Shannon Bream Book on Overcoming Adversity

Shannon Bream is using her pain to encourage others. The Fox News journalist, who suffers from a rare genetic cornea condition, has written a new book, “Nothing is Impossible with God” about biblical figures who endured adversity and emerged transformed.

“I’ve always loved this collection of stories,” she told “The Christian Post.” “They kind of lived in the back of my brain, these stories of overcoming. I think I’m always in a season of overcoming something. So I kept these stories tucked away and collected them together, and it just seemed like a good time to put them in one place.”

Her own medical crisis reshaped her faith in ways she hadn’t anticipated.

“You memorize verses, you study the Bible, you learn things intellectually,” she said. “But walking through something like that really made me feel like I knew him, that he was with me and present in a deeper way.”

For nearly two years, Bream said she lived in constant pain while searching for answers. She fought for a diagnosis and to find the right specialist. Ultimately, she leaned hard into prayer. Eventually, she underwent a difficult surgery, a painful procedure that doesn’t work for everyone, which is why she hesitated for years before agreeing to it. Today, she is pain-free 98 percent of the time. Even more remarkably, her vision is clearer than it has ever been. It’s one of many blessings that followed a long and difficult valley.

READ: Shannon Bream’s previous book on women in the Bible

“I’m literally looking out the window at the leaves on a tree, and it’s a miracle that I can see them individually,” she said. “I can read street signs. I’ve worn glasses since second or third grade, so aside from the relief of the pain, which was the number one issue, I now have vision I never would have had before.”

The common thread among the people she profiles in her book is perseverance. Sometimes they faced external opposition, enemies plotting against them or systems working to destroy them. Other times, the struggle was internal. She pointed to Peter, who denied Jesus after vowing he never would.

“So sometimes you’re overcoming outside forces,” she said. “Sometimes it’s your own mistakes or self-doubt. But there’s always something to overcome.”

–Metro Voice