Fragile Yet
Strong
by Kevin Zeng
Taiwan Foundation for Rare Disorders, (6F., No. 20, Changchun
Rd., Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
http://www.tfrd.org.tw/) 2009, 269 pages, (paperback)
ISBN-13: 978-986-84920-6-6
We have published a number of
books dealing with the challenge of disabilities and how to deal
with them from a Christian standpoint. We started with Timothy, My Son and Teacher
about our son born with blindness, mental retardation, cerebral
palsy, muscular dystrophy, and schizophrenia. We published a book
about diabetes written by my wife Phyllis, adult physical disability
by Ralph Scott, congenital problems of missing limbs by Jim
McDoniel, and infertility by the Pearl family.
This book was not published by us, but follows the same pattern. It
is about a baby born with Myotubular Myopathy and is subtitled: The Eight Lessons that Qing Qing
Taught Me. The lessons are preparation, acceptance,
priorities, no fear in love, happiness, learning, the flow of love,
and heaven. In this book the Zengs alternate between letters to
their daughter who is critically ill (and eventually dies), to
explanations for the reader about what was happening and how they
coped with their daughter’s chronic illness. Their personal
emotional roller coaster, the way in which their other children were
involved, how church members supported and helped them, and their
personal dependence on God are all a part of this story.
There are a lot of good lessons in this book. They include such
things as how to find help, how the church can make a difference,
how you can build your marriage and work together on what seems like
an overwhelming problem, and the eight virtues that experiences like
this can build into active Christians. This is a very informative
book, a very emotional book, and a book that can leave you thinking,
“Wow! Thank God for the blessing He has given me!”
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