Beautiful People Don't Just Happen

How God Redeems Regret, Hurt, and Fear in the Making of Better Humans

Beautiful People Don't Just Happen
Scott Sauls
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Paperback
h213 x 139mm - 224pg
14 Jun 2022 US
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9780310363446
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Find the freedom from regret, hurt, and fear that God wants for you, so you can embrace a life of relief, joy, and hope in him. We all carry regret, hurt, and fear. These are burdens that weigh us down and make us feel trapped. Scott Sauls understands. In twenty-five years of pastoral ministry, he' s walked with countless individuals through weary seasons and circumstances. He' s also battled his own anxiety and depression. He knows what it' s like to be worn out and burdened by life. But it doesn' t have to be this way. Freedom, healing, and joy are available to us even in the midst of suffering, even when circumstances don' t change. Beautiful People Don' t Just Happen reveals how you can find a new way of living that helps you:Give honest voice to your emotions through the practice of lamentConfront your debilitating thoughts with the divine counter-voice of the God who loves youFind meaning, purpose, and "the best you" as you journey through grief and sorrowDiscover God' s heart for sinners and sufferers as you grow closer to himLearn and live out what the Bible calls the "secret of contentment" in any circumstanceDon' t settle for the way things are. Dare to hope for a better future. Dare to embrace the healing and freedom God wants for you--the freedom he freely offers to all who receive it.
This deeply pastoral book . . . shows how suffering creates beauty in us just as long pressure turns ordinary material into diamonds. Christians are called neither to stoicism nor despair before adversity but to face it as Christ did, going through death to resurrection. A highly accessible Christian theology of suffering. Tim Keller My friend Scott Sauls knows a lot about pastoring people up and out of the miry pit. . . . Beautiful People Don' t Just Happen is an extremely tender yet powerfully thoughtful volume that will help you embrace God through every affliction. For what Scott has written here is a definitive guide that will help every sufferer find their way back to hope, wholeness, and spiritual health. I give this remarkable book a double thumbs-up!Joni Eareckson Tada This wonderful, hope-infused book reminds us how God takes hard and ugly experiences and uses them to craft tenderhearted beautiful people. You shouldn' t read this book just once; pull it out every couple of years to remind yourself that because of God' s grace, hurt and fear don' t win. Beauty does. Paul David Tripp For those whose trauma and pain seems large or small: read this book and be prepared for God to draw forth your beauty, emerging as it will beyond your imagination and from the places you would least expect. Curt Thompson MD I read everything I can find by Scott Sauls, and I can' t help but think this might be his best book yet. Too many of us feel we have to hide behind an image of confidence and stability and put-togetherness. This honest, vulnerable, hopeful book shows us another way, the way of Christ, and does so with clarity, candor, and kindness. You will be glad you read it, and you' ll want to read it again. Russell Moore Each time I turned a page in this book, I felt less and less alone. By writing with honesty and candor about his own struggles, failures, regrets, and weaknesses, Scott became a companion on the journey. He understands my woundedness because he' s been there. And as we walked together, chapter by chapter, he exposed (once again) the lies I' ve told myself, replacing them with the truths of God. Beautiful People Don' t Just Happen is a trustworthy guidebook toward healing and hope, written by a man who cares. Al Andrews Every day in our counseling offices, we see confirmation that owning our mess opens the door to knowing and experiencing gospel hope. . . . Beautiful People Don' t Just Happen provides meaningful help in addressing the depression, anxiety, and mental-health crises that have enveloped our culture. God makes beauty out of our regret, hurt, and fear. We are grateful for a seasoned, graceful, and humble guide like Scott Sauls to show us how. Sissy Goff My brother and friend Scott Sauls has given us a gift. With pastoral sensitivity and care, Beautiful People Don' t Just Happen takes us to the heart of a beautiful God who wastes none of our tears. Irwyn L. Ince Jr. Emotionally honest, confessional, and full of grace . . . this book reads like a rope ladder of mercy, lifting us out of the pit of suffering and into the sunlight of God' s wisdom. Scott makes space for our brokenness and gives testimony to the grace that delivers us out of the low places of our shame and sorrow, up onto the high ground of God' s strength. Sandra McCracken Scott reminds us . . . that the darkest stains and deepest wounds of our lives will never, be wasted if we take small, faithful steps to entrust our ' worsts' to Christ. The ugliest parts of our stories are not only redeemed in Christ, they are often the parts he works gently to heal and powerfully to transform us into the most beautiful versions of ourselves. Mattie Jackson Selecman Scott gently lifts our weary heads to behold our Father' s grace and the glorious hope that we have in Christ to show us that our suffering is not in vain. This is a book that provides gospel-saturated meaning to our suffering, and it is a book that every Christian should read and read again. Bryan Loritts Scott Sauls pens hallowed words. Though we are pelleted by adversity, loss, and pain, he helps us become more pliable to Christ and the Spirit that we may walk in cadence with our creator. This book overflows with wisdom, everyday tactics, and aha! moments to help you live the beautiful life you' re meant for. Don' t miss this stunning gift to all of us. Margaret Feinberg Equal parts personally vulnerable and pastorally wise, [I found] Beautiful People Don' t Just Happen to be my favorite of Scott' s books to date, and one I can' t wait to share with others. David P. Cassidy
Scott Sauls is senior pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville, Tennessee and author of Jesus Outside the Lines, Befriend, and From Weakness to Strength. Prior to Nashville, Scott served at New York City' s Redeemer Presbyterian Church as a lead and preaching pastor and planted two churches. Scott' s work has been featured in publications including Christianity Today, Relevant, Qideas, Catalyst, Leadership Magazine, aholyexperience, Table Talk, The Gospel Coalition, Key Life, as well as other publications. Scott can be found on Facebook and Twitter/Instagram at @scottsauls, and he blogs weekly at scottsauls. com.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780310363446
Published: 14 Jun 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Zondervan
Publisher: Zondervan
Format: Paperback
Height: 213mm
Width: 139mm
Pages: 224

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