Now Is Eternity: Comfort and Wisdom for Difficult Hours
By (Author) Christoph Friedrich Blumhardt
By (author) Johann Christoph Blumhardt
Plough Publishing House
Plough Publishing House
27th May 2014
United States
General
Non Fiction
Personal religious testimony and popular inspirational works
Spirituality and religious experience
291.4
Paperback
80
Width 127mm, Height 177mm, Spine 6mm
113g
Bad days are one thing-everyone has them now and then. But what about the darker clouds that settle over a life for weeks or even months at a time What about separation and divorce, prolonged illness and hospitalization What about the loss of a friend or a parent, the absence of a child or a spouse For the friend or family member who just isn't coping, no matter what you say, the sturdy simplicity of this little volume offers something most well-meaning sympathy cards forget:a gentle insistence that there is still a God who watches over all, and a stubborn faith that the worst trials of life's "difficult hours" will one day be overshadowed by his comfort and peace. In reminding us of the power conferred by hope, Now is Eternity is a source of daily strength. Gives the understated beauty and brevity of its texts, it is one the thirsty reader will surely come back to again and again.
Pastor, politician,and author Christoph F. Blumhardt (1842-1919)influenced a whole generation of Europeans, including Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Emil Brunner, Oscar Cullman, and Karl Barth. His father, Johann C. Blumhardt (1805-1880) was a Swabian Pastor and is regarded by many as the father of German pietism.