What Cannot Be Lost
Where is God in our grief? In What Cannot Be Lost, Melissa Zaldivar shares how Jesus holds us together when life Is falling apart.
Loss and Grief
In just over 150 pages, this book tells Zaldivar’s personal story of loss and grief. The loss of a job was just the beginning. Zaldivar would later grieve together with and eventually lose the life of Jill, her beloved friend from college. The book is raw, honest, and strangely inspiring.
When Zaldivar seemed to have hit rock-bottom, she found her faith to be on solid ground. She found God’s love in Jesus. And while the season was difficult, she writes with warmth and strength.
Courage and Candor
This book is not a Bible study, but Zaldivar brings Scripture to life in a way that only someone who has tasted its truth can do. She is wonderful with words, and tells her stories with courage and candor.
What I found most interesting was how Zaldivar shared her story along with insights from her work at the Orchard House — where Louisa May Alcott wrote and set Little Women. It gave a timeless, classic, but very real and relatable aspect to her story.
Anger and Sadness
I was most moved by a sentence that Zaldivar had spoke to her pastor when she was at a low point in her life. I won’t quote it here, because I feel it was most powerful in the context of the book, but I saw how open, honest anger is sometimes what we need to bring to Jesus. And when we can see the connection between our anger and our sadness, it makes the love of our Lord that much sweeter.
This book is like looking at an open wound, and seeing it being stitched back together by the Savior. For those who are being tested in their faith, this book will be a balm. For anyone who reads, it will reassure you of Christ’s compassion for the hurting. We can bring our grief to God. He will meet us there.
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