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Death and suffering as an opportunity? 

A new book written to comfort those facing death also encourages them to see death as an opportunity to leave a powerful testimony to those around them.

Author Angela Dockter-Harris explains:  "In our deepest, darkest, moment--when we feel abandoned and alone, God has a plan and a purpose--and if in those moments we choose Him and choose to glorify Him, He will give us a testimony above what we can ask or imagine." 

Part journal, part bible study -- Dance in the Rain: His Joy Comes in the Mourning enables those facing death to record such a testimony. 

The reader can record their memories and the details of their relationships, and even complete one of two copies of the same Bible study, leaving behind the second copy for loved ones.  Thus, for example, children left behind can complete the Bible study knowing how the parents they lost answered the same questions.

Angela hopes that the book can be a comfort to all those that face the suffering and grief of death. 

"I have had many challenges with suffering and sorrow in my own life," she says.  "The death of a close friend that left behind a wife, two small children and unborn child was especially challenging.  How would his children know who he was?  How would they understand that God had not failed them?" 

Dance in the Rain squarely adresses such tough issues and provides a way for those left behind to connect with those they have lost. 

The book also addresses strained relationships here on earth, and one of the most challenging questions for those that know God: "What if my loved one isn't saved?"

"We have to understand that the Lord is in control of all things and he has not failed us or our loved one in any way," Angela explains.  "Death, loss, suffering is not a failure on God's part -- not ever.  But each does provide us with a chance and a choice to come to know God, to draw closer to Him, and to share our testimony with others." 

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Dance In the Rain: His  Joy Comes In The Mourning

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