Blessed at the Broken Places: Reclaiming Faith and Purpose with the Beatitudes Format:Paperback drawing out the love and

drawing out the love and reverence that emerge from the contemplation of God's creations

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—from Chapter 18

Blessed at the Broken Places: Reclaiming Faith and Purpose with the Beatitudes Format:Paperback drawing out the love andDiscover how Jesuss blessings convert emotional suffering from a source of shame to a resource for faith. When you hurt, what does it mean for your faith? Too often church culture and religious individuals suggest that emotional pain shows lack of faith or sin against a punitive God. How ironicJesus suffered loneliness, misunderstanding, persecution and death to meet us at the lowest places and lift us to hope and life with his resurrection. Reframing