Dont Waste Your Sorrows: Finding God's Purpose in the Midst of Pain [Paperback]

Paul E. Billheimer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2006 | ISBN-10: 0764201581 | ISBN-13: 978-0764201585 | Edition: Reprinted

No pain, no gain. In this now recognized classic, Billheimer gives hope to those in pain--it's all part of the training. Count the painful "why God?" moments in life as character building for eternity.

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About the Author

PAUL E. BILLHEIMER and his wife began a tent ministry in Anderson, Indiana, in 1936 that grew to include a Bible institute, a Christian high school, a Christian day school, and in 1957, a Christian television station. In later years they worked with Trinity Broadcasting Network. They were married for sixty-three years and raised three children. Paul Billheimer wrote many inspiring books, including Destined for the Throne, Love Covers, Destined to Overcome, and Destined for the Cross. He passed away in 1984.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers; Reprinted edition (March 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764201581
• ISBN-13: 978-0764201585
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #824,816 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Something to live for!, December 14, 2007

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Bruce Cecere "Music Man" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dont Waste Your Sorrows: Finding God's Purpose in the Midst of Pain (Paperback)

When you keep asking God why, this book will provide some possible answers to your whys.

Of all the books given me when my son unexpectedly died this was the most meaningful and helpful.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A new perspectice, April 8, 2008

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A. Stombaugh (Indiana USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dont Waste Your Sorrows: Finding God's Purpose in the Midst of Pain (Paperback)

This was one of the required reading books for my YWAM discipleship school. It was a refreshing change from the missionary biographies and books on Christianity written for 6th-graders that were our other required reading. It was a challenging new perspective on the role of suffering in our Christian lives and in the eternal scheme of life. It's almost strange how challenging it was, because I found it to be biblically and theologically sound and well backed-up. While, like any idea, it should be wrestled with rather than swallowed whole, it has really changed my perspective and given me new ideas to wrestle with and a new angle with which to process life's cirumstances.

The main premise of the book, from what I gathered, is the idea that life is meant to prepare us to reign with God, as the Bride of Christ, and suffering and pain is a means to form character and maturity in us. Suffering can either make us bitter and hardened, or it can make us soft and humble and deepen our hearts to love more fully.

Worth reading.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't Waste Your Sorrows, November 19, 2010

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Michael Taylor "Michael Taylor" (Indian Trail NC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dont Waste Your Sorrows: Finding God's Purpose in the Midst of Pain (Paperback)

"Don't Waste Your Sorrows" by Paul Billheimer helps the Christian focus on God's eternal purposes for the reasons we suffer in this present world. The main point appears to be that God uses our suffering to better prepare ourselves for eternity with Him.

Among the other points covered include:

1. Why we suffer.

2. Let God use our suffering to break and teach us to love Him and others - break out of our self-centered way of life.

3. Learning to love others as Christ loves us (Agape love).

4. Learning Agape love through: family relationships, wrongful suffering, life's failures, and aging.

The book is around 125 pages may be easily read in 2-3 sittings.

A good and encouraging read. Recommended.