ABOUT THE SERIES
Elizabeth Turnage is our guest writer for this devotional and she knows all about the waiting room. Elizabeth has written two devotional books, The Waiting Room and her most recent From Recovery to Restoration. We featured an excerpt from The Waiting Room in a What She Said series (Link below) and I had the privilege of interviewing Elizabeth for our Help & Hope podcast (link below). It seems so right for us to hear from Elizabeth as we approach the holiday season, especially if we are longing for recovery and restoration after an excruciating waiting room experience. Here is a glimpse of the hope Elizabeth offers in From Recovery to Restoration: 60 Meditations for Finding Peace & Hope in Crisis.
You can also listen to Elizabeth’s story recorded for MARKINC’s Help & Hope resource library: “Hope in Waiting” Whether you are in a waiting room right now because of cancer, stroke, traumatic injury, a child struggling to hold on to life, a health crisis of any kind, you know the emotions of waiting – fear of the unknown, sadness over knowing life will never be the same, anger – you name it. Yet in the midst of it all, Elizabeth reminds us of the certain hope and peace of the gospel.
Waiting. We don’t like it. We wouldn’t choose it. Yet in the middle of that waiting room, there is hope in Jesus. This conversation between Sharon Betters, Melissa Weisenfels and Elizabeth Turnage will help turn your heart toward Him if you are in that waiting room or equip you to offer help and hope to a waiting friend.
About the Author
Elizabeth Turnage, writer, story coach, teacher, and the founder of Living Story ministries (www.elizabethturnage.com). She is passionate about helping people learn, live, and love in God’s story of grace. A blogger and the author of three Bible studies published by P&R Publishing, she is a popular conference and retreat speaker.
Elizabeth and her co-leader, Kelly Markham, a social worker and palliative care expert, help participants create a binder or file containing all of the important documents, information, passwords, and core values they need today and their loved ones will need later. Check out the website: Organizing Your Life and Legacy Workshop.
Elizabeth is married to an orthopedic surgeon, Kip Turnage, and they have four adult children, plus three added by marriage. They are also the devoted “parents” of their personal therapy dog, Rosie.
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