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Wondering What God Will Do with Your Hopes and Dreams?
Have you ever questioned what God has planned for your life? Have you been frustrated that living with a chronic illness has forced you to give up so many of your dreams and goals? How do we keep having hope when our dreams are slipping through our fingers? These are all common questions that cross our mind when we find out that this physical pain we... [Read More]
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Can I Be a “Healthy” Ill Person?
I was just recently diagnosed with a chronic illness and am in my thirties. It’s...
What’s a Man With an Illness do as a New Empty Nester?
I am the father of a 22-year-old son who recently moved out of the house. My wife...
Do We Really Need All The Drugs?
What do you think about the multiple drugs we have to take? When one lives as I do...
Do Pro-biotic Foods Work?
With the many medications I am on I continually fighting candida. Does the yogurt...
My Family Doesn’t See The Benefit of Me Doing Online Ministry When Bed-Bound
I spend a great deal of time in bed due to my illness and have made some amazing...
What Exercise Can I Do While Stuck in Bed?
Got any good ideas for workouts for when you are bed-bound once in a while? Cynthia...
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Want to Get Organized?
Do you ever feel disorganized but can’t seem to find the right system that...
Have You Experienced Getting or Keeping SSI for Your Children
Doug Smith, author of PDs Disability Workbook, is looking for your experiences and...
One Pair of Hands
This is a video someone recently sent to me. It really needs no commentary. It’s...
Can I Be a “Healthy” Ill Person?
I was just recently diagnosed with a chronic illness and am in my thirties. It’s...
Quotaton – All Pain Has Meaning
It is easy to feel like every day we are in too much pain to do what we want or need...
A Heavenly Perspective on an Earthly Life“No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has ever conceived what God...
Read More Posts From This CategoryOur Best Tips
Want to Get Organized?
Do you ever feel disorganized but can’t seem to find the right system that...
Have You Experienced Getting or Keeping SSI for Your Children
Doug Smith, author of PDs Disability Workbook, is looking for your experiences and...
Quotaton – All Pain Has Meaning
It is easy to feel like every day we are in too much pain to do what we want or need...
Pretty is As Pretty Does – Even With Pill Boxes
We all carry them, whether it’s jeweled or an old mint tin, and they are never...
Read More Posts From This CategoryDaily Devotionals
At The End Of Your Rope“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”...
What Shall I Wear Today?“To bestow on them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of gladness...
God Knows Who We Are“For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor...
Giving Up“For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so...
A Hug From God“Were not our hearts burning within us while He talked with us…and...
Small Acts of Kindness Have a Big Impact“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of...
Read More Posts From This CategoryHealth News
Providing Pastoral Care to Persons with Mental Illness and Their Family
Rev. Rose Anne Briotte, a psychiatric chaplain in Knoxville, TN, and a member of the Mental Health Ministries Advisory Committee, has put together a brochure on “Guidelines for Clergy: Providing Pastoral Care to Persons with Mental Illness and Their Family.“ It is available on the Mental Health Ministries website by clicking the link above.... [Read More]
Fun Little Facts to Amaze Your Friends
(Well, okay… at least your kids) Think you have more than enough information on how your body works from all your doctors appointments and watching Grey’s Anatomy? Well, did you know that women blink twice as many times as men do? Or how about the fact that you use 200 muscles to take one step? (No wonder our feet hurt!) Have ya had a candy... [Read More]
New Study Finds Clergy Dismiss Depression, Anxiety The Most Often
This is a study that was released Sept 2009 that we are passing on to our readers. We have added the bold parts. New Study Finds Clergy Dismiss Depression, Anxiety The Most Often Released: 9/30/2009 11:50 AM EDT Source: Baylor University Newswise — In 2008, a Baylor University study found nearly a third of those who approached their local church for... [Read More]
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Nick Vujicic – A Ministry You Should Know About
Nick Vujicic, 26, has a ministry called Life Without Limbs and it is an affiliate of Joni and Friends, as we are here at Rest Ministries. He says on his web site, “I was born without arms or legs and given no medical reason for this condition. Faced with countless challenges and obstacles, God has given me the strength to surmount what others... [Read More]
Remembering That God Remembers
March and April are wonderful months. St. Patrick’s Day and Easter bring cheerful images of pastel colors and sunshine. The bright, Kelly green, Irish shamrock is not just about leprechauns and good luck. The shamrock represents God in three persons – the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Even the “lion and lamb” idea of March winds comes... [Read More]
Do We Really Need All The Drugs?
What do you think about the multiple drugs we have to take? When one lives as I do with fibromyalgia and chronic pain as well as other symptoms, do you think some of it is a crutch? Lack of faith? Or what? —Margaret deVries, Ladson, SC No one would tell a child with diabetes that her insulin was a “crutch.” Nobody would think that a man with... [Read More]
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