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Carrying Super Rachel – The Logistics of When Your Wife Is Chronically Ill

May 30, 2011 By 3 Comments
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By Matt Horne Caring for a chronically ill wife is not what I had envisioned when I was working up the nerve to ask out "that hot girl" who would later become my wife. We were in college and she was on the cross country team. She let me know very early on in the relationship that she had a chronic illness. Nowadays, it's just part of life. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't know what to do with myself if she were well. There's a reason I call her "Super Rachel." On her good days, she can run circles around me--cleaning, getting things checked off her to-do list, and having tons of fun. She's amazing. On top of that, she has the greatest attitude and rarely lets her condition get her down. As her dad says, she's an "overcomer." Instead … [Read more...]

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How Do I Know God Loves Me If I Am Suffering So Much?

February 22, 2011 By 3 Comments
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"For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies." Psalm 108:4 Last year my son and I were cuddled up on the bed having one of those rare quiet moments where he just wanted personal attention and was holding still long enough for me to talk with him. I told him, "Do you know how much Mommy loves you?" "How much?" he asked. "I love you as high as the sky and as deep as the ocean" I told him. "I love you. . ." he started to say, trying to think of something to compare it with. ". . .as deep as the toilet!" [Ah. . .  thanks, I think!] Well, maybe he was trying to think of a body of water like I had mentioned the ocean. We ARE loved. Valentine's Day is passed and suddenly all the store … [Read more...]

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Ministering to Those Who Have Lost Someone They Love

February 13, 2011 By 1 Comment
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By Fran Caffey Sandin “Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep” (Romans 12: 15 NASB) Rejoicing comes easily when something good happens in the lives of friends. But when death and its sorrow invade a home, we often find ourselves struggling for an adequate response. We sincerely want to help, but deep inside we’re afraid of saying or doing the wrong thing, not being “strong” enough, or of becoming depressed. Who among us ever feels sufficient when death intrudes? And yet, that is when we’re needed most of all. The good news is that, in spite of our human weaknesses and fears, God can use us to uplift and encourage the bereaved. When the Holy Spirit dwells within our hearts, He will be our guide, … [Read more...]

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My Valentine’s Day Gift… of Pain?

February 3, 2011 By 5 Comments
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By Dana Kennedy In a holy whisper, compassionate eyes searching my soul, He hands me a gift. “I love you, my child. As the cross is a symbol of my love, so is this gift. It’s not what you desire, but it will bring you more than you ever asked or imagined. Remember, all my gifts are good.” Tears course off His face as He leans down to kiss my forehead. As I carefully open the gift avoiding the thorns twisted into a bow, the blood red paper drops to the ground. I lift off the lid and peer into the tiny box. Before my mind can comprehend that it is empty, I am brought to my knees. Pain, fatigue, and weakness crash through my body pulling me under. Instantaneously, I am stricken with illness. “Oh, God! What have you given … [Read more...]

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Remembering Each Person We Run Into is an Opportunity for Us to Encourage and Be Encouraged

November 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Every year as Thanksgiving approaches we start to receive some of these “cute” stories in our email box. . . but some so resonate with us that we want to pass them along and not save them for ourselves. I hope this is one that touches you. Thanks to Roy Weaver for sharing it with us here at Rest Ministries. An Anonymous Story called “Daniel’s Gloves” I sat, with two friends, in the picture window of a quaint restaurant just off the corner of the town-square. The food and the company were both especially good that day. As we talked, my attention was drawn outside, across the street. There, walking into town was a man who appeared to be carrying all his worldly goods on his back. He was carrying, a well-worn sign that read, … [Read more...]

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Nurse Comforts Patients with Original Songs

May 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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If you have spent time in the hospital you know just how quickly the thrill of being in charge of the remote control can dry up. If family members or friends visit, you feel torn between the feelings of gratefulness that someone cares, & yet being exhausted by a simple conversation. Nurses, however, can hold so much influence however, in how our hospital stay really feels. When I was stuck in the hospital for 8 days with the flesh eating bacteria I didn't have a whole lot of visitors. (Can't imagine why, huh?) It was a nurse on her Sunday shift who sat & talked to me about her kids, the Fireproof movie, & other day to day stuff that made a couple hours quickly pass. Even nicer, when another nurse arrived for the next shift she said the … [Read more...]

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