intense suffering, if his plan included suffering for his son own son, why are we surprised. harris, it is the hard themes that made my grow in my faith, god is ch chiseling in you the image of jesus christ, high used a chrischisel and a hammer, sometimes the heavy blows that we go through that make us most like christ. harris: wisconsin mom tina tjan, struggled with depression for much of her life, pos, post part umdepression threw her into a t tailspin. the day she decided to jump. that day, july 19, 2004. hshe climbed into family car and sped off down the
author, advocate for openness and education about mental health issues. and a devoted mother and church leader. i think of the story of tina in my book, she reached a point she is going to take her own life and jump off a bridge. why do we have to suffer more than once? like doesn t the lord get our attention is that not enough, in the book,y you see people testify to suffering over and o over and they don t loss their faith or they regain it. i think that people who do that, are people who have taken jesus words seriously. in john 16:33 in this world, he never promised a world without problems, in this world you will have tribulation. but take courage for i have overcome the world.
what calms everything. i remember having a conversation with one of most preimminent neuroscientists in world. daniel siegel out of ucla, about the significance of rains on mind, brain, body connection. and i asked him, i said, do you believe that if you could have a relationship with god, that it could be san fr transformational and impact your mind and brain and your body? he said, 100%, yes. that brings real meaning and value, even can bring hope in the midst of pain. there have been many points in tina s life, when depression convinced her that no one was strong enough to catch her, the force of god a intervening love waso grade, he pulled tina to his safe embrace,