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Wounded by God's People: Discovering How God’s Love Heals Our Hearts is unavailable, but you can change that!

Tucked into Abraham's biography is the story of Hagar, a young Egyptian slave with whom Abraham had a son named Ishmael. Hagar stood out because she was wounded--not physically, but in ways that were as emotionally and spiritually painful as any injury to a body would be. Some wounds were provoked by her own bad behavior, but others were inflicted by those who considered themselves God's people. ...

allowed but destined His Son to be wounded for a greater glory. Long before Jesus walked the earth, the prophet Isaiah described the Messiah as a suffering servant: Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities: the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed … . Yet it was the LORD’S will to crush him and cause
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