Offer It Up
Discovering Deep Meaning and Powerful Purpose in Suffering
Are you struggling with your suffering? Do you ever feel that you resent God because of it or wonder why He lets you or someone you love suffer?
What if the way to endure suffering is not to run from it, but to find deep healing through it? This is what you’ll find in Offer It Up: Discovering the Power and Purpose of Redemptive Suffering. In this book, learn how God can repurpose your pain to become redemptive – benefitting not only your own soul, but others’ too. Author Megan Hjelmstad draws from her experience with chronic illness to address the fear, grief, limitation, and needs that accompany suffering, providing practical tools to face any cross with purpose and peace.
Offer It Up is an irreplaceable companion for all who need hope in hard times.
Find Purpose in Your Suffering
Reviews of Offer It Up:
“This book is truly awe-inspiring, spirit-filled, and a profound blessing to all who read it. Every page speaks to the heart with truth and grace, gently guiding the reader through the sacred journey of suffering, compassion, and self-awareness—all rooted in God’s mercy. It doesn’t just offer insight; it offers healing, inviting us to encounter the Lord more deeply in our pain and to extend His love to others. A must-read for anyone seeking hope, healing, and holy perspective.”
“I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Megan’s testimony is a soothing balm for anyone going through suffering of any kind. She doesn’t diminish suffering or use trite platitudes but offers a real solution to hurting souls for living with pain this side of heaven. Thank you Megan for the courage to share your story and the strength it took to endure to write it. May God bless you as you continue to spread your words of wisdom with others.”
“As a convert to the Catholic faith, I had heard of offering up our sufferings to unite them with Christ’s sacrifice and I would clumsily try to remember to do that during difficult times or illness without really understanding how or what it meant. Megan’s own journey and beautifully written guide to redemptive suffering not only helped me better understand how to put this into practice but shined a light on this powerful special relationship with God and His work. She artfully shows us how our struggles and anxiety from those struggles can be used for special graces and provides tools and guidance on how we can do that. This book brought to light a new awareness of walking with Christ everyday in small ways that may otherwise feel insignificant or overwhelming. Megan’s storytelling and woven words brings so much understanding and reaches the deepest part of your soul that you want to change, your desires to be closer to God ache inside you and she provides all the tools to help us do just that. It’s absolutely beautiful.”
“”Offer it Up” by Megan Hjelmstad is a remarkable book that should be read by anyone who desires to grow in genuine holiness. In simple yet well-crafted language, Megan leads the reader into a deeper understanding and even acceptance of the mystery of suffering. Through theology, spirituality, and her own personal experience, which as this book reveals, has not been lacking, Megan reminds us that suffering is not a sign of God’s absence, but an opportunity to participate with God in the sanctification of souls. By sharing her own examples of suffering, and especially the grace that suffering has brought her, we are both consoled and strengthened by Megan’s witness. After reading this book one can more easily find the courage to offer up one’s own suffering for others. “Offer it up” is filled with wisdom, practical advice, and is a powerful testimony to the fact that God can effect good even amid suffering. Megan Hjelmstad is a prayerful, wise, and trustworthy guide along the mysterious path of suffering. I could not recommend this book enough.”