Life hurts. Sometimes terribly. Oh I know. Four years with chronic illness has taught me that. Things happen in life. Chronic illness is diagnosed. Physical and mental ability are majorly decreased. Pain and disability become a normal part of life. We can no longer do the things we loved. Jobs are lost. Relationships fall apart. [...]
Category: Suffering
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. [...]
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 [...]
“My Grace is Sufficient for You” (When God doesn’t Fix it)
"And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said [...]
“Fear Not, I am With You”
"But now thus saith the Lord that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: [...]
What If?
Note: These thoughts came together rapidly about a month ago as I was struggling yet again to see God's perspective on my suffering. They came as I explored in my mind the possibility that my trials were really a mark of God's favour upon me and proof of His great love for me, not to [...]
“No Good Thing…”
I would like to share a truth the Lord gave me early on in my illness. It's a truth that can seem difficult to understand because it deals with the mind and heart of God, but which can, when understood, transform our perspective of suffering. The verse the Lord gave me is Psalm 84:11, "For [...]
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