Sickness & Disability

It may be your greatest fear coming true or something you never thought would happen to you. Either way, breast cancer has entered your life and turned it upside down. Now you're wondering how you're going to make it through: Are you going to be alright? Is your family going to be okay? And where is God in your struggle? Has he deserted you? Joni Eaereckson Tada, herself a survivor of breast cancer, walks with you through the struggles and questions that naturally arise in the face of suffering and offers you hope through Christ. With the understanding, wisdom, and grace that comes from experience, she points the way to a deepening trust and hope in the God who provides daily grace and strength even in the midst of great suffering. 

What should we do when we are in constant, all-consuming pain that has no end in sight? The pain might be physical, or related to a significant loss: of a job, a spouse, or a child. Brad Brandt, who is familiar with such pain, has found Psalm 13 to be a life-saver. Here he shows how the three movements of this easy-to-memorize psalm can help us to live with chronic pain to God’s glory. 

If someone you know or love has suffered from traumatic brain injury (TBI), you are likely receiving a flood of information about what has just happened. This mini-book will help you navigate this new trial. Writing from personal experience, the author explains what TBI is, points to the hope of the gospel, gives advice for how to obtain the practical and spiritual help you need, and demonstrates how even this situation can bring glory to Christ. 

Periods of extreme physical pain and mental fatigue can plague any one of us. From the medical perspective, chronic illness is defined as “an illness that lasts three months or more” but practical help and eternal hope is available for those who are physically suffering.
Find out the wrong and right responses to dealing with chronic illness. Be encouraged to reach out for help from the beautiful blessing of the body of Christ. God made each of us dependent upon Him and His body, the local church.
The only hope―a sure hope according to God’s promise―is that in the next life you are provided with a resurrected, glorified body to house your eternal soul and given a new place created by God without sin, sickness, illness, or death. That awesome place is a reality that Christians call heaven and eventually, home.

David Powlison is one of the countries foremost experts in the field of Biblical Counseling and serves as Director of the Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation (CCEF). Writing both as a counselor and as someone who has been diagnosed with cancer four times, describes the uncertainty, the physical pain, and the emotional and spiritual struggles that come with a cancer diagnosis. There are no easy answers or quick fixes when you have cancer. But the presence and purposes of Christ make a decisive difference. He is the one who knows you, loves you, and promises to be with you as you walk through a valley of the shadow of death.

As a chronic fatigue sufferer, life as you once enjoyed it has ceased. Fatigue can be brought on by a myriad of physical, emotional, or spiritual issues. But, whatever the cause, your entire world is now affected by your diminished physical strength.
David Powlison understands how debilitating and demoralizing a constant state of fatigue can be through his own five-year struggle after heart surgery. Powlison encourages sufferers that, unlike the world, God embraces the weak and provides strong, enduring resources through Christ for moment-by-moment strength. Readers will learn to adjust their thoughts and expectations and lean into the steady arms of Christ.