United by Tragedy

by Wilkins, David; Murphey, Cecil B.

• ISBN13: 9780816319800
• ISBN10: 0816319804
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Pacific Pr Pub Assn

Summary

An airline disaster brings loss and love from unlikely sources

When Swissair Flight 111 crashed in the ocean on September 2, 1998, the world of Dr. David Wilkins and his wife, Janet--like the flight their son had taken -- came crashing to a halt. Their painful journey would lead them to a rocky Nova Scotia coastline and to a reevaluation of all they had ever believed.
With the help of best-selling author Cecil Murphey, Dr. Wilkins shares his family's intensely personal story of losing a son, grieving, questioning God, and finally coming to terms with the fact that even if we could know the answers, sometimes answers are not enough. Yet in the midst of loss, there is joy in finding out for certain that even in our deepest darkness, God does not leave us alone. The loss won't ever go away, but neither will He.

Table of Contents

Introduction	9	(4)
The Phone Call	13	(8)
Never Alone	21	(12)
Jesus' Many Hands	33	(16)
A Reluctant Fraternity	49	(14)
The Blessed Stranger	63	(8)
Parallel Hearts	71	(12)
Different Grieving	83	(12)
When Answers Are Not Enough	95	(12)
Coping or Conquering	107	(8)
God Never Makes Mistakes	115	(12)
A Life That Pleases God	127	(6)
Little Signs and Great Wonders	133	(8)
Hands Reaching Toward Us	141	(14)
Our Hands Reaching Toward Others	155	(12)
Giving Up Our Dreams	167	(2)
A Final Word	169