When the Bottom Drops Out: Finding Grace in the Depths of Disappointment

Nobody is immune to disappointment. Unfortunately, at some point all of us will face that horrific moment when the bottom completely drops out of out of our life, leaving us broken, devastated, and desperately searching for God’s grace.

Pastor and theologian Robert Bugh has experienced unthinkable pain and disappointment firsthand, having lost both his wife and his best friend to cancer within a year and a half of each other. Though devastating, Bugh’s tragedy also brought him into a stronger, deeper relationship with God.

When the Bottom Drops Out chronicles Rob’s journey from loss to restoration and shows readers how to find and hold tightly to Christ through even the most painful episodes of life. Bugh’s story is proof positive that while pain and disappointment are an unavoidable part of life, God is nonetheless faithful, holding us close at all times and in all circumstances.

The power of the Gospel played out in one ordinary life
No one is immune from disappointment. Unfortunately, at some point most of us will face that horrific moment when the bottom completely drops out of our lives, leaving us broken, devastated, and desperately searching for God’s grace.

After years of counseling others through heartache and loss, Pastor Robert Bugh watched his own world implode when he unexpectedly lost both his best friend and his wife to cancer within a year and a half of each other. Though devastating, Rob’s tragedy also brought him into a stronger, deeper relationship with God, and forced him to reevaluate his own approach to dealing with grief.

When the Bottom Drops Out chronicles Rob’s journey from loss to restoration and shows readers how to find and hold tightly to Christ, through even the most painful episodes of life. His story is proof positive that while pain and disappointment are unavoidable, God is nonetheless sovereign and faithful, holding us close at all times and in all circumstances.