10 Things NOT to Do When Someone is Suffering

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“A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.” -John Eldredge

From personal experience, and talking to many people in researching three books I wrote on topics of intense suffering—breast cancer, infertility, and parenting prodigals*—I’ve compiled the Top 10 Don'ts When Helping a Sufferer.

“Worry weighs a person down; an encouraging word cheers a person up.” (Proverbs 12:25 NLT)