This valuable book is the tender, sensitive account of the ups and downs, the patience, and the victory in knowing God's love in times of need. After Preaching many years on Christian's response to sickness and suffering, Lehman Strauss has had to learn firsthand about the afflition God allows for His own. Dr. Strauss felt for himself the agony of helplessness and despair when his wife, Elise, suffered a severe stroke. Dr. Strauss's willingness to bare his own feelings, and his expert expostition of key Scripture passages on suffering, will encourage every Christian who is called upon to spend time in God's waiting room.