Limping Heavenward
In Limping Heavenward, Karrie Hahn writes about living by faith amid comprehensive and chronic suffering. This edifying book will strengthen suffering saints and equip those who care for them.
Comprehensive and Chronic Suffering
Hahn introduced me to the concepts of both comprehensive and chronic suffering. This suffering is comprehensive in scope, meaning it touches and impacts all aspects of your life, and chronic, meaning it lingers over long periods of time. Relational struggles might hurt the most, and Hahn details losing so much—including her boyfriend, job, and church—as she dealt with mononucleosis. She writes with first-hand experience.
For a book on suffering, it is incredibly encouraging. Even when speaking of Satan, Hahn says it can actually be encouraging to recognize his involvement in your suffering. We know his plans of attack, we know his agenda, and we can be empowered to reject him and embrace Christ as a defiant act of worship.
Traveling Together
I appreciate the hopeful perspective Hahn gives her readers. When speaking of how God treats His friends, she urges us to widen our perspective to others in Scripture and in history, to see that God has different purposes for different people. In doing so, He is still able to show perfect love toward every single son or daughter who belongs to Him in Christ.
The book ends with a compassionate call to weep with those who weep, but also to rejoice readily in hope. God continues to rejoice over His children, and we can look ahead as we wait upon the weight of future glory. After reading this book, I feel better equipped to walk alongside the suffering—by lamenting, expressing righteous anger, taking action, making connections, and staying sensitive. I’m committed to limping heavenward together, knowing that the Lord is still loving amid our suffering.
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