by Lon Solomon
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In 1992, Pastor Lon Solomon's career was on a speedy ascent. He was the senior pastor at McLean Bible Church, an influential and rapidly growing church in the suburbs of the nation's capital. In his weekly sermons he was funny, engaging, and self-effacing. He was successful, comfortable, respected by his peers and reaching Washington's elite decision makers. His life could not have been better. That's precisely when his world began to crumble. He didn't see it at the time, but today Pastor Solomon knows that God was sending the blessing of brokenness to him. It came in the form of a beautiful daughter who for years would suffer through thousands of seizures and become severely impaired, physically and mentally. He and his family were thrust into days of emotional darkness. Pastor Solomon began to question his faith and feared he would fail his congregation. In this touching and important book, he tells how God shattered him for the sole purpose of helping him reach his full potential as a servant of Christ. Today, his church is having a major impact on Washington, D.C., with more than 10,000 worshipers attending services each weekend. Read this book and you'll never be the same.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
Wonderful book, very helpful, 2008-06-30
This book is insightful, biblically sound and very helpful whether you are struggling right now or have in the past. If you're in a stalemate in your life, this book may be helpful in shedding some light on just why that may be the case. I highly recommend.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Inspiring, Poignant, Relevant Book from Lon Solomon, 2007-04-18
Lon Solomon's ministry has grown tremendously in recent years, and for good reason. His teachings are without a doubt Biblical, honest, and down to earth. I have attended his church, McLean Bible Church in Vienna, Virginia, many a time and have always been highly impressed with his unwavering presentation of the true Gospel message.
Lon's book, "Brokenness: How God Redeems Pain and Suffering," is no different. We all go through hard times in life, whether emotionally, physically, or psychologically. Sometimes it can press in and become almost unbearable. But it's good to know there's a resource out there to help us understand WHY God sometimes allows these tragedies in our lives and His purpose behind that suffering - and Lon's book is just that. Lon knows what he's talking about - he's been there.
If you want to understand why God is taking so long in His answer, why it has to be so painful and difficult in the process, and why He allowed it in the first place, then you need this book.
Daniel J. Gansle
Christian Author/Senior Technical Writer
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 Excellent, 2007-01-11
Excellent book from someone who has experienced brokenness firsthand. It is a book that I have purchased for several of my friends. I have read the book twice and intend to reread it about once a year.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
Best Book I've Read on Pain and Suffering in a Long Time, 2006-12-13
I'm a psychologist, an abuse survivor, a person who's lost several close friends and family to death, and, lately, a person with severe, debilitating, unexpected pain in both of my knees. In attempts to be a better therapist and also to help me understand the reason for all of the pain in my own life, I've read numerous books on suffering and pain. I wish this book had been available decades ago, when I had my first "broken" experience. At the time, I was asking God to use me and fill me and then, inexplicably, numerous horrible things happened in my life. I didn't understand them and thought that God didn't love me anymore! Many years later, I realized that God had always loved me and never had left, but I wasted a lot of time and went through unnecessary heartache.
In this book, Lon explains how many people who are earnestly seeking after a more close, intimate relationship with God, are confused and stunned when it looks as if He's punishing or abandoning them. He uses the analogy of a seed of wheat -- the outer, hard shell must crack in order for the life to flow out and produce fruit. He discusses how God will break us, often in the area that is our central core, in order to have His life flow through us and produce fruit.
I highly recommend this book to anyone you know who is struggling -- whether it's because their spouse has just walked out on them, they're experiencing physical pain of some kind, have a child either born with or developing physical or emotional problems, go through a death of someone close, or any other situation that causes immense suffering. It's encouraging in a real, solid way -- not at all filled with platitudes, but, instead, filled with solid, Scriptural foundations for his conclusions.
Dr. Linda Foltz
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
For My Mom, 2006-11-05
My mother has been quadrapelegic for about 20 years. She has faith that someday God will heal her... even if she has to wait for that in Heaven. She heard something about this book and asked me to get it for her. It took a while, but finally found it on Amazon.com. She said when she starting reading it, she profoundly disagreed with much of it and proceeded to give it a rather disgusted throw across the room. Well, she said something kept pulling her back to it. She read it and only then started to understand what the author intended to say. Since then she has been encouraging everyone she knows to read it. Many of us are 'broken' if not physicially, then spiritually or emotionally. Its up to us to find our brokenness and begin to heal.
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