by Chronic Joy Ministry | Jul 30, 2016 | Chronic illness
“For no man can tell what in that combat attends us but he that hath been in the battle himself.” ~ John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress A few years ago I read Grace Stuart’s 1953 memoir, Private World of Pain, chronicling her life-long battle with...
by Chronic Joy Ministry | Jul 14, 2016 | Chronic illness
Words can be a messy way of communicating reality. It’s an idea that’s been wandering through my thoughts for weeks – a few words in particular. The first is fragile, a word recently used to describe me. Am I really fragile? As a recovering type A, adrenaline junkie,...
by Chronic Joy Ministry | Jul 11, 2016 | Marriage
Yesterday, I shared Celebrating Even in the Struggle: Five Things I’m Learning about Marriage with Chronic Illness. Today, my husband Tony and I want to share a radio interview we did a few weeks ago with Our American Network for their Marriage on the...
by Chronic Joy Ministry | Jul 10, 2016 | Marriage, Stories of Hope
Five Things I’m Learning about Marriage with Chronic Illness Marriage can be hard. Marriage can be hard. Our marriage is a redemption story. We weren’t unfaithful. We didn’t stray physically or emotionally. But we did lose our way, slowly releasing hands and...
by Chronic Joy Ministry | Jul 5, 2016 | Chronic illness, Mental Illness
The limitations of chronic illness are many and they are unique to each person. The realities of “I can’t” are much of what makes depression so common in those who are chronically ill. For me, those I can’ts feel like a weight tied to me,...
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