What if you didn’t have to go looking for God’s presence?
What if you could enjoy it all the time?
Glenna Marshall’s awakening to God’s presence began in the depths of winter. Rereading her journal, she realized that for six months she’d been cataloging all the ways God had abandoned her. What if that . . . wasn’t true? Interweaving her own story of faith and doubt amid suffering, Glenna traces the theme of God’s presence from Genesis to Revelation and shows what it means for us in our own daily joys and struggles.
God’s presence among his people set him apart from the pagan gods of ancient times. His presence on earth as God Incarnate split history in two. And today his presence is one of the most significant means of his goodness to us.
The Promise is His Presence: Why God is Always Enough released August 1st, 2019.
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What others are saying:
“A truly refreshing read that has forever changed my perspective on suffering.”
––Sara Wallace, Author, For the Love of Discipline and Created to Care
“A discovery of new and more meaningful ways that God is always near and good and faithful and kind and enough.”
––Kristie Anyabwile, Editor, His Testimonies, My Heritage
“A stunning display of the hope, joy, and peace that we have because of God’s presence with us.”
––Marissa Henley, Author, Loving Your Friend through Cancer: Moving beyond “I’m Sorry” to Meaningful Support
“Achingly beautiful and brimming with gospel truth.”
—Gillian Marchenko, Author, Still Life: A Memoir of Living Fully with Depression
“Glenna Marshall has done it. In her book,The Promise Is His Presence, she has managed to pull off a rare balance among Christian authors. That is, a book that clearly and accurately portrays the story of redemption reflected throughout the Bible as she connects her very gripping, heartbreaking, and inspiring personal story of suffering. With her beautiful writing style, she reminds us the answer to joy in suffering is not the alleviation of suffering, but the reality of God’s presence in it. I commend this book for all those seeking the secret to experience the nearness of God in the darkest of places.”
—Brian Croft, Senior Pastor, Auburndale Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky; Founder, Practical Shepherding
“I resonate deeply with the title and message of this book. The promise of God’s presence has sustained me through the darkest days of my life and has given me hope for the future. This is Glenna’s story, too, and she writes of the pain we all face—not with pithy clichés but rather with deep, experiential knowledge. She gives voice to our humanity while consistently pointing us to the goodness of God. I am thankful.”
—Christine Hoover, Author, Searching for Spring: How God Makes All Things Beautiful in Time and Messy Beautiful Friendship: Finding and Nurturing Deep and Lasting Relationships
“In The Promise Is His Presence, Glenna Marshall repeatedly speaks a beautiful truth—that in our painful struggle, though we may never find out the why behind our sorrows or see how we will make it through them, because of Immanuel we know who dwells with us in our suffering. Marshall reminds us again and again that
the most important thing for us to remember is who—in our wanderings, God has given us himself, and that is the greatest promise he could ever keep.”
—Abby Hutto, Author, God for Us: Discovering the Heart of the
Father through the Life of the Son