• When Chronic Pain & Illness Take Everything Away

  • How to Mourn Our Losses
  • By: Esther Smith
  • Narrated by: Sarah Carleton
  • Length: 1 hr and 39 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (25 ratings)

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When Chronic Pain & Illness Take Everything Away

By: Esther Smith
Narrated by: Sarah Carleton
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Chronic pain, illness, and disability take so much away. Sometimes it seems as though they take everything we have ever loved and held dear.

Our physical abilities and our jobs. Our current passions and future dreams. Our finances and our friends. Our sense of community and our ability to engage the world in ways we could before.

Chronic pain takes away our sense of self and who we always thought ourselves to be. How in the world are we supposed to deal with this fact?

In this book, I hope to teach you how to mourn your losses - everything that pain, illness, and disability has taken away. I hope to teach you what to do when life is empty and filled with grief. I hope to point you to the god who gives us Himself when nothing else in life makes sense.

©2016 Esther Smith (P)2016 Sarah Carleton

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When chronic pain and illness take everything away

To much about god not enough about self worth
But still a good book to Listen to

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I am a spouse of chronic pain

My husband has been battling chronic pain for years with no answers. Nobody knows why he is in pain so we don't have answers to if or how to treat him. It has dramatically effected our family. This book helped me understand what he is going through so I can help him on his journey. It also helped me rekindle my faith looking at this from a different perspective.

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Well Done!

First chapter does a great job of explaining what it's like to live with chronic pain.

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Religious

Be aware this book is about God. Not my cup of tea. Maybe it will be for you?

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Reminders of God’s grace

Scripture readings and personal stories reminding those of us who suffer from chronic pain that God is in control and that the grace of Christ will carry us.

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Incredible insight. Restore Hope.

Ms. Smith demonstrates incredible insights in how to grieve the inevitable and unpredictable losses which accompany every proud and self-sufficient lifestyle navigating the transition into a chronic pain lifestyle. She masterfully guides the reader towards a sustainable path forward that embraces the altogether unwelcome chronic pain, and by God’s grace, she restores a sense of hope and joy that too often seems lost forever to those suffering through chronic pain.

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