When it storms in your life – eBook

Are you struggling with questions surrounding major losses in your life and wondering where God is? Or are you traumatized through chronic lack of security in your childhood?

This book is written for those who carry deep wounds — from childhood, from loss, or from life itself — and who are searching for healing without easy answers.

Laurens shares from his own journey through childhood neglect and abuse, and the long path of recovery that followed. In his most difficult season, he found unexpected help in the biblical story of Job — a story that gives voice to suffering, protest, and the search for meaning.

Through 60 short contemplations, each rooted in a verse from Job, this book gently explores questions such as:

• Where is God’s love in innocent suffering?
• What do you need from your environment when you are traumatized?
• How can you begin to process your losses?
• What was God’s answer to Job’s questions?

These contemplation bring together personal experience, biblical insight, and psychological understanding. They do not rush the healing process, but create space for honesty, grief, and gradual restoration.

Along the way, you will find:

• practical insights for processing trauma from both childhood and later life
• guidance for navigating loss and emotional pain
• a dedicated section for family members, friends, and caregivers who want to support someone who is traumatized

The book is enriched with paintings that Laurens made during his most intense season, illustrating the intense process of trauma recovery.

This is not a book of quick solutions.
It is a companion for those who are learning, slowly, to trust again.