by Sara | Mar 2, 2017 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges
“I’m just wondering and wondering and wondering, when will my life begin?” -Rapunzel * Hello there. 🙂 So I’ve been thinking more about Rapunzel-chronic-illness comparisons, after my sister’s observation a few days ago. And something that...
by Sara | Feb 23, 2017 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Loving Someone With Health Challenges
Even though I spent all day, every day in bed that week, I wasn’t resting. I was still fighting a battle. It appeared that I was resting, and even to myself, it seemed like all I was doing was resting. It seemed to me like what I really needed was to was...
by Sara | Jan 30, 2017 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness
The song, ‘Diamonds’, by Hawk Nelson, has been one of the main songs that I keep going back to in this adventure. It talks about how, when we are in the fire, when we are in the hard things that are so heavy, God is really making diamonds out of us. He is...
by Sara | Jan 26, 2017 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Girls Only
She is clothed with strength and dignity; Â Â Â Â she can laugh at the days to come. Proverbs 31:25 (NIV) My Self-Examination: Strength? Nope. Dignity? Nope. Laughing at the days to come? Nope. Is that okay? Is that right? Is it wrong? How in the world can we be clothed...
by Sara | Jan 8, 2017 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Guest Writers
Hello! Nina here! I’m Sara’s younger sister, and I’ve written for R535 before. I haven’t actually told her I’m writing this, but we’ll see if she approves :). So, I was recently listening to songs I used to like, and ‘Never Gone’ by Colton Dixon came on. To me it’s a...
by Sara | Jan 4, 2017 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness
Hello there! Did you enjoy my last post? It was pretty heavy, wasn’t it? Well, I have one more hard question to address today. Why would God, if He loves us, allow us to go through such pain and suffering? Can you believe that He has a purpose in it? A plan? No,...
