- Learn about the gifts we receive from failure disappointment & worry
- Gospel characters and stories to help you persevere
- Surrendering to God
- Encouragement for every day
Unwelcome guests are not generally greeted with gratitude but occasionally they become unexpected friends bearing gifts we never would have asked for. Virginia Herbers introduces a sampling of these types of surprising guests in our lives—failure, disappointment, worry—and the gifts they offer us when they come visiting.
Following the same pattern as her first book, Gifts from Friends We’ve Yet to Meet, Herbers chooses a gospel character to accompany us as we engage these uninvited “friends.” Weaving together the stories of Jesus’s contemporaries, his response to their foibles, and stories from her own experiences, Herbers invites us to join her on a journey of discovery, vulnerability, honesty—and hospitality.
She asks if we dare to befriend the least appealing truths of ourselves to surrender them to a God who can enlighten even the greatest darkness? If we dare, then we will have truly understood the value of these gifts from friends we never wanted.
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2025-01-29
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Liturgical Press
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Explore the unexpected gifts of failure, disappointment, and worry with "Gifts from Friends We Never Wanted: Biblical Journeys of Grace" by Virginia Herbers. Delve into Gospel stories and personal experiences to discover how unwelcome challenges can
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offer surprising blessings. With 136 pages of encouragement, this paperback invites you on a journey of surrender and enlightenment.
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