Sometimes God sends the messages I need in the simplest packages. Recently one came in the wrapping of my little sister's Jesus Storybook Bible. I found the book laying on the dining table one morning and after breakfast picked it up and flicked through it. I ended up sitting/laying on the couch reading it for [...]
Category: Clinging to Truth
Chronic Illness Can’t Steal Your Hope
Extreme weakness. Debilitating fatigue. Severe pain. Multiple other symptoms. Every day. For years. Emotional grief and depression. Mental struggles. Spiritual struggles and warfare. Disappointments. Relationship tension and social isolation. Missing out. Crushed hopes and dreams. Uncertain future. These are some of the hard things I have faced and experienced while living with serious chronic illness. [...]
24 Reasons Why We Don’t Need to be Anxious or Afraid
Note: I had meant to post this ages ago as a follow up from the last post (see here), but I've been going through some especially hard weeks and it hasn't happened before now. But I still wanted to share it as one of the things I did to help myself speak truth into my [...]
When a Major Crisis Hits – Learning to Trust God in Scary Circumstances
Four weeks ago, a major crisis hit my family. I was laying awake, unable to sleep. At midnight I heard my Dad's voice outside my bedroom door - he was talking on the phone. Over the next half hour or so the phone rang several times, and I heard people moving about. Then I heard [...]
Hope When it Hurts: Book Review
Title: Hope When it Hurts Authors: Kristen Wetherell & Sarah Walton Publication Date: 2017 Number of Pages: 250 Suffering is real. We all feel it in some way or another. But how do we find meaning and hold on to hope in the midst of that suffering? How is it possible to say with the [...]
Encouragement for the Weary Heart
"Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the [...]
What to Remember in Times of Crisis and Suffering
I know that there are many challenges that come with chronic or long term illness. Often the physical pain and suffering, though they are huge, can seem like just a small part of it. All areas of life are affected. Physical suffering causes emotional struggles, which in turn causes more physical pain. Chronic illness creates [...]
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