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I Can Still Have Joy

A chronic illness can wreak havoc in our lives. We come to a point where we can still choose joy in the midst of chronic illness challenges.

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I can still have joy with chronic illness.

You Cannot Take Me

While we may lose a lot at the hands of a chronic illness, there are still things it cannot take from us. We can even thrive in new ways.

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Chronic Illness Cannot Take Me - a poem by Laurie Glass

Streams in the Wasteland of a Living Grief

How do I hold this living grief? How do I drink this boiling sea of suffering? Father, gather these shards. Redeem the years the locusts have eaten. Scoop up these bits and pieces, and hold them in Your Hands until Your grace floods every crevice...

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"He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye." Deuteronomy 32:10

Wonder Walking to See God’s Glory

Imagine the leap in my heart as I was browsing the Printable pages on the Chronic Joy website and came across Wonder Walks – A Prayer Guide. The page begins by reminding us “All of creation pulses with God’s creativity.”

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"All of creation pulses with God’s creativity." Chronic Joy
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