The Beauty in Ugly

by Glenn Goree

Publisher:

Histria Books

, 2015

Overview

Life can get really UGLY.

Marriages sometimes end in divorce. A person is healthy one minute, then a routine physical reveals terminal cancer, and medical bills wipe out any savings. Jobs are lost, children don’t respond to parental teaching. Sons and daughters return home from war with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

I could list a dozen more tragic losses. How do we cope, or is coping the answer? I believe we need to face these difficulties and setbacks with a different mindset. Instead of merely treating our problems with a salve--coping--we need to delve into the core and search for the beauty in life’s ugliness.

How do we find this beauty? There is only one way--by looking to the cross. The world scorned Jesus as being ugly, but he arose in the beauty of eternal life. Following His example will give us the courage so we, too, can face life’s ugliness by discovering its deep, inner beauty.

Key Features

• Shifts the reader’s mindset from merely coping with tragedies to searching for life’s inner beauty
• Explores the core of life’s most difficult setbacks to find meaning beneath the surface
• Utilizes the example of the cross to provide courage for facing modern-day trials and suffering

Product Details

• Title: Beauty in Ugly
• Author: Glenn Goree
• Publisher: Histria Books
• Print Publication Date: 2015
• Pages: 116
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
• ISBNs: 9781632131621, 1632131625
• Resource ID: LLS:BEAUTYINUGLY
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2026-03-06T16:38:09Z

About Glenn Goree

Glenn Goree has over thirty years of counseling experience. He and his wife worked as missionaries in Rhodesia, Africa for six years. During the terrorist war afflicting the country, he assisted in civilian/paramilitary counter insurgency programs. He later became a medic in the Rhodesian army.

After the family returned to Texas, he established Glenn Goree and Associates. He has provided crisis counseling in Morocco, Jordan, and Afghanistan, as well as in many local areas. Glenn currently serves as a mental health consultant for a global company with offices in San Antonio, and is an area coordinator for counseling services for another company headquartered in Wisconsin. He is also the Director of the counseling program for a large church in San Antonio. He holds an M. A. and M. Ed. degrees, and is a Licensed Professional Counselor.