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    Hope...the Best of Things
    Hope...the Best of Things
    Hope...the Best of Things
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    Hope...the Best of Things

    By Joni Eareckson Tada

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    One thing has saved her: the heaven-sent hope found only in Christ.
    If hope is scarce in your life, this special booklet will draw you-toward a fresh perspective on suffering, true scriptural encouragement, and this beloved author's hard-won insights about the goodness of God.
    In her life's journey Joni has learned to meet suffering on God's terms. She has learned that joy is for real. And most of all, she has learned that hope is the best of things when we give it a chance. This book powerfully communicates all these truths from someone who has lived them, so that you can live them too, no matter what you're going through.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCrossway Books
    Release dateJun 26, 2008
    ISBN9781433522338
    Hope...the Best of Things
    Author

    Joni Eareckson Tada

    Joni Eareckson Tada is CEO of Joni and Friends, a global ministry that serves the practical and spiritual needs of people with disabilities. She is also an artist and the author of numerous bestselling books, including Joni; A Place of Healing; and When God Weeps. Joni and her husband, Ken, reside in Calabasas, California.

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      "Oh, God, please may I borrow your smile?" Thank you, Joni, for writing this book and for speaking hope into my faith-walk. I am smiling again :))

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    Hope...the Best of Things - Joni Eareckson Tada

    HOPE... the Best of Things

    10

    Hope. . . the Best of Things

    Copyright © 2008 by Joni Eareckson Tada

    This book was formerly part of Suffering and the Sovereignty of God, copyright 2006 by Desiring God Ministries, originally published under the title

    "Hope. . . the Best of Things."

    Published by Crossway Books

    a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers

    1300 Crescent Street

    Wheaton, Illinois 60187

    All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher, except as provided for by USA copyright law.

    Cover design: Amy Bristow

    Cover art: Joni Eareckson Tada

    First printing: 2007

    Printed in the United States of America

    Unless otherwise indicated, Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

    PDF ISBN 978-1-4335-0434-1

    Mobipocket ISBN 978-1-4335-0435-8

    Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

    Tada, Joni Eareckson.

    Hope—the best of things / Joni Eareckson Tada.

    p. cm.

    Originally published as part of Suffering and the sovereignty of God, © 2006

    ISBN 978-1-4335-0219-4 (tpb)

    1. Tada, Joni Eareckson. 2. Hope—Religious aspects—Christianity.

    3. Suffering—Religious aspects—Christianity. I. Title.

    BV4638.T34         2008

    241'.4—dc22

    2007050383

    VP          17    16    15    14    13    12    11    10    09    08

    14    13    12    11    10    9    8    7    6    5    4    3    2    1

    For

    Carmen Thompson

    . . . WHOSE HOPE IS THE LORD

    Contents

    Preface

    1 Hope Is Hard to Come By

    2 Meeting Suffering and Joy on God’s Terms

    3 Hope Is Contagious

    4 Misery May Love Company but Joy Craves a Crowd

    Epilogue

    Preface

    If you have picked up this booklet, it’s safe to say you are interested in hope—understanding it, finding it, and resting in it. Ours is

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