Strength Renewed: Meditations for Your Journey through Breast Cancer - Softcover

Shirley Corder

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0800720237 ISBN 13: 9780800720230

Publisher: Revell, 2012

Synopsis

Nothing can sap a person's strength and hope quite like a cancer diagnosis--unless it is the energy-stealing chemotherapy and surgeries faced in the fight against cancer. But one can find hope and strength in the pages of Scripture and in the experience of someone who has been there.

Strength Renewed is an encouraging daily devotional for those living in the valley of cancer. Meditations combine Scripture and stories from the author's own experience and can be read in sequential order to move the reader through a typical cancer journey from diagnosis through treatment. Each devotion also stands on its own, so readers can go directly to the entry that speaks to their need. Each meditation concludes with a short prayer and a Scripture verse for encouragement.

About this title

From the Author:

"Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." (Isaiah 40:31 NIV)
   
  When I received my diagnosis of cancer, I didn't know anything about eagles. I wanted my strength renewed, but how do you wait on anyone, even the Lord, when you're told you have cancer?

     Over the following months, I learned much about eagles and even more about myself. I'm not naturally patient, but the eagle is, and so is the Lord. Gradually I learned what it meant to wait on him, and each time I did, he renewed my strength. Strength Renewed contains 90 devotions based on lessons I learned during my sojourn in the cancer valley.

     Years after my diagnosis, I sensed the Lord prompt me to write this book for people struggling through the cancer valley. You may be one of those patients, or perhaps the disease has afflicted someone you care for. Possibly you work with someone who has cancer, or you're in the medical field. Whatever your involvement, I pray the stories in this book will help you wait on the Lord. 

     During that long and difficult year of treatment, there were times I soared over the valley. Other times I plummeted to the depths. Yet always, before I hit the ground, the loving wings of my heavenly Father came underneath me, and lifted me back into his presence. He'll do the same for you as you seek to draw close to him through these devotions. Strength Renewed is designed to be read as a daily devotional reading and follows the cancer journey chronologically. However, you can read them in any order. 

     Stories of my own experiences link to relevant Scripture readings. Three questions follow each meditation. There are no right or wrong answers. They will help you apply the material you have just read to your own particular cancer journey. No two people are alike. Answer the questions as honestly as you know how. Jot them down in a note book, and allow them to assist you to wait upon the Lord. 

     My prayer is that He will renew your strength and help you rise and soar over the cancer valley.

From the Back Cover:

Comfort and hope to sustain you Nothing saps your physical, emotional, and spiritual strength quite like a cancer diagnosis--unless it is the energy-stealing treatments you may face in your fight against cancer. But you can find hope and renewal in the pages of Scripture and in the experience of someone who has been there.

In Strength Renewed, breast cancer survivor and registered nurse Shirley Corder combines encouraging personal stories with life-giving passages from the Bible to help you process your diagnosis and find encouragement along the way. These devotions can be read in order as you move through your cancer journey, but each devotion also stands on its own, so you can go directly to the entry that speaks to your need--right now.

You have a partner and a cheerleader in Shirley--and in God--on the rough road ahead. Let Strength Renewed lift you up as you travel.

Shirley Corder is a registered nurse and a breast cancer survivor who has a passion for helping others as they go through treatment. She is a contributing author to several books, including four Guideposts anthologies, and has published many devotions. She lives in South Africa.

About this edition

• Publisher: Revell
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0800720237
• ISBN 13: 9780800720230
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208