Brokenness: How God Redeems Pain and Suffering

This is an amazing book. My duaghter was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor this year, and I have been personally broken in ways that I never could imagine. This book has been the best I have read for understanding why God allows such difficult circumstances. Pastor Solomon's story of his daughter demonstrates more than just a theological understanding of what brokenness is, and how brokeness is used by God.

we are all broken, but we don't all know it. Moreover Jesus is the one who helps us in our brokenness. This is a brilliant book. I loved it and highly recommend it.

Pastor Lon Solomon captures the essential aspects of growing in one's faith through the events in our lives which leave us broken, and therefore open to God's plan for our lives. Lon uses the riveting story of learning to love, accept and care for his daughter Jill and her life-long struggle for existance. Lon shares the blessings he has received and the growth he has experienced through the brokeness in his life. I have shared this book with a pastor in crisis, and a fellow believer going through a painful divorce. I need to get more copies to share as they have kept the copies I lent them! This is a must read for every believer.

When I was a new Christ follower (over 35 years ago) a godly woman gave me Roy Hession's book "The Calvary Road." That book has impacted my life more than any other apart from the Bible. This April 2005 when I read "Brokenness" by Lon Solomon, I knew I was holding another powerful tool that would be used mightily by the Lord. In this book the writer pulls from the classic teachings of biblical scholars of old and brings those quotations into our contemporary lives as he weaves his story. The truths contained in this book instruct, encourage and challenge us as we go continuously through times of brokenness as individuals. Camilla L. Seabolt, Executive Director, Community Bible Study.