New book by CIU president details life-changing car wreck
Dr. Mark Smith
Wham!
The other driver suddenly veered across the center line and rammed into his car at a high rate of speed. He survived, but barely. Every day since that 1996 crash, debilitating pain has been his constant, uninvited companion.
But pain is only part of story.
How did Mark and his wife, Debbie, persevere through a bleak medical prognosis and months of excruciating rehab? How did they stave off resentment over someone else鈥檚 carelessness?听 How has Smith fought through ongoing pain to serve with extraordinary success as the president of two universities?
Smith, who serves as president of 星空无限传媒, answers those questions in the book, "Oh, God, I'm Dying!" co-authored with CIU Professor Emeritus Dr. Terry Powell. It details how the Smiths experienced God鈥檚 sustaining grace through heartfelt prayer, the Bible, the Church, Christian music and medical intervention. The result of reading his story will be renewed hope that God can use broken people, enhancing their usefulness to Him not in spite of suffering, but because of it.
Smith desires that the book especially touch the hearts of those suffering from chronic pain and daily trials.
鈥淢y hope is that people who feel less useful to God due to a hardship will read this and get a glimpse of what God can do in and for and through them,鈥 Smith said.
Among those endorsing the book is , president and CEO of First Community Bank in Lexington, South Carolina who says Smith鈥檚 story provides each of us with evidence of God鈥檚 grace in the midst of pain.
鈥淭his grace gives us hope, sustains us and shows us how God can use us to love and to serve others despite the pain,鈥 Crapps said.
鈥淥h God, I鈥檓 Dying鈥 is available now as an e-book, with the print version ready on Nov. 24, 2020. The book is published by Morgan James Publishing and may be purchased through Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million.听 听
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