In this place of waiting, In these days of God’s own leading, In this season when pain tries to direct, My Lord asks me to look up, and to remember. After a year of waiting on the decision about my thyroid, and after the summer of aFib, my cardiologist gave cardiac clearance last month, and … Continue reading In the Waiting, Look up!
Tag: chronic pain
Wonder: Pondering the Invisible Made Visible
I held the tattered Bible gently in my weakened hands. It felt so beautiful as it brought back memories of my leafing through its pages as a young teenager. After all, it was the Bible that my Dad & I had gifted to my mom in 1972 when I was 12. She used it all … Continue reading Wonder: Pondering the Invisible Made Visible
Sharing: A Lifetime of Trauma
HAUNTED BY PAST TRAUMA I grew up with a mother who was plagued with constant illnesses—and in a faith tradition that put a heavy emphasis on divine healing. Miraculously, my mother was healed from several illnesses, but new ones would invariably take their place. I remember asking the adults who attended the healing services, “What about … Continue reading Sharing: A Lifetime of Trauma
Sharing: Fear of the Flare
The beginning of the fear A shiver of fear ran down my spine as I heard the diagnosis from my rheumatologist a decade ago: “There is no cure for rheumatoid arthritis, only management.” Then he gave his prescription for the usual course of treatment, along with an extra medicine (prednisone) to be used for a … Continue reading Sharing: Fear of the Flare
A Continuing Story: Abiding in Him
Many have asked me if there is a significant meaning in the cover photo of our new book. My answer has been yes, but once again it's a story begging to be told. ☺️ In answer to those who have asked, here today is another gift of God's choosing . . . ~~~~~~ I was … Continue reading A Continuing Story: Abiding in Him
Sharing: Praise in the Midst of Our Pain
Have you ever looked outside and breathed-in the fresh air of God’s touch and suddenly felt praise rising up from someplace unknown inside of you? Have you seen beauty that takes away that same breath and felt another kind of praise overwhelming the dark places of your pain? There is something to be said for … Continue reading Sharing: Praise in the Midst of Our Pain
A Spring Never Failing
(photo taken at Como Park Conservatory, St. Paul, MN, 2014) The therapist pushed gently on my back and at the same time rested her hand above my heart. And I heard the Lord ask me to give Him my heart. Like Peter, I was hurt by the question. "Lord, you know I … Continue reading A Spring Never Failing
The Gardener Plants
Sitting around the table with a few of my loved ones, the conversation had shifted to the gardens around our homes. As my friend's suffering eyes transformed with a glow when she described her home, I heard myself speaking an answer, "You've planted your soul in the ground of that place." … Continue reading The Gardener Plants
Compassion Never Failing
If you follow me on Instagram then you would have seen this great blessing that came to me this week: The Lord overwhelmed me with the gift of a new wheelchair through a dear friend! And then another friend mailed me the beautiful mug that expressed my cup-of-joy heart overflowing with gratitude … Continue reading Compassion Never Failing
waiting
Four and a half years. That's how long God asked me to stay with a Doctor who treated me as if I did not know my own body, as if I was somehow less than his other patients, as if these reactions and side effects were my own fault. As the results … Continue reading waiting
