“Healing Prayer Workbook: A Journey from Illness to Healing”

   Have you ever gone for your regular well woman’s exam, or your annual physical, or perhaps taken a trip to the doctor for a simple procedure? No big deal right? You arrive home feeling pretty good about yourself because you’ve done what you always do – you’ve taken care of your yearly visit. It’s behind you now.Everything is going well, but then the telephone rings.  It’s the nurse from your doctor’s office informing you that your lab results are back, but she can’t review them over the telephone with you. The doctor wants to see you, so the nurse proceeds to schedule an appointment. Nervously, you ask lots of questions, but she dares to bulge — almost sounding cold.You do as you’re told and keep your appointment.  The day finally arrives. You make it to your location, and the nurse takes you into the exam room. You wait nervously for a few minutes, and then the door opens and in walks your doctor draped in his doctor’s uniform holding your medical file.  With a smile on his face, he asks how you feel, sits down before you on a stool and rolls himself towards you. Soon afterwards, he shares the most horrific life changing news that you’ve ever heard.Now your head is spinning. You’re in shock and everything that he just said to you went in one ear and out the other. All you heard was the bad news, so you begin to ask the doctor to answer questions that he just covered with you. You’re scared to death, nervous like never before, and don’t know what in the world you’re going to do now.Life sometimes “throws us a flip.” Although we’d love to hold on to our health and enjoy life as is, sometimes we’re faced with unexpected illnesses unawares. What must we do to hold on to hope? Where is our faith?Although you may find yourself in a state of turmoil and shock, you don’t have to lose hope.  Family, close friends, church members will be there to help you. There may be times that you’ll want and need to be alone in order to gather your thoughts and “come to grips” with personal health needs.As we all know, there are a variety of ways to find peace and hope, but I personally believe that journaling helps bring a sense of peace and solace to the heart and mind. Journaling can also be healthy and uplifting for the soul. I suppose that is why I love the platform of author, Cande Calhoun Richardson. Her motto and logo is: Praying Hearts Books

 

What you should know about Richardson is that she has two chronic illnesses: Multiple Sclerosis and Congestive Heart Failure, but she doesn’t allow her illnesses to control her.

 

What Richardson has done on her spare time as she goes to and from her doctor’s visits is created a healing prayer workbook titled, “Healing Prayer Workbook: A Journey from Illness to Healing.”  Her journal was designed to assist those who are diagnosed with chronic, life changing and threatening illnesses towards a passageway of empowerment, strength and restoration. Richardson’s workbook can also be used as a guide and resource to document final wishes (if final is God’s plan). She has included pages for one to write where their Will is kept, and so much more.

 

I love Richardson’s workbook because it allows one to journal about their healing plight, for it is a journey — A journey of mixed emotions, fear, hope, thoughts, and emotions.

 

When time permits, take a closer look at Richardson’s workbook. You may know someone who would find it beneficial.

 

Healing Prayer Workbook: A Journey from Illness to Healing

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