The Flame of Hope | Invitation to Community
Invitation to Community Community. It all starts with God and the decision to follow Him. For Chronic Joy, that includes having a clear Statement of Faith.In addition to our personal relationship with God, we were created for relationship with one another. Community spurs us on, encouraging and inspiring us. It’s where we care for each other and help one another up.It takes time for churches and organizations to flesh out chronic illness ministries within their walls. And it takes people willing to lead even when we don't feel well, which is why we've created streamlined and easy-to-use...
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A Gift in 46 Words
She couldn’t have known what a gift it was to see those words slide silently across my screen. “… I saw and my stomach dropped.” My friend saw and noticed, and sent me four sentences. Forty-six words. All gift. “And you live with this every day.” Grace poured out....
Caregiver – A Poetry Prompt
Today's poetry prompt is explores the life-living role of caregiving - what it means to have a caregiver, to be a caregiver, for some of us, both. Let's begins with an example by William McDonald. MOMENTS I want to do this.I don’t want to do this.I love doing...
Be Strong and Take Heart | Invitation to Prayer | February 2019
Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief. My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning;my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak. I am the utter...
How to Help a Friend with Mental Illness
“I just don’t know how to help.” I hear this a lot. Whether I’m speaking on the subject of mental illness, talking with someone who is concerned about a friend, or reading an email message, I often hear from people who care deeply about others and want to help ease...
Everness – Inspired by Psalm 23
Inspired by Psalm 23When healing oil was needed for the wounds within my soul, When battered raw and bleeding, I needed to be whole. When enemies surrounded me, and all I knew was fear, My Shepherd came and found me, and whispered, “I am...
MY ONE WORD, 2019
A Journey of Nine Years I’ve been actively participating in My One Word since January, 2011. Looking back across the years, I’m surprised by how each word still catches my attention, drawing me in and reminding me to slow down, lean in and listen deep as God...