Take Me To Post Comment Form This 2006 title is as relevant today as it was when first released. For These Tough Times: Reaching Toward Heaven For Hope & Healing, by Max Lucado, (published by Thomas Nelson) is a small hard-back book that offers admirable descriptive writing and a very comforting message to the grief stricken.

Tough Times gave me the feeling of comfort and relaxation I get when I pull a fully warm down comforter fresh from the dryer and drape it over my shoulders.

The message of one of God’s grace in times of complete confusion and question. Why God? Why?

Tough Times answers the question.

I’m always impressed by Max Lucado’s work simply because he has just a God-given gift to express the love of God to mankind. But this book was a perfect 2-hour read time, was packaged and priced in a way that makes it a good choice for gift giving.

I’m going to read this book again and again because its message is so well told that I want the words in this book to burn into my memory.

For me, it’s very easy to get overwhelmed by life’s angering, confusing, mismatched twists and turns and I really need to remind myself why God – why.

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