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Wishing You Well: Prayers and Poems for Comfort, Healing, and Recovery »

Authors: June Cotner
ISBN-13: 9780829420364, ISBN-10: 0829420363
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Loyola Press
Date Published: April 2005
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: June Cotner

Book Synopsis

An inspiring collection of prayers, poems, and blessings that provides encouragement for those facing difficulties in their lives.June Cotner, the best-selling author of Graces and Bedside Prayers, has collected comforting messages of hope and inspiration for those times when we, or someone we love, is going through a particularly difficult period.

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The author of Graces and Bedside Prayers presents an evocative gift collection . . . to comfort those who are ill, in the hospital, or recovering from injury or surgery, providing encouragement, inspiration, acceptance, nurturing, and hope to loved ones facing a difficult time in their lives.

	Thanks	xiii
	A Letter to Readers	xvii
1	Comfort
	Do Not Be Afraid	2
	Still Waters	3
	Angel Promise	4
	Unending Love	5
	From Your Friend	7
	To a Good Friend	8
	Angel Embrace	9
	Each Day You Call My Heart, O God	10
	A Quiet Comfort	11
	Testing, Testing...	12
	The Lord Is My Shepherd	13
	The Light of God Surrounds Me	14
	Let Nothing Disturb You	15
	Peace I Give unto You	16
2	Faith
	A Life Jacket	18
	3 AM	19
	Take My Hand	21
	Steps	22
	Hearing with Hearts of Faith	23
	Promise	24
	Great Expectations	25
	Believe	26
	Prayer in Time of Trouble	27
	Safe Passage	29
	I Will Not Be Overcome	30
	Do Not Lose Heart	31
3	Courage
	Grace	34
	So You Mustn't Be Frightened	35
	Facing the Facts	37
	Letting Go	38
	At Peace	39
	Courage Is Not the Absence of Fear	40
	Do the Best	41
	Grief	42
	A Vailima Prayer	43
	Stubborn Faith	44
	Somehow	45
	When You Get into a Tight Place	46
	Endurance	47
	Courage	48
4	Hope
	Hope Will Come Again	50
	Hanging by a Thread	51
	New Horizon	52
	Hope Is What Will Get You Through This	53
	Hope	54
	The Essence of Touch	55
	Sowing, Reaping	56
	Spring Is My Faith	57
	Faith	58
	Outside the Bone-Marrow Unit	59
	An Assignment	60
	Rejoice	61
	For We Are Here	62
	Hoping	63
5	Healing
	Rx	66
	In the House of the Sun	67
	Get Well	68
	Hippocratic Wisdom	69
	Sanctuary	70
	For Healing	72
	This I Know	73
	Why Not?	74
	Woman to Woman	75
	For a Dear One at a Dark Time	76
	The Best Cure	77
	Twilight Cure	78
	Live Quietly	79
	Be Patient	80
	Renaissance	81
	For a Friend Lying in Intensive Care Waiting for Her White Blood Cells to Rejuvenate After a Bone-Marrow Transplant	82
	Angel Wings	83
	Sink into Stillness	84
	Surrender to Wonder	85
6	Reflections
	I Live in Wonder	88
	In the Midst of Greatest Sorrow	89
	Tomorrow	90
	In the Midst of Pain	91
	Pain	93
	The Best We Can Do	94
	Permanent Gifts	95
	Hope from a Cancer Survivor	96
	What Does Not Destroy Me	97
	A Meditation on Acceptance	98
	What Really Counts	99
	Think Positive	100
	Worrying	101
	Difficulties	102
	The Sources of Human Strength	103
	In Sickness	104
	Steadfast Hope	105
	When One Door Closes	106
	The Way of All Flesh	107
	Your Daily Task	108
	Attitude	109
	Reflect	110
7	Gratitude
	The Guest House	112
	Peace Begins Within	114
	To the Gardener of the World	115
	Unknown Blessings	116
	The Gifts of Illness	117
	A Good Prognosis	119
	Sufi Saying	120
	Rainbows	121
	Cancer Caregiver	122
	Divine Gifts	123
	So Very Blessed	124
	Your Monumental Kindness	125
	Handicaps	126
8	Inspiration
	May You Be Well	128
	Earth, Teach Me	129
	Stay Well	131
	One Year to Live	132
	Breast-Cancer Benefit	133
	Resting Place	134
	Before It Is Too Late	135
	What Cancer Cannot Do	136
	Rejoice	137
	A New Dimension	138
	Perspective	139
	Restoration Zone	140
	The Road	141
	For As Long As It Matters	142
	Author Index	143
	Permissions and Acknowledgments	145

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