by Sara | Apr 22, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Navigating Healing & Recovery
On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!” After he said this, he showed them his hands and side. The disciples...
by Sara | Apr 15, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges
“Sara, I’m really struggling right now. Hearing my mom say “I didn’t think that we were in a position that we could really afford that right now” really hurts. Because I know its because of my health and everything included in doctor visits.” I read the message as my...
by Sara | Mar 18, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Loving Someone With Health Challenges
Rose. Brenda. Marie. Ashley. Hope.* Me. I hate it. I HATE how many hearts are broken right now. Crushed. How many feel beyond defeated. And how many feel so, so alone. With a loneliness that nothing can alleviate. A loneliness that traps us, gripping us in its iron...
by Sara | Mar 11, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Uncategorized
Read part one of this series here, and part two here. “I was talking with a dear girl the other day. I mentioned my call to serve hurting hearts, although recently I had rather balked at it. She asked if it wouldn’t it be lonely to serve hurting hearts and depressing...
by Sara | Mar 4, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Navigating Healing & Recovery
“Pain is a microphone,” Levi Lusko writes in his book Through The Eyes of Lion, “And the more it hurt, the louder you get.” Wow, is that such a powerful — and true — statement. Are you currently in pain? Physical or emotional? I am. And recently, more and more, I’ve...
by Sara | Feb 25, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Navigating Healing & Recovery
Hey you. Yes, you. The one going through life with your head down. The shy one. The one bedridden. The one whose chronic illness has left you stranded within four walls, unconnected to the outside world. The lonely one. And most of all — the hurting one. Perhaps right...
