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January 30, 2012 by Lisa, RM Director Leave a Comment

The Five Essential E’s When Your Child is Ill

The Five Essential E’s When Your Child is Ill

A New DVD Offers Help and Hope for Parenting Children with Special Medical Needs Parents who have a child with a chronic illness or special medical condition are faced with some very difficult and special challenges. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Links, Parent of Ill or Disabled Child, What's New? Tagged With: Child, Family, Learning, Parent, sick kids

June 18, 2010 by Lisa, RM Director 3 Comments

What Has Chronic Illness Taught You? Here Are a Few Things I’ve Learned

What Has Chronic Illness Taught You? Here Are a Few Things I’ve Learned

Duncan Cross of the Patients For a Moment Blog Carnival recently asked us to answer this question "What have you learned about yourself, your illness, and other sick people?" Well... this could be not only an entire book, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Founder's Blog, Person w/ Illness, Reflection, What's New? Tagged With: Child, Conditions and Diseases, God, Health, Illness, Learning, lisa copen, Rheumatoid arthritis

April 3, 2010 by Lisa, RM Director Leave a Comment

Knowing Christ in Suffering & Resurrection

“I want to know Christ & the power of his resurrection & the fellowship of sharing his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, & so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.” (Philippians … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Devotionals Tagged With: Christian encouragement, Chronic pain, chronicpain, daily devotionals, Divine grace, God, Health, hopekeepers, illness ministry, invisible illness, Jesus, Learning, meditation, Pain, Rest Ministries, Trust

April 1, 2010 by Lisa, RM Director 1 Comment

Our Gethsemanes

“Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done.” (Luke 22:42) I once read a book by Max Lucado entitled The Final Week of Jesus. These sentences impacted me greatly: “He (Jesus) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Devotionals Tagged With: Christian encouragement, Chronic pain, chronicpain, daily devotionals, Divine grace, Fibromyalgia, God, hopekeepers, illness ministry, invisible illness, Jesus, Learning, meditation, Rest Ministries, Trust

February 19, 2010 by Lisa, RM Director Leave a Comment

Being Made Holy

"By one sacrifice, he has made perfect forever those who are being made holy" (Hebrews 9:14). It is difficult for me to underst& that God sees me now as the perfect creation I will be in eternity. Yet because of Christ's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Devotionals Tagged With: Christ, Christian encouragement, Christianity, Chronic pain, daily devotionals, Divine grace, Faith, God, hopekeepers, illness ministry, invisible illness, Learning, meditation, Prayer, Religion and Spirituality, Rest Ministries, Trust

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