Nothing Wasted: God Uses the Stuff You Wouldn’t

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We all have past experiences we wish we could redo or undo altogether. In Nothing Wasted, counselor and teacher Kasey Van Norman’s vulnerability invites you to discover God’s personal and purposeful design for your future–not in spite of your story, but through it.

What if the pain and mistakes of your past are exactly what God wants to use to redeem your future?

A difficult childhood, public infidelity, and a fight with cancer–Kasey Van Norman has walked a rocky road of regret and loss. Shockingly, God would take her back to move her forward, uprooting her undealt-with wounds, secret shame, and intimacy-sabotaging patterns of behavior. No longer running from her past, but instead, allowing herself to be defined by it, Kasey discovered a God more intentional and loving than she’d ever believed him to be.

In this book, she shares the truth that no part of our life story is wasted–but purposefully designed and used by God to shape who we are meant to be. With vulnerability, sound doctrine, and humor, Kasey unfolds the brokenness in her own life to:

Remind you that a holy, sovereign God lovingly works through your past mistakesHelp you look at your own past to embrace it as the necessary setup for your futurePoint to the God who can weave together a beautiful story of redemption in your life

No experience or relationship has been a mistake. You are no mere byproduct of random events, and you do not need a do-over! Because with God, nothing is wasted.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Zondervan
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 12, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0310357160
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0310357162
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 6.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.4 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #896,199 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3,047 in Christian Family & Relationships #4,357 in Christian Women’s Issues #5,028 in Christian Bible Study Guides (Books)
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Customers find this book powerful and well-written, with one mentioning it takes only two days to read and they plan to reread it multiple times. The book is honest and deals with raw truth, featuring a beautiful story of redemption. They appreciate the author’s style and find it relatable, with one customer noting how it feels like talking to a friend. Customers describe the book as inspiring and encouraging.