I Don't Know What to Say: How to Be a Blessing to Cancer Patients and Others in Crisis - Paperback

by Nell Collins (Author)

There are many people who want to help others, to give encouragement, and to offer support. Yet the struggle that often follows this desire is summarized in the following words (either spoken or unspoken): "...but I don't know what to say." God desires that we love Him with all our heart, mind, soul, and strength (intimacy) and our neighbor as ourselves (influence). Effectiveness in this endeavor must be preceded by personal preparation and readiness. In this handbook, the first section deals with personal preparation, and the latter topics address the practical application of that discipline.

Author Biography

Dr. Nell Collins, a trained and experienced registered nurse, was employed as the head nurse of a constant care unit in a growing hospital. After receiving Christ as Savior in her midtwenties, she took Bible courses to prepare for overseas missionary service. However, at the age of twenty-nine, she was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma, changing her availability for international mission work. But God used it to completely change her understanding of how scriptural truth lived out in the believer's life ought to cause every attitude and action to glorify God. "Dr. Nell," as she is called by those who know her well, is coauthor of The Valley Is Bright and author of To Glorify God and is active in her full-time ministry with cancer patients, serving under the board of Colonial Hills Baptist Church. She received an honorary Doctor of Humanities degree in 1992 from Indiana Baptist College of Indianapolis, Indiana. She is a certified nouthetic counselor with the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors and is the national director of the Hope in Crisis(R) extension aspect of her ministry. She has written materials and trained local church personnel across the United States, preparing them to give biblical hope in human crisis. Dr. Collins is a frequent speaker for ladies' seminars and has a heart for seeing biblical truth applied to individual lives.