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Keep On Hanging On

Hang On Part of learning to care for a person with a chronic illness understands the value of hanging on to God. You will get to the point in caregiving that only with God’s help can you make it through the next few minutes or day. You are exhausted mentally, physically, and spiritually. All you… Continue reading Keep On Hanging On

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Thanks for the Memory

The Value of Giving Thanks  Part of learning to care for a person with a chronic illness understands the value of giving thanks for what you have. When you care for a person with a chronic illness, too often you focus on the negative and the bad. Instead of focusing on the adversity of the… Continue reading Thanks for the Memory

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Do Not Lose Heart

Not Losing Heart Part of learning to care for a person with a chronic illness is not losing heart. Your maintaining a positive attitude helps you to provide the best care. To keep an optimistic attitude, it is helpful to maintain our outlook from an eternal perspective. In today’s verse, God is pointing out we… Continue reading Do Not Lose Heart

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The Influence of a Writing Mentor

Mentor One way a writer can become successful is by having a more established writer as a mentor. While writing groups can serve as a mentor, the right personal mentor will help improve your writing by giving you guidance each step of the way. Let me share an example of the influence of a mentor. In… Continue reading The Influence of a Writing Mentor

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God’s Comfort

God’s Comfort is Available to You Part of learning to care for a person with a chronic illness is understanding God’s comfort is available for you.  Have you ever been overwhelmed by your thoughts of how you will be able to handle or manage your loved one’s chronic illness? Have the “what ifs” overtaken you?… Continue reading God’s Comfort

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Slow Down and Know God

Slow Down and Know God Part of learning to care for a person with a chronic illness is slowing down and knowing God. As we live with the daily challenges of caring for a person with an ongoing disease, it is essential that we get adequate rest. This respite is both physical and spiritual. Today’s… Continue reading Slow Down and Know God

We Need a Safe Place

God is Good Part of learning to care for a person with a chronic illness realizes that sometimes we need a safe place. We need a place of refuge. A Christian has such a safe place of refuge in God.  The same God who was powerful enough to create the heavens and the Earth and… Continue reading We Need a Safe Place

Real Peace Comes from God

Real Peace Comes from God Part of learning to care for a person with a chronic illness is understanding that real peace comes from God. Living to care for a person with a chronic disease can leave us overwhelmed. The endless stream of questions from well-meaning family, friends, acquaintances, and coworkers drains us. We find… Continue reading Real Peace Comes from God

What If There Were No C’s?

What If There Were No C’s? What if there were no “C’s” to say with our A’s and B’s? What if all the C’s went out on strike? Tired of being seen by you and me as just average unlike the letters A and B. Now here is how your life might be if out… Continue reading What If There Were No C’s?

Waiting on the Lord

Waiting on the Lord Part of learning to care for a person with a chronic illness is waiting on the Lord God. We live in an era when the rule is to do something or to get something NOW. We see this in the emails we receive and on the blogs we read where they… Continue reading Waiting on the Lord