity.
He also addresses doubt and how that grows our faith, of our err in believing in divine retribution (a likeness to karma, a mental framework man created for how we think the world operates; e.g. Job) why good people suffer, the differences between believing in certainty and having trust in God, the fallacy of prosperity gospel, how culture has impacted our way of thinking when suffering happens, and more.
One thing I do wish Pyle did, and I run into this with far too many Christian authors, is the lack of capitalizing pronouns when referring to God and Jesus. It seriously bugs me, that lack of reverence. Aside from that, this book is really great, and I’d strongly recommend it for anyone who is dealing with overwhelming hardships and grief. And it isn’t just filled with great food for thought, it also urges us to change how we think in our minds and with our faith. Gets 4.5 out of 5.
Other noteworthy quotes:
“𝘚𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴. 𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳. 𝘖𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯; 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘯𝘦𝘸.”
“…𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘮𝘦: 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥. 𝘞𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘴. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵, 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘖𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.”
“𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵: 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘕𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺. 𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘶𝘴.”
“𝘉𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘺.”
“𝘖𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘧𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥.”
“𝘗𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘵. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦𝘥. 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘦.”
“𝘎𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢-𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 “𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘸.” … 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘮, 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦.”
“𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘢 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘦.”
“𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘰𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘩. 𝘞𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴.”
“𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘺.”
“𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘦.”
“𝘎𝘰𝘥’𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘦-𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥, 𝘎𝘰𝘥’𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘉𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘰𝘥. 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘭 - 𝘎𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘶𝘴. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘯.”
March 3, 2019
In More Than You Can Handle, Nate deals with some of the most difficult questions we have all asked: God where are you in this pain? Why didn't you stop to act? Do I have enough faith to survive? And so many more. In life, we all suffer, but he challenges the reader about how to handle the suffering even when it looks like a journey we have never embarked on before. Nate is real in how he talks about suffering and doesn't sugar coat the hard road of suffering, yet he offers hope. He has suffered so much himself, yet always looks to the cross. He gives permission for the reader to be angry with God and even shares about a time in prayer when he was angry with the Lord. His transparency and authenticity is refreshing. This is an author that you do not want to miss. I highly recommend this book. This is a book for many seasons and one that you could put on the shelf and read again for another season in life. It is filled with rich and deep understand that will leave the reader feeling hopeful.
December 12, 2023
The title of this book alone is a much needed mindset shift in the Christian church. So, if nothing else, read the front cover of this one. Overall, the perspective on suffering and hardship was great, but I found the theological explanations wanting and undeveloped. I found myself not agreeing with way more than I'd have expected, mainly some of the justification details and that there was suffering in the Garden of Eden before the Fall.
January 1, 2021
Honest, open, thought provoking and raw. I think I and the author may have some theological differences, but as a whole the book did a great job of making me reconsider (and correct) widely held beliefs concerning how we deal with loss. Personal stories kept the pages turning, and many truths were brought to light.
March 17, 2019
Very insightful and unique view of Christianity. Should challenge all of who read it.
July 8, 2019
Honest and raw. Validating for anyone going through the valleys of doubt that accompany grief & suffering.
December 26, 2019
I appreciate the author's easy to read, down to earth style almost as much as his views on life and suffering. If you've ever asked, "Why, God," this book is for you.
July 1, 2021
This book is great. Nate Pyle shares the story of losing their baby and the struggles thereafter. It is a realistic look at what happens to your faith and your life during the really tough times. It is full of hope.
May 10, 2019
I got this one from BookLook Bloggers in exchange for my review! // I don’t know much about Pyle but his story and his writing are compelling and I’m so grateful for this book. He shares honestly and openly, and even though my life and circumstances look different than his own, it’s easy to relate and connect with his thoughts. I highlighted entire chunks and pages of this one (and even read a bit aloud in my stories because I was so moved by a passage!) and found it so helpful as someone who has definitely faced seasons where life felt like so much more than i could handle. This is such an encouraging and really grace-filled read for anyone in a hard circumstance or season and one I would readily pass along to friends in rough places.
October 16, 2019
I will be returning back to this one very soon. So many jewels about walking through life with authentic faith. (Worth Purchasing)
Second Read, this is a great resource for strength under trials.
Second Read, this is a great resource for strength under trials.
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