Episode 290 - Beholding God in our Suffering with Strahan Coleman

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2023

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

What do we do when our suffering makes us feel angry at God? How do we continue to hold on to our relationship with the Lord when we are struggling with difficulties and trials in our lives?For author, musician and spiritual director, Strahan Coleman, his battle with chronic illness left him depleted physically, emotionally, spiritually and financially. And while it felt as though so much was being stripped away in his life, he also began to experience an expansion when it came to his relationship with God. It didn't come easy though, but only through the painstaking honesty and lament in his cries to the Lord for help and healing. Through it, Strahan learned the power of being with God rather than simply working for Him. It was that journey that led him to write, Beholding: Deepening our Experience in God, in which Strahan encourages believers to see prayer as a beautiful invitation of not just seeking, but becoming. In this deep conversation, Eric sits with Strahan to discuss the role of prayer in our suffering as well as our daily lives, what to do with anger towards God, and what it looks like to behold God in our suffering. If suffering has ever left you wondering if God even cares, this episode will remind you that the Lord wants you to come to Him with all of your pain and emotions and to learn to simply behold Him in the process. Website: www.commonerscommunion.com Instagram: www.instragram.com/commoners_communion Book: Beholding: Deepening Our Experience in God https://a.co/d/59iiNiw Have a friend who is walking through something difficult? Invite them to our next 5 Steps to Taking Back Your Story zoom call with Davey Blackburn. Send them this link to sign up: www.nothingiswasted.com/starthere Want to learn more about Pain to Purpose? Learn more: www.course.nothingiswasted.com Has a recent loss, trauma or tragedy upended your world? Let us guide you through those early days: nothingiswasted.com/everythingchanges Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey friends, I know some of you guys are listening to this because you're currently going through
0:05.0	something difficult, but some of you guys are listening to this because these resources
0:08.3	that nothing has wasted ministries, these stories that you're hearing, they're providing
0:11.6	you a lot of help as you're helping other people who are going through a difficult time.
0:15.7	So let me ask you this.
0:16.7	Do you have a friend or a loved one who has gone through a really difficult season of
0:20.4	tragedy or trauma or major life transition?
0:23.6	Has someone you cared about recently shared their struggles and pain with you?
0:28.0	Did you wonder what you could do to help this person engage in their story and find
0:31.9	deeper healing?
0:33.8	We've all been there.
0:35.4	It can feel helpless to witness someone you love walking through a valley of suffering
0:40.8	after loss or betrayal or divorce or some other set of circumstances that have left them
0:46.3	reeling.
0:47.6	You probably even thought, I wish there was more that I could do.
0:51.0	Well, good news.
0:52.1	There is.
0:53.3	And nothing has wasted ministries.
0:54.4	We offer an ever growing expanse of resources for helping people navigate through pain
1:00.7	of all kinds, but I want to share with you one resources that you may be able to help
1:06.1	with right now as you're walking with a hurting friend or family member.
1:11.1	Our free live five steps to taking back your story Zoom call with me will help point
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