Saying Goodbye: A Biblical Worldview of Death, Disease and Disappointment Jim Henson. Independently published, 2015.
Want to read an uplifting book about death and disease? Jim Henson has written an extremely helpful meditation about how the Christian worldview sees the most painful realities of handling disease, discouragement and death itself.
In these pages, he draws on his extensive experience as a thoughtful Christian with significant medical training. Henson, who lives in central Alabama, is a former hospital administrator and a registered nurse and has degrees from Oklahoma Baptist University and the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Devotional depth
His chapters have a devotional depth as he traces the reality of death and disease from the Garden of Eden through the redemptive work of Christ. Along the way, he shows the hope that faith in Christ brings to those who suffer and to their families. He gives wise counsel to anyone seeking to support and help. Those in health care work and chaplaincy programs will find this volume of special interest, as will pastors and Christians in general.
Henson uses personal experiences in his life, along with insights gathered from people whom he encountered in hospitals, to illustrate the ravages of facing pain and death as well as the value of hope and love. He is blunt about the ways disappointment can throw life into turmoil. He discusses the death of his infant child in Chapter 4 and job loss in Chapter 5, and he gives insightful perspectives of how things work in American health care in Chapter 6.
He lays out the importance of the sanctity of life from a Christian perspective and discusses the need for wisdom in discerning God’s will in painful circumstances in Chapter 7. Chapter 8 is his assertion on the essential need for forgiveness and salvation and is especially on target.
He gives many biblical insights, practical suggestions and spiritual reminders throughout this inspiring and uplifting book.
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