Title: Hanging On by the Scratch Marks My Nails Left Behind:
Raw Faith
Author: Elizabeth Chalker
Paperback: 470 pages
Genre: Christian Non-Fiction
Format: Paperback/Kindle
ISBN-10: 1612151205
ISBN-13: 978-1612151205
Elizabeth Chalker is still in the furnace of life’s'
calamities and fighting the good fight of faith and endurance, keeping her eyes
on the prize of heaven. Before serious, physical illness devastated her body,
Elizabeth was on the fast track as a successful psychologist and addictions
specialist, working with violent juvenile offenders and their families, near
completion of her third graduate degree. Her life is a testimony of faith that
is steadfast and remains no matter the seemingly dark, unjust, and treacherous
circumstances of life. She resides in Lighthouse Point, Florida. Elizabeth
continues to minister to those in need and aspires to show God's glory through
every breath she takes.
This is a real life story of being in the fire, where I
currently remain, where my heart for the Lord has become increasingly
insatiable. A deepened intimacy has developed and continues to grow even
through this very moment, and will continue beyond. As you read, this is my
hope and prayer for you as well.
I have one book currently, “Hanging On by the Scratch Marks
My Nails Left Behind: Raw Faith”. This is a book that was written while still
in the midst of trials with no promise for the suffering to end. It took 10
years to write while suffering serious, physical illness. My prayer for the
book is to inspire individuals to self-examine and find their core; to realize
that we are all children of God and therefore, one in Him. We tend to see life
and our circumstances as if from under a quilt as it is being made, where all
that is seen is a bunch of haphazard threads from our view. God’s view is from
above where everything comes together and forms a beautiful and complete
picture.
My hope is also to encourage individuals to seek love and
extend love.
One of the most important messages of the book is to
strengthen anyone who reads it, to cause him or her to embrace all of who he or
she is, the parts we deem ‘dark’ and unacceptable as well as the parts we see
as praiseworthy and pleasant.
Most importantly, my hope is that the reader will embrace
intimacy in relationship with God and realize that raw expression of heart, no
matter how unacceptable to the world, is honorable in the eyes of God and
welcomed.
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