Don't Waste the Pain - Softcover

David Lyons is an international vice president of The Navigators. A graduate of Cedarville University and Capital Bible Seminary, his writings have appeared in Stimulus, House 2 House, and God Guides. He is the author of Who Am I? a booklet from Dawson Media. David and his wife are the parents of seven children. He enjoys photography and geo-caching in the Colorado mountains. Learn more at www.dontwastethepain.com.

Linda Lyons Richardson holds degrees from Montgomery College and the University of Maryland. She was diagnosed with stage 3C ovarian cancer in 2000. Linda was an interior landscape designer and later owned a garden gift shop before retiring. She and her husband have two children. Linda continues to fight the disease with humor and faith.

A woman learns she has incurable ovarian cancer. Already depressed and questioning her place in life, she begins the excruciating journey of treatment. Can her battle become something beautiful?

A man learns his twelve-year-old son has aggressive childhood cancer. How could something so painful be happening to someone so precious? Would God choose to take his son s life?

Searing pain. Abundant peace.

How can we, through pain, draw near to God and experience His loving care as never before? Read the intimate journals and letters of brother and sister David Lyons and Linda Lyons Richardson as they each walk through the challenges of potentially deadly illnesses. Discover through their pain and the pain you are dealing with how to find comfort and discover that God uses our pain as instruments to spiritual formation.