02241nam a2200145Ia 4500008004100000020001500041041000800056050002600064100002200090245005200112260004300164300002400207505182600231650003802057240614s9999    xx            000 0 und d  a0896360466  aeng  aBV4501.2 b.N438 1980  aNelson, James A.  0aHow to Handle Life's Hurtsb /cJames A. Nelson  aDenver, Colo. : bAccent Books, c1980  a160 p. b; c21 cm.  a1. Bitterness -- It's hard to imagine a sweet little baby growing up to become a grouchy, bitter old man or woman -- but it happens -- 2. Inadequacy -- Onto the scene of myriad inadequate feelings God comes to help. . . -- 3. Rejection -- It's not easy being a reject. It hurts! How many of us know this. And God knows it, too -- 4. Failure -- Every generation of human history has its outstanding examples of failure. But the arena where it wages its fiercest battle is in individual lives. -- 5. Aloneness -- Aloneness and its more acutely painful outgrowth, loneliness, are among the most difficult problems of our day for people of all ages. -- Uncertainty -- It causes frustration, anxiety, mental and physical exhaustion. It's the direct opposite of confidence ... -- 7. Success -- It's different things to different people. And it usually is different things at different stages of one's life.  8. Vocation -- Being a Christian on the job isn't easy -- sometimes. It may hurt; it may cost you. But a Christian in his vocation cannot retreat to a spiritual enclave and let the world go by. . . -- 9. The "Blues" -- Most people get down now and again. But when you live perpetually in a low state, it's a serious condition. -- 10. Inferiority -- The desire for dominance runs through the whole human scene. And it takes its human toll. -- 11. Pressure -- Pressure can produce amusing or sobering responses in people. What does it do to you? How do you cope with it? -- 12. Death -- Do you remember when it first intruded your experience? What thoughts ran through your mind? 13. Suffering -- It's part of living and dying -- a part of human existence. . . -- 14. Guilt -- Like a prison it hold its victim captive. . . -- 15. Inflation -- It's a monster that seems to grow and grow without any indication of stopping.  aChristian life—Baptist authors.