Songs in the night : how God transforms our pain to praise / Michael A. Milton. [print]

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Includes bibliographical references.

Part 1: Pain and Praise in a Fallen World A Theology of Thorns The Lord of the Storm

Part 2: Pain and Praise in a Personal Crisis Finding God in Spiritual Depression A Doxology in the Darkness

Part 3: Pain and Praise in Physical Challenges Hannah's Faith The Kindness of God Toward Sinners

Part 4: Pain and Praise in Painful Memories The grace of locust shells, or how God redeems the pain of our past A Christ for crippled lambs and lame priests

Part 5: Pain and Praise in Broken Relationships What God starts, God completes: my testimony to the saving work and keeping power of Jesus Christ Wounded in the house of friends: what to do when Christians hurt you Oh, my son!

Part 6: Pain and Praise in Future Hope Overcoming the obstacles of life God's message to spiritual amputees The grand narrative Conclusion: Meditations on roses, Dante, and Psalm 40.

Turn your weakest, most discouraging moments into your best, most uplifting moments. Joseph Parker, noted preacher of the City Temple in London, said, "Preach to the suffering and you will never lack a congregation. There is a broken heart in every pew." For that reason, this book is for everyone because there are many, many things that break our hearts. Sicknesses, spiritual depression, disabilities, painful memories, strained relationships . . . all of these weigh on our hearts at one time or another. Yet even in the midst of our heartache, a faith comes from Jesus Christ that not only encourages us through our pain, but also transforms our pain . . . as long as we let it. These pastoral messages and personal illustrations show how the brokenhearted Christian can locate the God of all comfort in the center of his or her pain, and can even learn how the gospel transforms our private pain into personal praise. Read and discover how God uses the things that seek to destroy us to become the very things that bring us salvation, bring us hope, bring us to prayer, bring us together, and ultimately bring us to heaven.

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Michael A. Milton is chancellor and CEO of Reformed Theological Seminary, where he is also the James M. Baird Jr. Chair of Pastoral Theology. He is the host of the national Bible teaching television program Faith for Living, a songwriter and recording artist, and the author of numerous books. Previously he was the senior minister of the historic First Presbyterian Church of Chattanooga, Tennessee.