Lord Willing?: Wrestling with God's Role in My Child's Death

by Jessica Kelley

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Does God's perfect plan really include this?

When her young son was diagnosed with brain cancer, Jessica Kelley couldn't stomach Christian cliches. God's will? Divine design? The Lord's perfect plan? In Lord Willing?, Kelley boldly tackles one of the most difficult questions of the Christian life: if God is all-powerful and all-loving, why do we suffer? For Kelley, this question takes an even more painful and personal turn: did God lack the power or the desire to spare her four-year-old son?

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For those dissatisfied with easy answers to why evil and tragedy occur, Lord Willing? offers a refreshing, hopeful journey straight to the heart of God. Be prepared for something more beautiful, more pure, and more healing that you can dare to imagine.

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