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...
by Sara | Feb 18, 2019 | Navigating Healing & Recovery
“How are you?” my friend asked. “I’m okay. The joint pain is increased and the brain fog is frustrating.” “Aw, I’m sorry! Praying for you!” she said. “Oh, it’s fine. It’s been worse.” You’d think saying that would comfort me, but instead my heart twinges. Sure, it’s...
by Sara | Feb 11, 2019 | Girls Only, Living With Health Challenges, Uncategorized
Dear Future Husband Hey Mister, There have been many a day as a young girl when I wondered if you existed. When I wondered who you were and what you were doing and how I would ever meet you. There have been many a night when I prayed for you, asking my Prince of Peace...
by Sara | Feb 5, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Mental Struggles
Hello everyone! Sorry I’m a day late. 🙂 To be honest, I’m still recovering from a health crash right after the conference. That, and I’ve been working on some book-related stuff. So this week I don’t have a normal post, but you’ll have to...
by Sara | Jan 29, 2019 | Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Guest Writers, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Uncategorized
Well, that was awesome. I’m still in awe and amazement over what God did through Diamonds 2019, the free conference for chronically ill Christians I hosted over the weekend. It’s crazy! When I first decided to pursue this project, I told one of my best...
by Sara | Jan 25, 2019 | Book News & Recs, Faith in God in Chronic Illness, Living With Health Challenges, Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Lyme Disease, Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, Toxic Mold Poisoning, Uncategorized
I planned to sleep in this morning. You know, rest before the fun starts. It didn’t work. I was up before my sister, unable to lay still. I kept closing my eyes, hoping that if I pretended to be asleep I might actually fall back asleep. Yeah, no. It was a...
by Sara | Jan 21, 2019 | Loving Someone With Health Challenges, Navigating Healing & Recovery
Today, we interrupt our usual Diamonds 2019 broadcasting to share a post I wrote a few months ago about recovering from a long-term illness. It’s close to my heart, and I didn’t plan on posting it anytime soon, but I felt God leading me to today. So,...
