"Then came cancer - I was terrified."? Life was about to get very difficult for Connie Dever. Her soul echoed her body's turbulence. Everything felt so desperately out of control. "Fears seized me and sometimes evil felt palpably close. At times I couldn't even open my Bible - only hold it. I was at the end of myself. 'God, hold on to me! I can't do anything.'"? And hold on to her, He did.
"Reading Connie's spiritual diary-like posts through this relentless journey helped me personally and pastorally. They helped me process some of my own struggles and they helped me understand those I serve, especially in their often-hidden battles of the heart."?
- Ligon Duncan, Chancellor and CEO, Reformed Theological Seminary
"The blog posts of Connie Dever are the stuff of a spiritual classic... her sparkling honesty testifies, through the tears, that 'He will hold me fast.'"
- D. A. Carson, Research Professor of New Testament, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
He Will Hold Me Fast: A Journey with Grace through Cancer is in the following collections:
