- Genre:religion
- Sub-genre:Biblical Meditations / General
- Language:English
- Pages:144
- eBook ISBN:9781667850412
- Paperback ISBN:9781667850405

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Overview
Thru Trials to Peace is a book of 50 meditations about the ways in which God purposefully blesses and uses all of His people to further His kingdom work, even when they are struggling with chronic diseases or disabilities. The meditations were written by the author, Rae Fraser, while she contended with Parkinson's Disease and wide-spread, severely painful muscle cramps (a rare drug side-effect), for 26 years. They are based on insights Rae received from God's Word as she worked her way through the " Why me?" and "How can I bear it"? questions to reach the hardest one of all - "What use am I to You or anyone else now?" As she persevered in questioning God, she learned that He had her where he wanted her - in a special field of service where she could meaningfully extend His love and His Good News to other sufferers because she really understood their problems. It is Rae's experience that while the circumstances in which He has placed us may not be the ones we would choose, He has put us where we are for His own reasons, and. . . He will use us, and provide joy, as we make ourselves available to Him.
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The meditations in "Thru Trials to Peace" deal with the ways in which God interacts with His people, and purposefully uses them to further His kingdom work even when they are limited by chronic diseases or disabilities. Rae Fraser wrote the meditations during her 26 year struggle with Parkinson's Disease and the associated painful muscle cramps (a rare drug side-effect). Each meditation is based on insights Rae received from God's Word as she lived her way through the difficult, frustrating, and often humbling situations that the disease involved.
In this book hard questions are not avoided, and neither is the "tough love" call to recognize that as Christians we are in God's army, and must obey His commands no matter what situation we are in. At the same time, the meditations overflow with God's love and His promises to be with His hurting people, holding them in His hands at all times. They reflect Rae's own growing inner joy and eternal certainty as she learns to allow Christ's Comforter, the Holy Spirit, to work through her.