A Hard-Fought Hope: Journeying with Job Through Mystery

A Hard-Fought Hope has three parts: Part I offers us three interesting perspectives on reading Job including the "dilemma of trust," exploring what it means if we lose confidence in God's sovereignty. Part II explores the multiple dimensions of human loss and our reactions to them by reflecting on Job's loss, anger, and grief. In Part III, we learn how personal transformation creates a new-found wisdom to live with mystery and allows hope to grow from personal wounds. Job's story and this book help us delve deeply into our losses and doubts and emerge with resolution that allows us to rebuild hope. Job's experience of helplessness and darkness led to spiritual transformation and a deeper understanding of God's saving grace and redemption. Beautiful line drawings by Julie Bosacker illustrate Job's personal transformation.William Rudolf Long is the author of 'A Hard-Fought Hope: Journeying with Job Through Mystery', published 2004 under ISBN 9780835898881 and ISBN 0835898881.