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The Waiting Room
60 Meditations for Finding Peace & Hope in a Health Crisis
“When Elizabeth’s son was diagnosed with a brain tumor while her father was also dying of prostate cancer, she spent long spells in many different waiting rooms. As she waited, she began to wonder, “What if this space could make space for another, better kind of waiting?”
The Waiting Room
60 Meditations for Finding Peace & Hope in a Health Crisis
Whether you are the caregiver or the patient, the “what-if’s” of the waiting room can feel terrifying, and the wait can feel agonizing.
Cancer, tumor, stroke, traumatic injury, or major surgery—a health crisis of any kind involves waiting. This waiting arouses many emotions: fear, uncertainty, sorrow, agony, and anger among them. In this devotional for caregivers and patients, Elizabeth Reynolds Turnage reminds us of the certain hope and surpassing peace of the gospel: God has worked miraculous deeds and redemptive wonders in the past, and Jesus will “soon” come again to end our wait, and to bring full and final healing. These sixty meditations for peace and hope will encourage you as you wait.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Elizabeth Reynolds Turnage
Elizabeth Reynolds Turnage knows the disorientation of waiting for answers, healing, and hope. Having walked through seasons of medical crisis herself and alongside others, she writes with compassion for those who feel stuck in the waiting room of life. In The Waiting Room, she offers Scripture-shaped meditations that point readers to the peace of Christ in the midst of uncertainty.
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What Readers are Saying
“As a pastor for the past four decades, I have longed for a book just like this one—for my own benefit, but also to put into the hands of women and men like yourself. Whether you are currently in the ‘waiting room’ for yourself, or with someone you love—no matter your faith story—past or present, open your heart and this little book.”
SCOTTY SMITH
Pastor Emeritus, Christ Community Church, Franklin, TN
“This brilliant book is a tender gift of the presence of God for those caught in the deep woods of medical uncertainty. When we are in the hospital waiting for resolution, we don’t need a long chapter of admonitions or vague mumblings of comfort. Elizabeth Turnage offers a wisdom that has been hard won, meets the test of the gospel, and is beautifully and brilliantly written.”
DAN ALLENDER, PhD
Professor of Counseling Psychology and Founding President, The Seattle School of Theology and Psychology
“If you are ever in a hospital waiting room, submerged in anxiety, weariness, and possibly grief—and you will be—feel blessed if you have this book with you.”
DANIEL TAYLOR
Creating a Spiritual Legacy
“Elizabeth writes to anyone who finds themselves in the waiting room of God’s sovereign purposes. She meets us there as an empathetic friend reminding us what is true in His Word, urging us to listen to the refreshing lyrics of the gospel.”
KAREN HODGE
Coordinator of Women’s Ministries, Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)
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