The 40-Day Christian Devotional for Retired Nurses: Daily Spiritual Encouragement to Strengthen Faith and Embrace God’s Call When Transitioning from a ... Series for Retiring Professionals Book 1)

About this book

You handed over patients a thousand times. Nobody prepared you for the day the chart you laid down was your own.The retirement card said a hearty congratulations, and the farewell tea was lovely. So why does Tuesday feel like Sunday, and why can't you easily answer when someone asks what you do?If you are a retiring or recently retired nurse, or if the wilderness of early retirement has already found you, then this retirement devotional for nurses was written for exactly where you are standing. Among devotionals for retired women, few speak your language: not forty days of cheerful clichés about "your next chapter," but forty days of honest faith and encouragement for those who gave their working lives to the care of others.Drawing on the biblical pattern of forty: Moses in Midian, Israel in the wilderness, Jesus before His ministry began — this 40-day prayer devotional for women walks you through five sections of the journey:Releasing the White Coat, where you are permitted to grieve the identity, the rhythm, and the badge, and to call that grief holy rather than ungratefulWhat the Years Have Made, covers a reckoning with the patients you still remember, the wounds you couldn't heal, and the sacred privilege of bearing witnessThe Wilderness Between, addresses the silence, the invisibility, the strange unstructured middle where God does His deepest workNew Ways to Heal, because the nurse in you did not retire when the employment didFinishing Strong, looks at a commissioning into legacy, joy, and the benediction your career always deservesEach day offers a Scripture passage, a reflection written by someone who understands the double doors, the handover, and the last night shift, a classical collect prayer to carry you when your own words fail, and a Today I will… response that turns reflection into one small, concrete act of trust. By Day 40, you will hold something more than a devotional, you will hold a written record of the way God carried you through.Searching for retirement gift ideas for a retired woman in your life? This book is one of the most meaningful retirement nurse gifts you can give. It's perfect for a beloved colleague, a mentor, a mother or father, or a small group of nurses walking this road together.If you spent your working life at the bedside of strangers, then this is the book for the season when the person who needs tending is you.Scroll up and click "Buy Now" — your forty days begin the moment you turn the first page.This is Book 1 in the Christian Devotional Series for Retiring Professionals. Read more

About the Author

Isabella Harrison spent more than 45 years in nursing, medicine, and healthcare leadership. She knows the 2 am hush of a ward, the weight of a handover, and the quiet grief of laying the stethoscope down for the last time. When her own retirement came, she found that the hardest part wasn’t the rest. It was working out who she was without the uniform.
That experience gave rise to the Christian Devotional Series for Retiring Professionals. It offers honest, Scripture-rooted company to women and men facing the identity shifts that come at the end of a working life. Isabella writes from Cape Town, South Africa, and is published by Sage & Sunbird Press.