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Luminous Dark

Leaning Into Pain, Holding onto God, Breaking Through to Light [Paperback]

by Alain Emerson

Raw and real, Alain Emerson shares his story of leaning into pain and suffering at the loss of his wife, and the ways God broke through into his life.

  • For anyone affected by grief

  • Alain Emerson journeys through pain, and into hope

  • You'll find a story to help guide your own journey of grief

  • Author

    Alain Emerson

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Muddy Pearl

  • Published

    October 2017

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"God doesn't give us answers. In the silence he gives us himself - bigger than our pain, beyond our explanations, closer than our breath."

When you follow God in wholehearted obedience, and suddenly your entire world falls apart; when your deepest, most urgent prayers are met with silence – can faith survive?

Alain Emerson felt like the luckiest man in the world. The talented pastor of a thriving church and national director of a prayer movement, he had found and married Lindsay, the girl of his dreams,his soulmate. He could never have imagined that in a matter of months he would be nursing his beautiful twenty-three-year-old wife through the final stages of cancer, and would find himself a young widower, distraught and alone.

In this profound new book from Muddy Pearl, Alain retraces his journey through the stages of grief,pain and shock, choosing to lean into the pain, and to face God with his disappointment. He experiences the bewildering silence of God, the absence of simple answers, and life in the dark tunnel of despair. Finding great comfort from the Psalms and the work of writers who truly understand – Wiesel, Brueggemann, Moltmann – Emerson wrestles with God and with his grief.
Through this, he emerges with a stronger and deeper faith, and a sense of having seen God's face –the one who walks beside us, suffers and weeps with us, and who ultimately restores our joy.

A book for those experiencing grief or disappointment with God, this is a deeply honest insight into journeying through pain with God, even when you can't hear his voice or see his plan, written in away that gives full voice to the pain, and to the loving character of God.

Alain Emerson is Irish National Director of 24-7 Prayer and a lead Pastor at Emmanuel Church, a thriving young church in Lurgan, Northern Ireland. Alain has a passion to see God do a ‘new thing’ in Ireland. He is married to Rachel and they have two daughters, Annie and Erin. Alain is a former Irish league footballer who now enjoys watching sport rather than playing it, especially the mighty Liverpool! He enjoys hanging out with friends, reading and helping his wife run a dental practice.

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  • Author

    Alain Emerson

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Muddy Pearl

  • Published

    October 2017

  • Weight

    318g

  • Page Count

    224

  • Dimensions

    138 x 214 x 21 mm

  • ISBN

    9781910012451

  • ISBN-10

    1910012459

  • Eden Code

    4546099

More Information

  • Author/Creator: Alain Emerson

  • ISBN: 9781910012451

  • Publisher: Muddy Pearl

  • Release Date: October 2017

  • Weight: 318g

  • Dimensions: 138 x 214 x 21 mm

  • Eden Code: 4546099


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