by Chronic Joy® | Apr 5, 2020 | Bettie Gilbert, Prayer
Praying When we truly face the shape of our hearts, we can be overwhelmed by the lack that we feel. Sinful, weak, and weary are thoughts that easily come to mind as we carry such weights from our days. But we have a Father who loved us so deeply that He sent His Son...
by Chronic Joy® | Mar 15, 2020 | Anxiety, Bettie Gilbert, Chronic illness, Prayer
Anxiety and Shame in Chronic Illness The day was sunny and beautiful as we drove into the parking lot, but I did not feel much beauty in my heart. In fact, sudden tears rose unbidden to the surface as the medical center came into view. I had been to this same...
by Chronic Joy® | Mar 1, 2020 | Bettie Gilbert, Prayer
Lenten Season The Season of Lent is a time of pausing and reflecting about what our Lord Jesus has won for us: New Life in God, the salvation of our souls! Every year we come around to this time again, pondering the weight of what Jesus bore for us. He gave His...
by Chronic Joy® | Feb 13, 2020 | Lament, Pamela Piquette, Prayer
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...
by Chronic Joy® | Feb 2, 2020 | Bettie Gilbert, Prayer
Refuge Support, sustain, uphold, carry: what do these words all have in common? Aren’t they words that speak about something that is weak, something that is small, something that needs to be held? There are so many times in the journey with chronic illness when we...
by Chronic Joy® | Jan 9, 2020 | Bettie Gilbert, Prayer
Dwell The Cambridge English Dictionary gives us that simple definition for the word dwelling: a place where people live. And yet, we each also dwell within these physical forms–our human bodies that are inherently lonely. No one else can feel the precise...
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