For the ward, the waiting room, and the long road back. This book holds one hundred prayers for illness. They are arranged in ten sections, following the shape of it: the diagnosis, the treatment, the ward, pain, the people caring for you, bad news, the mind, long illness, praying for someone else, and recovery. Each prayer has three parts. A verse from the King James Version, the prayer itself, and a short reflection at the end. The reflection is a practical thought to carry into the day, not a lesson to be learned. These prayers are honest. Several of them are angry and one or two of them do not resolve, because scripture itself contains prayers that do not resolve, and a book that pretended otherwise would be no use in a hospital at three in the morning. The ten sections When the Diagnosis Comes Before Surgery and Treatment In the Hospital Ward For Pain That Will Not Stop For Those Who Care for Me When the News Is Not Good For the Mind and the Nerves For a Long Illness For Another Who Is Ill For Recovery and Thanksgiving You do not have to start at the beginning. Look at the contents, find the section that matches this week, and start there. If you are struggling with your mental health, or have thought about ending your life, please speak to your doctor or a crisis line today. The prayers in the seventh section are written to sit alongside that help, never in place of it. Part of The 100 Prayers Collection Each volume holds one hundred prayers for one season of life and can be read on its own or alongside the others: Volume 1: 100 Prayers for an Anxious Heart; Volume 2: 100 Prayers for Wives; Volume 3: 100 Prayers for Mothers; Volume 5: 100 Prayers for Grief and Loss; Volume 6: 100 Prayers for the Waiting Season; Volume 7: 100 Prayers for Strength in Hard Times; Volume 8: 100 Prayers for Fathers; Volume 9: 100 Prayers for Your Children; Volume 10: 100 Prayers for a Grateful Heart; Volume 11: 100 Prayers for Advent and Christmas; Volume 12: 100 Prayers for Lent and Easter; Volume 13: 100 Prayers for the Morning; Volume 14: 100 Prayers for the Evening; Volume 15: 100 Prayers for Teachers; Volume 16: 100 Prayers for Nurses and Carers; Volume 17: 100 Prayers for Grandparents; Volume 18: 100 Prayers for Teenagers; Volume 19: 100 Prayers for Marriage; Volume 20: 100 Prayers for the Workplace.
