Letters to My Friends in Pain: Pain Sucks, But Life Doesn't Have To - 2975

Pain sucks. Everyone knows that. The choice we all want is pain or no pain. The choice we all have: Pity or perseverance. In Letters to My Friends in Pain, author Brian King takes us into the world of neuroscience and The Bible to bring comfort for our grief, hope for our disappointments, and help for the pains of life. You already know that your pain sucks. Now discover why life does not have to. Discover: How to choose perseverance when all you want is pity Why neuroscience supports the value of faith How to overcome the lies we tell ourselves Why it’s worth seeing the gifts that come through pain How to build a support system for your journey forward Why you can work on chronic joy when all you feel is chronic fatigue How to thrive, not just survive, despite your pain and suffering Why you need to embrace the beauty in life no matter how brutal life has been How to find gratitude and contentment in a world of pain Why pain makes you angry at God How to talk to Jesus even when you are angry Why pulling up your bootstraps feels empty How to be strengthened as you walk with Jesus Why the worst thing is never the last thing How to understand grief as love in a different form Why you can see the goodness of God in pain that doesn’t feel good at all How community builds resilient faith and character Why pain bonds us with others in a way that nothing else will How to overcome the inertia of being stuck Why taking one step forward helps all the rest of our steps How to help and not help a friend in deep soul-wrenching pain Why beginning with God is not as hard as you fear How the faithfulness of Jesus provides the hope we need to transform our pain, not transmit it Why Jesus’ way of life is a better way of life Brian King is among the most un-pastorly pastors I've known. Without pretense or pomp, he writes as a “regular guy” who, when it comes to pain, has been there, done that, felt that . . . To read To My Friends in Pain is to take a journey with someone who cares deeply about the people he’s writing to; indeed, we the readers become the “friends” he’s addressing the book to. The result: deep salve to the wounded soul. —BOB WELCH, author of Lessons on the Way to Heaven Brian King has provided us with wise counsel and good company with the friend nobody wants—pain . . . Each of us will have close encounters with pain. Now we have a guide and faithful companion for our journey. —JOE CHAMBERS, pastor and author of Walking Ancient Paths: A Daily Liturgy for the Sacred Journey You are about to read a book that will encourage you. Brian is writing about how we as believers—or even non-believers—can handle pain . . . You are going to be glad you read this book. And you are going to enjoy getting to know Brian King. This is a book you will want to read and recommend to others. —DR. TED KERSH, pastor, Edmond, Oklahoma In these pages, Brian King helps the reader to flip a switch that reveals the distorted illusions that typically accompany physical pain, regardless of the harshness and severity of that pain. While medications can numb or deaden sensitivities to pain, these pages provide tangible insights in the way of mindset shifters—never-ending journeys that move us from just accepting and coping with pain to realizing how these inflictions can bring us closer to our creator. —MARK GANDY, business consultant and podcast host
ASIN: B0CS3Z3T6Z
VSKU: BVV.B0CS3Z3T6Z.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:King, Brian
Binding: Paperback