Scars That Have Shaped Me, Vaneetha Rendall Risner
Scars That Have Shaped Me, Vaneetha Rendall Risner
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Scars That Have Shaped Me
How God Meets Us in Suffering

Author: Vaneetha Rendall Risner

Narrator: Vaneetha Rendall Risner

Unabridged: 3 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/01/2019

Synopsis

Twenty-one surgeries by age thirteen. Years in the hospital. Verbal and physical bullying from schoolmates. Multiple miscarriages as a young wife. The death of a child. A debilitating progressive disease. Riveting pain. Abandonment. Unwanted divorce.

Vaneetha Rendall Risner begged God for grace that would deliver her. But God offered something better: his sustaining grace.

In The Scars That Have Shaped Me, Vaneetha does more than share her stories of pain; she invites other sufferers to taste with her the goodness of a sovereign God who will carry us in our darkest of days.

About Vaneetha Rendall Risner

Vaneetha Risner is a writer and speaker who is passionate about helping people find hope in the midst of suffering. Part of her story is losing her infant son, which was the inspiration for the hit song "Held," recorded by Natalie Grant. She is also the author of The Scars That Have Shaped Me: How God Meets Us in Suffering. Before she started writing, Vaneetha had a career in business and received her BS from University of Virginia's McIntire School of Commerce and her MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. Vaneetha is married to Joel and has two grown daughters, Katie and Kristi.

Reviews

Goodreads review by AnnaScott on May 05, 2019

This is an excellent book. Vaneetha is so real with her pain and raw in her writing style, making her easy to relate to. Yet at the same time, her faith is so deep and her points are so scripturally strong. She highlights a beautiful point that is often missed in Christian culture - it's ok to be he......more

Goodreads review by Kristen on July 01, 2024

A moving testimony of God's mighty work of love within our suffering. One of my favorite quotes: “This is the most precious answer God can give us: wait. It makes us cling to him rather than to an outcome."......more

Goodreads review by Molly on March 31, 2018

I am grateful for this book. Vaneetha shares her story of suffering that has led to "an abiding joy in God." I worked my way through it slowly, as I found myself needing to reread and mediate on the powerful truths she shares.......more

Goodreads review by Hannah on January 23, 2023

4.5 stars. This is an excellent book on suffering and the sovereignty of God in suffering from an author who is no stranger to extraordinary hardship and deep pain. It caused me to shift my gaze to Christ and dwell on His goodness and His nearness even in pain. I do have some doctrinal disagreement......more

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