A Path through Pain: How Faith Deepens and Joy Grows through What You Would Never Choose

by Ed Young, Lisa Young

Overview

For anyone going through grief, loss, hurt, or trauma, A Path Through Pain guides readers through their first steps toward healing.

Ed and Lisa Young, pastors of Fellowship Church, know the kind of grief that no one should have to suffer—the death of a child. With deep vulnerability, they tell the story of their family's journey through sorrow and anger to hope and healing after the tragic and sudden loss of their daughter.

Having been through the worst, they began to realize how many others were dealing with similar hurt, doubts, and uncertainties and asking the same questions:

• How can I move through this period in my life?
• Can I restore my trust in God and see His presence in the midst of suffering?
• Is there a purpose to pain, even if I can't see it yet?

In A Path Through Pain, the Youngs will offer you a language and a voice to speak about your pain and a way to see that you don't walk this path alone. They'll walk you through concrete ways that daily acts of faith can restore your hope in the faithfulness and power of Jesus Christ.

God really does care for us, and in the darkest of places, his light still shines to show us a way through.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780310366935
Publisher:	Zondervan
Publication date:	11/07/2023
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	487,189
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Ed Young is the founding and senior pastor of Fellowship Church, with multiple locations in Texas and online at Fellowship Church.com. As a bestselling author, Ed has written fifteen books and is a frequent conference speaker who is passionate about providing resources for church leaders through Creative Pastors.com and C3 Conference, as well as his own website, www.Ed Young.com.

Lisa Young, alongside her husband, Ed Young, leads Fellowship Church in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex in Texas. Lisa is a gifted speaker, teacher, and writer. She has coauthored several books with her husband, Ed. They have been married for over forty years and have four children, one who is in heaven, and six grandchildren.

Editorial Reviews

09/18/2023

In this stirring guide, married pastors Ed and Lisa Young (The Creative Marriage) share how they found purpose in faith after their daughter’s sudden death and counsel readers on how they can navigate hardships of their own. According to the authors, pain is inescapable, but God supplies “the strength you need to endure it, to grow from it,” and sometimes even “to find joy in it,” a process they’re still working through in the wake of their 34-year-old daughter’s death from alcohol-related complications. They guide readers through a four-step plan that begins with admitting “you cannot process pain on your own,” then moves on to accepting that “Jesus is your loving Lord,” “choos him daily,” and finding “hope and healing in community.” Along the way, readers can adopt such restorative practices as journaling and consistent Bible reading, and establish “support structures” that include seeing a therapist or leaning into “replenishing relationships.” The authors also highlight pain’s benefits, including spiritual growth and increased compassion, which “can change the way we experience” grief. While the Youngs’ relatively bare-bones plan might strike some readers as reductive, most will appreciate the authors’ willingness to tackle thorny faith questions (“How could a good God—a loving God—allow so much pain and suffering in the world?”) while remaining painfully candid about their own ongoing grieving process. This is ideal for the faithful seeking strength amid life’s trials. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly