When a Kiss Can’t Make It Better for a Child’s Chronic Illness
This was going to be a hurt I couldn't kiss and make better. While you can't call the child's illness good, you can choose to look for God's provisions.
Editor of Just Between Us magazine
Shelly has been the editor of Just Between Us for more than 30 years. Additionally, she has been involved with leading and nurturing women since attending college. She and her husband have four adult daughters and two sons-in-law. They live in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.
This was going to be a hurt I couldn't kiss and make better. While you can't call the child's illness good, you can choose to look for God's provisions.
Taking up the ministry of burden-bearing and inviting ourselves into the sacred places of their pain and sorrow helps them to carry the load.
How easy it is to get bogged down in the darkness of our circumstances. Often, the last thing we think about in affliction is being fruitful.
What was my body, spirit, and coldness of heart telling me? ... God was whispering, “I feel your fatigue and I'm concerned about you."