The Shadow of His Hand
When Life Disappoints, You Can Rest in God's Comfort and Grace
1st Edition
Published on 29. December 2010
256 pages
978-0-307-76896-4 (ISBN)
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Identifies God's closeness despite the disappointments and challenges of life, in a volume that recounts the author's own experiences with unfulfilled dreams.
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Judith Couchman
The Shadow of His Hand
When Life Disappoints, you Can Rest in God's Comfort and Grace
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05/2002
Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)
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Judith Couchman is the owner of Judith & Company, a business devoted to writing, speaking, and editing. The author/compiler of numerous books, including Shaping a Woman's Soul, Designing a Woman's Life, and several other Women of Faith Bible studies, she makes her home in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The Wounded Healer's Hand
- Psalm 91
- Part One: When Life Interrupts
- An Unexpected Truth
- Where's the Script?
- The Reality Gap
- Where Is God?: A Prayer for the Perplexed
- The Constancy of Job's Friends
- Time for a Miracle
- Fragile, Flawed, Frustrated
- Traveling Light: Jamie Buckingham
- That Annoying Thing Called Hope
- Part Two: Into the Shadow
- The Hovering Shadow
- The Nearby Quiver: F. B. Meyer
- Under the Wings: Author Unknown
- A Present Help
- Broken Down
- Turn to Me, Lord: A Prayer for the Lonely
- In Good Hands: Hannah Hurnard
- The Rescuers
- Take This Cup: Henri Nouwen
- Part Three: The Crucial Struggle
- The Real Problem
- Getting Stuck
- The Instant Rebel: Paul Tournier
- Yelling at God
- Holy Wrestling: Frederick Buechner
- Naked I Come
- The Only Choice
- Leaning into the Pain
- The Grace of Surrender: Debra Evans
- Grant Me a Willing Spirit: A Prayer for the Wounded
- Part Four: Necessary Losses
- Losing Control
- Uncluttering Our Plans
- A Terrifying Opportunity: M. Craig Barnes
- Where Did My Life Go?
- Crossing the Threshold: Sue Monk Kidd
- A Good Vision for Sale
- Losing Face
- In God I Trust: A Prayer for the Fearful
- Our Daily Dread
- Losing Guilt
- The Bright Darkness: Brennan Manning
- Part Five: Drawing Nearer
- The Door
- Staying at Home: Brent Curtis
- Looking Up Close
- Open My Eyes, Lord: A Prayer for the: Spiritually Weary
- Mirrors: Walter Wangerin Jr.
- Flat on Our Faces
- Spiritual Ironies
- Lost in the Psalms
- Prayer and Trouble: E. M. Bounds
- A New Definition of Love
- Messengers in Strange Places
- Part Six: More Temptations
- The Lure of Egypt: Jamie Buckingham
- Grace: Kathleen Nortis
- The Escape Hatch
- Costly Comparisons
- The Gift of Nothing: Oswald Chambers
- Jagged Lines
- Momentary Failures: Hannah Whitall Smith
- Forget the Salt
- With My God I Can: A Prayer for the Persevering
- Part Seven: Foolish for God
- Always Waiting: Andrew Murray
- A Few Good Things
- Small Obediences
- Unreasonable Faith
- The Harder Thing: Elisabeth Elliot
- Keep Me Steadfast: A Prayer for Those Wanting to Obey
- The Protective Hedge
- The Mark of the Christian: Francis Schaeffer
- Part Eight: Broken and Blessed
- The Blessings of Brokenness
- What Does the Lord Require?
- The Parable of the Lost Sheep: Fiction by Melissa Munro
- The "I Did It" Syndrome
- My Portion Forever: A Prayer for the Heaven Bound
- In the Now
- Living in the Light: John of the Cross
- What Matters Most
- Psalm 20
- Notes
- Credits
- Contributing Authors
- About the Author
- Other Books by This Author
