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A Small Book for the Hurting Heart is the most recent volume in the “small book” series from New Growth Press. In this book, author and Pastor Paul Tautges gently and graciously walks readers through meditations on loss, grief, and healing over the course of 50 devotionals. I had my copy of A Small Book for the Hurting Heart for a while and picked it up after my recent miscarriage and I’m so glad I did.
The devotionals for each day are short yet full of truth and comfort. I appreciated that the devotionals acknowledge the hardship that accompanies living in a sin-stained world while providing readers with hope. It often appears that works about suffering tend to do one or the other and the approach Paul takes is full of grace and truth.
I love that each devotional places Scripture before the devotional content. It was sweet to come across many verses that I had already been meditating on in my Bible reading time. I really enjoyed coming across the reminder on Day 7 that, “In Jesus, life comes from death. Jesus willingly suffered in your place, since he knew that the only way to give birth to new life—was by dying. ‘Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit’ (John 12:24).”
Reading this reminded me of something similar I had shared in my miscarriage story and made me feel especially hopeful that God can use our grief for our good. As I’ve continued to read, I’ve felt like I’ve had a counselor present encouraging me and helping me keep my eyes fixed on Jesus.
I’ve really enjoyed A Small Book for the Hurting Heart and highly recommend it to anyone who is experiencing hurt and needs to be reminded of the hope of the gospel daily.
I received A Small Book for the Hurting Heart compliments of New Growth Press in exchange for my honest review.
