Where I had health, I lacked joy, peace, self-confidence, and identity in God. Now, I have all of that plus so much more despite my health, and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
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God can create whatever storm He wants, naturally or spiritually, but it will never destroy, override, or alter His love for us.
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It’s through our weakness that His strength is perfected, and through our brokenness that His wholeness is given and received. It is in our fragility and our mortality, that His omnipotence and immortality are made known.
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Sometimes, we are unable to package an immense hope in pretty wrapping paper with bows. In our darker times, hope can be more like a speck in the middle of some crumpled dirty newspapers. But, if that hope is in God, it doesn’t matter.
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If we only focus on our most painful seasons, a good God won’t seem so good at all. But to look back over the sum of the ups and downs, the best and worst, is to see that He is good after all.
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Our lives are great because we are able to see and experience God’s goodness in them, not because of the things we can do and the places we can go.
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May God bless you and keep you this week - let Him be your safety, refuge, protection, and hiding place. Cry to Him and He will answer.
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During our Earthly lives, we have chance after chance to get the sleep our bodies need. Our spirits, however, receive only one opportunity to receive eternal rest. Let’s be diligent in becoming holy and upright, and careful of our hearts’ conditions. He loves us enough to make His rest available to us, let’s love Him enough to make the efforts to obtain it.
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What we do with our bodies during our lives, determines where our souls will rest for eternity. We - our thoughts and actions - are not given leniency because of our illnesses.
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He defeated the Philistines. He faced intimidation and setbacks, but he overcame. His prayer was so powerful, it convinced God to change His mind and original plan. There’s a lot we can learn about and through King Hezekiah.
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Living with a chronic illness can feel like a never-ending battle. The good times always seem shorter than the fighting times. It's a cycle that exhausts people to their last ounces of strength and perseverance…There is an incredible amount of parallels to be made between the war(s) involving the Israelites and Philistines and the war we’re fighting in our bodies.
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I have grown such an affinity for the Psalms. I would, and do, recommend that anyone battling illness make it a point to read a portion of the Book every single day. It’s so applicable to our journeys; it acknowledges the reality, the pain, the ups and downs, and the emotions, but then encourages, uplifts, and brings attention back to God and His goodness.
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