Blog Posts to Inspire
SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!
Discover stories of encouragement and hope. Gain new perspectives.
Wrestle with hard questions. Thrive in a life with chronic illness.
Your awe-inspiring deeds will be on every tongue;I will proclaim your greatness. (Psalm 145:6 NLT)
INSPIRING BLOG POSTS
We all have questions, grief, discouragement, pain, feelings of discontent, and sorrow. Chronic illness just seems to magnify all the issues. There are no pat answers to all our questions. How do we find inspiration when we feel so alone? Could we encourage you to read our inspiring blog posts and webpages that wrestle with the difficult questions and share different perspectives?
Together in radical community, as we tell our own stories, we will find ways to encourage one another and build each other up. Even when we don’t have all the answers, we are encouraged when we see others who struggle as we do. It helps us know we are not alone. We really are sharing life and discovering hope.
ENCOURAGEMENT AMID ILLNESS AND PAIN
We have many contributing writers who share thoughtful and heartfelt articles. They are not afraid to write about their struggles or wrestle with difficult circumstances and questions. They explore ways to find joy and peace as well as ways to thrive in a life of chronic illness.
Some posts encourage us to explore the difficulties and to bring our lament to God. There are no quick fixes and often our circumstances change very little, but as we read through these stories, we are better able to face our struggles.
By sharing their stories, these writers show us how they work through difficulties. They show us despair but also hope, sorrow but also joy, courage, and endurance. Through their struggles, we might just find a way through ours that leads to peace. God is working in our lives even when we aren’t aware it’s happening.
INSPIRING BLOG POSTS • SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
Chronic Joy® blog posts will inspire us to discover joy and peace even amid our suffering and struggles. As you scroll through our posts, you will find a wide variety of stories for those affected by chronic illness, mental illness, caregivers, teens, and parents. Find tools for anxiety, depression, poetry, prayer, #StepRepPray, and so much more – something for everyone.
There are articles to encourage you to reach out to others who are hurting. Some posts explain how to find joy in unexpected places. Many writers share how they found God’s comfort and love not despite illness, but because of illness.
Because we have a wide variety of guest writers, there is something for everyone in our inspiring blog posts. So grab a cup of coffee or tea, find a comfortable place to rest, and take time to read through some of the heartfelt words of fellow travelers.
Kintsugi – Beauty from Brokenness
In kintsugi, the bowl’s brokenness becomes its beauty. Like this art form, God restores our brokenness through the crimson blood of Jesus.
Darkness is My Closest Friend
There will be seemingly hopeless moments in life. Jesus is a closer Friend than darkness. He knows what you're going through and understands.
Growing Wild or Growing Free: Is There a Difference?
Just like the rosebush was freed to thrive, we are truly freed by the Lord's loving but firm hand. Growing wild or free? What is your choice?
Tiny Raindrops
I love to serve and be available for God, but over the past few years, there have been some necessary changes due to my illnesses. It frustrates me that what I am now able to offer seems like just a tiny raindrop. But I’ve come to see that our tiny raindrops of service can be like a crashing waterfall to God.
Expect the Unexpected
Our God is not indifferent to His people’s struggles. He does not turn away. He always has a plan. Expect the unexpected.
Deepen Your Faith in Familiar and Unfamiliar Ways
Our prayer is that you find encouragement as you read these words penned by people who struggle but are finding peace. May they and the other offerings in this Oasis of Hope help you deepen your faith and refresh you.
Wait on the Lord: Living in the Waiting
Waiting on the Lord should be an active decision of putting our trust in Him. In the waiting, then, we simply continue to live. We continue to create. We continue to love. We continue to learn and grow and do.
Scheduling Time with God
Scheduling time with God is not as hard as we sometimes think it might be. His timing is not our timing, but we can wait patiently and trust.
Jesus and the Children: A Mother’s Remembrance
Then Jesus took each one of the children, and laying His hands on them, He blessed them. How gently, how kindly, and how tenderly he treated them! What a joy to this mother’s heart to see how much He loved the children! What a lesson to us as parents to love our children, never to push them aside.
Courage and Hope as We Wait
When our waiting feels like more than we can bear, God offers fresh courage to keep hoping in His love and power.
Be Gentle with Yourself
Coping with a chronic illness is challenging, so be gentle with yourself as you find ways to manage life. Practice self-care. Have realistic expectations. Write a letter to yourself.
God Help Us Try Again: A Slip or Fall is not the End
We may not be Olympic or Paralympic athletes, but we’re all running a race. God promises to run beside us. So we pray, God help us try again.