Blog posts to inspire you to Thrive in a life with chronic illness.
Encouraging Stories for Living Well with Chronic Illness
One Simple but Powerful Way to Spread Encouragement
The Benefits of Putting #PenToPaper during a Chronic Illness Flare โ The hardest thing about my chronic illness is the mental overstimulation that comes from the constant pain I experience, especially during a flare up. The noise in my head makes it difficult to...
Creation: Our Lord has Shown Himself Strong for Us
Do you ever feel that this world, our world, is spinning off its axis? If you have received an email or card mailed to you this month from the Chronic Joy Prayer Pond, you might have received this verse included with your note: โThe Lord of hosts is with us; the...
Vulnerable. What Is It Youโre Frightened Of?
What is it youโre frightened of?asks my warrior side.What fills your heart with such dread?What happened to your coat of bravery you wore so confidently?I feel like a deer sometimes, I answer.Iโm not always like you.I want to lie down in flower-kissed pasture,let...
Oasis of Hope
ย Oasis of Hope - A Quiet Respite for Your Day We are grateful for the inspirational guest posts that find their way to us. May you find His rest, for He has, indeed, been so good to each of us.Thereโs been a dramatic shift in my understanding of the cross...
Waves of Grief in Chronic Illness
Grief Doesnโt Just Come When People Die Yesterday was a hard day โ a day when pain and nausea nagged and taunted me the whole day, a day when grief in waves washed over me, reminders of loss, of restriction, of the shackles of chronic illness. Grief...
How to Encourage without Lying
When Encouragement Feels Like Lying I sometimes find that โencouragementโ feels like lying, especially when it comes to chronic illness. I want to cheer up my sick family member or struggling friend, but when I search through my โencouragement...
