The Hardest Peace

This book made me cry - the good kind of tears feeling the weight of Kara's suffering and yet the freedom that grace and embracing gospel truths provides as well. Her story is a beautiful one, not because she seems to love her family well, not because she inserts thought-provoking and relevant quotes and verses throughout the book, and certainly not because she writes to glorify herself and how she has persevered through her struggles. Rather, her story is beautiful because it reflects the gospel and what it means to lean in and trust God even when life does not end up the way you hoped or planned it would.

Kara's story points to a God who is with us during our moments of weakness, sadness, hurt, sickness, suffering, illness, disease, cancer. A God who sent His Son to die a painful death as the propitiation for our sins so that we might know true love, forgiveness, and grace in a broken world and one day see His glory and goodness face to face.

A truly wonderful read for anyone who has ever suffered (i.e. everyone) full of such encouragement and needed reminders of the greatness and love of God, no matter what our life circumstances may be.