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Grace for Each Hour:
Through the Breast Cancer Journey
The God Who Made You Will Never Fail You
On August 18, 1999, Mary J. Nelson’s life changed forever. That day the Lord reached out His hand and gave her two choices. She could face breast cancer on her own. Or, she could trust God. “I took His hand and held on for dear life….And then He sent me to tell you–you are not alone.”
Wherever you are in your breast cancer journey, these meditations will speak to your heart. The short readings will encourage, support, and strengthen you as they point you toward God, His Word, and the healing He offers you. Come, experience God’s grace and let His peace bring comfort to your soul.
Endorsements:
“Just like Mary in the Bible, Mary Nelson has learned to sit at the feet of Jesus. As a breast cancer survivor she has walked through the valley and knows the feelings and fears. For those on a similar journey, her words will bring humor and hope, peace and power. Her counsel will seem so personal and will provide a measure of grace for each hour.”
–Bill Bohline
Lead pastor, Hosanna! Lutheran Church
“Grace for Each Hour reminds you that you are not alone. Mary’s inspirational devotions come from someone who has been there—and you feel as though she is speaking directly to you—helping you with each step. It is a book that can be revisited time and time again—both during treatment and continuing on as a survivor. Mary helps you release the fear into God’s hands—reminding you to live a life with purpose, love, hope, and faith. Her encouragement through faith and a positive attitude will help sustain you through your journey.”
–Vicki Steindel
Breast cancer survivor
“Tender and inspiring, Grace for Each Hour offered divine strength and hope when cancer touched my own family a second time. An important book!”
–Beverly Lewis
Author of The Sacrifice and The Prodigal
“Mary J. Nelson, a truly remarkable individual, takes you on a journey of growing faith in the face of crisis. This is an exquisitely written book about the strength of faith in helping pass through a time of fear, confusion, and physical weakness. Well done and a good read for anyone.”
–John H. Brown
M.D. Medical Oncologist
“Any woman who has or has had breast cancer will relate to Mary’s open and honest accounts of her personal experience. Reading this book reminds me that God is always with me. The words lessen my fears and strengthen my faith.”
–Elaine Buechner
Breast cancer survivor
Click here for an excerpt from Grace for Each Hour.
Reviews:
"Grace for Each Hour by Mary J. Nelson is more than the story of a struggle of one woman with cancer. In many ways it parallels our struggle as Christians, as a society, and as children of God.
With each page and chapter we grow wiser and more fluent in understanding the devastating experience of cancer. It is the melanoma menace that threatens all walks of life, from the very young to the very old. There seem to be no bounds for this master of mayhem, yet, as serious and frightening as this disease is, the author plotted a path of strength, exuberance, and spiritual pragmatism.
We are taken far beyond the heart wrenching story of a life threatened by an emissary of death. We are privy to another facet of spiritual struggle that masks itself in medical jargon, medications, and head spinning developments. Throughout this amazing journey of the soul for this child of God, we are forever reinforced by a biblical fountain overflowing with love, faith, honesty, and pure passion for the kingdom of God and the salvation that is ours through Christ.
This spoke to me on so many levels, in a manner that helped me assess where I stood as a person, a Christian, and as a child of God. You, too, will re-examine many parts of your life. The mundane will suddenly take on new life, every aspect of the experience we call life will seem amazingly different. It’s not a literary work, it's an experience – one that teaches the potential within us to seek God and listen when He speaks, one that moves us to be still and allow the creator of all things to work in our lives. It is an unforgettable work, one forever etched in my heart and inner being that helped me with some long overdue healing." –Christian Book Previews
"Is there anything worthwhile to be gained by hard times, pain, or cancer? Yes, according to Nelson, who’s battling breast cancer with its resultant hard times and pain. She writes ‘It may seem odd to you, but I wouldn’t trade my cancer experience for anything in the world. Why? Because here in the valley of weeping, in this secret place of refreshing springs where pools of blessings collect, we meet Almighty God face to face.’ She adds if we resent God rather than seek Him, we miss the things He wants to teach us.
While these lessons are equally teachable with any kind of suffering, the particular slant for these 120 devotions is breast cancer. Obviously, women in this situation are the most likely to benefit from this well-written and comforting book, but the truths presented are applicable to other kinds of suffering as well." –CBA Marketplace Feb. 2005
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