Ravindra Shiwnandan

Rebounding Ravindra Shiwnandan

Everyone must deal with the problem of suffering at a point in their life. The patient saint Job said, "Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble." (Job 14:1) Suffering is the global experience of every human being. Whether directly or indirectly, we all will experience suffering and pain many times during our brief lives on earth. With all the scientific discoveries and improvements that have been made over the past centuries, suffering can still be very difficult to handle at times. Unfortunately, it leaves us perplexed and confused, wondering why it had to be so or why God would allow such misery to affect us or anyone else. REBOUNDING is one of the most exhaustive studies on suffering stemming from different sources and covering a broad area of experiences. Dr. Shiwnandan is a medical doctor with comprehensive training in several areas of medicine. He is well equipped to speak about physical suffering, mental suffering; its causes and what should be our reaction in dealing with them with regards to prevention and healing. While this is a book designed for the average reader, it could also be a resource volume found on the library shelf with dictionaries, encyclopedias, and reference volumes. Dr. Shiwnandan is also a pastor. His theological background gives him an insight into human suffering from both a biblical point of view an insight into God's perspective of suffering. But more than theory, his experience as a pastor, church builder, and spiritual leader qualifies him to look at suffering from both a human and natural perspective. He has seen suffering in his medical patients as well as seeing suffering through the eyes of people tortured by sin as they come to know Christ as Savior in His church. Among the many topics discussed in REBOUNDING are perceptions about suffering and health, pain, five kinds of emotional changes associated with suffering, health optimism, health value scale, understanding trauma and crisis, the crisis cycle, the anger cycle, grief and grief response, a Christian's response to tests and trials, and how God brings good outcomes from bad experiences.