Pain--The Divine Mystery : Why God Allows Suffering / by Elmer L. Towns. [print]
Material type: TextPublication details: Place of publication not identified : Doubleday and Company, [(c)2014.Description: 158 pages ; 23 cmContent type:- text
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- BT732.7.P356 2014
- BT732.7.T747.P356 2014
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Section 1. Purpose : the divine sculptor chisels on you for a purpose Why pain? All the wrong reasons to react to pain Why not pain? The many results of pain Coping : your reaction to pain. Section 2. Helplessness : a hospital makes you feel absolutely helpless Fear : fear makes suffering more painful Crying out : the constant temptation to give up Bitterness : when pain turns you against everything and everyone Anguish : the agony of those in the prison of suffering Section 3. Patience : mental adjustment to living with pain Prayer : God's prescription for healing prayer Faith : to move a mountain in pain Presence : nothing helps hurting like talking to a friend Worship : the positive diversion of pain Transformation : suffering as a change of agent. Section 4. Pathology : there are all kinds of pain Health : health is the absence of disease or pain Afterthought : where do you go from here?
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