Hannah McLaughlin’s Reviews > My Jesus: From Heartache to Hope > Status Update

“My hope isn’t that I won’t face suffering again. It’s a hope that no matter what I face, God will be there with me in it, working it for my good.”

“It is critical that I trust God, not my emotions, to lead me, but I must also honor what I am feeling.”

“God doesn’t call us to a life of comfort; that covers after this life. He calls us to a life of following Him over high mountains and through deep valleys. Not that we don’t find comfort in this life—we absolutely do! But we are meant to find it first in God, not in our circumstances.”

“When you’re in a place of grief or lingering depression, every day feels like climbing out of a pit of despair. The way out is not through your own strength, but through surrendering to God and allowing Him to lift you out.”

“Whatever you are feeling, He can handle it—all of it. The tears, screams, questions, or silent thoughts—He invites you to share all of it with Him and let Him tend to your heart. God is not scared of your emotions.”

“What if the point of Job wasn’t why God allows suffering, but how God is present in our suffering?”