Why Am I Suffering? // Vaneetha Risner

September 25, 2024

So often in our suffering we ask this question, "If God loves me, why did this happen?" On today's episode, Vaneetha Risner (who is no stranger to suffering), encourages us to ask a different question. She reminds us that we are loved by God and therefore should ask, "Because God loves me, why did this happen?" Vaneetha helps us see how God meets us in our suffering, how our suffering is not without purpose, and how we can grow in hope through it all.

SEPTEMBER DWELL VERSE

"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful." — Hebrews 10:23

LINKS FROM TODAY'S SHOW

Find out more about Vaneetha on her website.
Listen to Held by Natalie Grant—the song that Crystal Wells wrote about the loss of Vaneetha's newborn son.
Check out Natalie and Vera's new Bible study, Dwell on These Things: Transform Your Heart and Mind by Memorizing God's Word.
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Vaneetha Risner

Vaneetha Rendall Risner writes and speaks about suffering. She is the author of several books including a Bible study, Desperate for Hope, and her memoir, Walking Through Fire. Vaneetha and her husband Joel live in Raleigh, NC where she writes at her website https://www.vaneetha.com about struggle and loss and the breathtaking way Christ meets us in it.

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