Glass Half Empty: Finding Peace in the God of Overflowing Grace

Glass Half Empty: Finding Peace in the God of Overflowing Grace

What can God do with a self-professed pessimist that views everything with a glass half empty? He can pour grace upon grace into that life until His joy spills over! After a tumultuous first two years of marriage, Erin and Kyle found themselves in a relationship that had hit rock bottom. For a year God poured grace into their marriage through counseling and they emerged the best of friends, more deeply in love and full of hope. Was this transformed foundation strong enough to survive the trials ahead? When chronic illness threatened to crush, God would use this suffering as a gift to display his overflowing grace , drawing them near to his heart. For countless couples struggling to stay together despite trials that seem insurmountable, Glass Half Empty: Finding Peace in the God of Overflowing Grace offers a story of resilience, the presence of light in the face of darkness. Erin’s past, eating disorder relapse, marriage conflict, chronic illness, parenthood, and daily pain would test their renewed foundation and the pessimism that lay in wait. By pursuing a relationship with God through prayer, and leaning into his promises, Erin learned to trust that God, whose love is perfect, has the power to cast out our fears even within the trial. This ultimately leads to a peace and joy that only God can give. This book is for anyone struggling with: Addiction - Eating disorders - Chronic illness - Mental health challenges - Stressful marriages and/or relationships - Children, spouses, or loved ones with chronic illnesses In a redemptive, relatable writing style, Erin’s shares the ups and downs of illness, marriage, parenthood, and pain. She also shows that perfect love casts out fear and how she and Kyle pull closer together through trials that break up many marriages. Ostergren’s vulnerable memoir reminds us of a God who lavishes mercy despite our frailty and who uses suffering to deepen faith, strengthen intimacy, and remind us that his grace is sufficient. You’ll finish this book with: A transformed perspective through increased intimacy with God - Inspiration from Erin’s story that you are not alone - Knowing that God lavishes mercy despite our flaws - The knowledge that true freedom and peace are found only in God - Understanding that total victory over sin and suffering may not come in this life, but grace meets us every single day - Seeing small moments of celebrating beauty amid pain help drown out worries over future unknowns - A desire to share burdens with trusted Christians to persevere in faith instead of withdrawing from community For anyone weary from life’s adversity, Glass Half Empty: Finding Peace in the God of Overflowing Grace is proof that God specializes in redeeming broken things and uses our trials for his glory. Follow Erin’s and Kyle’s journey through the deepest pain, finding freedom and purpose by living in an authentic relationship with God. And each other.