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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Coping with personal problems > Coping with disability
In 2011 Andrew Davies, a dental surgeon, had a brain stem stroke
when he was just thirty-three years old. This left him with just a
small flicker of movement in his right thumb and only limited
speech. Physically there has been very little healing in the years
since his stroke but in this book he reveals the healing that has
taken place. He says he now has a life worth living but also one he
enjoys. In Healing or Hurting, Andrew acknowledges that God can and
does heal supernaturally but focuses on the ways in which God often
sustains his children when he doesn't remove the trial. His desire
is that this book helps people to understand the potential harm the
church can inadvertently cause to people who are suffering by only
teaching about God's desire to heal and neglecting the wish that He
may want to provide and sustain. Andrew goes further and suggests
lessons Christians could learn from the Apostle Paul's prayer
regarding his thorn in the flesh and details some ethical
principles from his medical background by proposing how these could
be adopted when praying for the sick.
A harrowing but ultimately inspiring memoir of how one girl's
beautiful face and spirit was destroyed after a vicious acid attack
"I heard a horrible screaming sound, like an animal being
slaughtered . . . then I realised it was me." When Katie Piper was
24, her life was near perfect. Young and beautiful, she was well on
her way to fulfilling her dream of becoming a model. But then she
met Daniel Lynch on Facebook and her world quickly turned into a
nightmare. After being held captive and brutally raped by her new
boyfriend, Katie was subjected to a vicious acid attack. Within
seconds, this bright and bubbly girl could feel her looks and the
life she loved melting away. This""is the moving true story of how
one young woman had her mind, body, and spirit cruelly snatched
from her and how she inspired millions with her fight to get them
back.
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