Year: 2015

A Giveaway of the “You’re Chronically Ill…” Combo!!

“Keep watch and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak!” – Matthew 26:41 I’d like to start off with a prayer request, if you’ll indulge… Read More

When the Anger Calls the Shots

There are “friends” who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother. – Proverbs 18:24 We were watching a TV show tonight and something happened that really made me think. A young man made… Read More

Look, Mom!

Serve only the Lord your God and fear him alone. Obey his commands, listen to his voice, and cling to him. – Deuteronomy 13:4 When I was growing up, it was the height of pride if you could… Read More

Have You Had Doctors That Seem More Like the Enemy?

“This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in His presence: If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and He… Read More

30 Ways I Have Been Blessed Through My Illness

Commit everything you do to the Lord. Trust Him and He will help you. He will make your innocence radiate like the dawn, and the justice of your cause will shine like the noonday sun. – Psalm 37:5-6… Read More

Shadowboxing

So I run with purpose in every step. I am not just shadowboxing. – 1 Corinthians 9:26 When I came across this verse last week, it really struck me.  What is shadowboxing?  The dictionary defines it as“to make the motions of attack and defense, as in boxing, as a training or conditioning procedure”… Read More

Come Out Swinging

The LORD himself will fight for you. Just stay calm. – Exodus 14:14 To “come out swinging” means to strongly defend yourself or something you believe in… I’m a fighter, so when I hear this, something inside me… Read More

Even In This

But the Lord stands beside me like a great warrior. Before him my persecutors will stumble. They cannot defeat me. They will fail and be thoroughly humiliated. Their dishonor will never be forgotten. – Jeremiah 20:11 Right beside… Read More

The Time I Starred in “The Hobbit”

He went on a little farther and bowed with his face to the ground, praying,“My Father! If it is possible, let this cup of suffering be taken away from me. Yet I want your will to be done,… Read More

Are You Ready to Throw in the Towel?

“Then Jesus told His disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up” (Luke 18:1). I write this to those of you who feel you are just done trying to tell medical… Read More