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New Book In Store: Stronger Still: A Woman’s Guide to Turning Your Hurt into Healing for Others

April 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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This book, Stronger Still: A Woman's Guide to Turning Your Hurt into Healing for Others (Deeper Still), by Edna Ellison is an amazing workbook to hold in your hand and work your way through if you are trying to figure out how to use the pain in your life to encourage other people. We have it available now at the Rest Ministries shop. I am happy to be able to call Edna a friend through a Christian women writers organization, but even I didn't know all that she had experienced in her life until I read this book. This woman has every right to write about her journey with suffering and how to use it for God's plans. This is an interactive 6-week Bible study that helps guide the reader through her pain and to a point where she can see how … [Read more...]

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Link Party! Submit or Read About ‘Parenting with a Chronic Illness’

April 12, 2012 By 5 Comments
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 To submit your own link, put the code to our "Link Party button" (opens in a new window) on your own site. Then click the little blue button below that says "add your link" to submit your link! … [Read more...]

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New Thinking About Suicide Blog Offers Eternal Hope

March 30, 2012 By 4 Comments
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A few months ago a friend of mine, Linda Evans Shepherd, announced to our group of Christian women writers that she was starting a blog specifically to reach out to those who were considering suicide. I have to say that anything Linda touches is done well and with complete passion and heart behind it. Her most recent web site, Finding God Daily, has a wonderful collection of articles about all the places we can find God! But would I be able to make a commitment to write an article or two a month about suicide? What do I know that may encourage someone else? And I just have a Bachelor's degree in Sociology, while many of the writers are professional counselors. But then I got an email from someone at Rest Ministries pouring her heart … [Read more...]

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Easy Ways to Save Money When Shopping on the Internet or Even Locally

March 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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By Lisa Copen Illness is expensive! Have you noticed? Those doctor bills, medications, rehabs, equipment. . . even when you have insurance it can quickly add up to the thousands of dollars. There are a variety of steps you can put into practice when shopping on the Internet and locally. Oftentimes we get so busy buying the item we need we simply forget one of the steps and we miss out on additional savings. Here are some of the ways I have been saving extra money recently. Feel free to print this out and sit it beside your desktop to refer to before type in that credit card for anything. Ebates. You really do get a check. Like "rebates" that you have received when you have bought items in the past, you sign up at this web site … [Read more...]

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SNAPPIN Ministries: A Faith-Based Special Needs Parent Network

March 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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By Debbi Farmer What a blessing it is to discover a wonderful ministry online that has the potential of helping so many people. I was blessed recently in discovering yet another “hidden jewel,” Snappin' Ministries. It is a “Special Needs Parent Network” that is essentially a nationwide support network for parents of children with special needs. Their mission is to support and encourage those living with the daily challenge of parenting a special needs child, so that they may experience the genuine love and hope of Jesus in their everyday lives. As a parent who raised and home-schooled a child with special needs, I can tell you from personal experience that finding the support and resources you need in a Christian environment is a … [Read more...]

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Find Some Encouragement At One of Our “Link Parties”

February 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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FAQ: What is a link party? Read all about it here! How do I submit my site to a link party? Find the "party/topic" you want to submit to and click the "submit" link. What are the topics of the link parties? (see below!) What is the point of a link party? To introduce you to some wonderful articles of encouragement and connect you with other bloggers who share about their illness and faith in the Lord. Reflecting On Living with Chronic Illness When you think about your illness, what are your emotions regarding it? What do you wonder, fear, appreciate? Are alone, surrounded by others? Growing spiritually. . . or feeling stagnant? This party will get down to some of the nitty gritty emotions we deal with--and sometimes even … [Read more...]

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Do You Write? Blog? We Are Starting a Link Party!

February 19, 2012 By 10 Comments
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[ Short-Cut Link: Submit Your Article on "Reflections of Living With Chronic Illness" here ] What is a link party? A link party is sort of like a "blog carnival" if you are familiar with that term. If not, that is okay. Here is what a link party consists of. There is a host for any Link Party. In this case, Rest Ministries is your host. Greetings to everyone! Anyone can write and submit their blog to us at Rest Ministries. If approved (this means, it falls within our beliefs and content guidelines) than we will approve it and you will get a link here at Rest Ministries web site so other people can read it. We rank pretty well in the search engines, especially Google, so a link from us can also help your own blog site increase in the … [Read more...]

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Link Party – Reflecting On Living with Chronic Illness

February 19, 2012 By 9 Comments
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Illness. It's not just about what is going on in our body. It's also what is going on in our head. Our emotions can feel like they are on their own roller coaster, as we deal with tears, challenges, questions, and uncertainties. We hope you will find some comfort at this link party!  Submit your own site | What to know about Link Parties | Get the button at the bottom of this page to post on your blog's page, if you want to submit a link to the link party!   ____________________ Have you submitted a blog post to us to link back to? Be sure to include 1 of these 2 images, the button or banner, somewhere on your site (preferably on the page where your blog post is that we are featuring) so your page will be approved. To … [Read more...]

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Pastor Begins Web Site for Those with Arthritis

February 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Living with Arthritis is unique in that it is developed by a pastor who has Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis. Chad Fisher says, “My site was developed and started out of my desire to help people living with arthritis. Having lived with this disease for over 30 years, I understand the difficulties, limitations, and pain associated with chronic illness. He truly wants to help and share his experiences to help others. He had not found in the typical arthritis web sites the attitude he was searching for. “I wanted to share from a different perspective. Most of the blogs or websites I read seemed to have a negative mood and mindset to them. I understand why, but I also know when facing an illness this kind of mindset is less than helpful. I … [Read more...]

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The Five Essential E’s When Your Child is Ill

January 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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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 creators of the popular Love and Logic parenting program have just released a new DVD to help parents learn how to encourage their children to solve their own problems, become more confident, and accept responsibility for their own healthcare. Lisa Greene, mother of two children with cystic fibrosis, spent many years learning how to deal with the special challenges of children who fight over food and medications. The new Parenting Children with Special Medical Needs DVD she created with Foster Cline, M.D., and Charles … [Read more...]

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From Illness Comes Unique Card Ministry

January 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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By Debbi Farmer This was a rough week for me. One of my close friends lost her battle with cancer. Shortly after this, I lost my beloved family pet after having her in my life for fourteen years. My business has been almost non-existent the past few weeks because of the bad economy, and my health has taken a serious turn for the worse lately. I had so much I needed to say to the family of my friend. I had so much I needed to say to my family for losing their sweet pet. I needed to do more in my business, but my health would not allow it. I felt absolutely lost even knowing in my heart that the Lord was holding me and carrying me through. When you find yourself needing to convey a message to a friend or family, but you need help … [Read more...]

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Resources and Gadgets to Improve Your Health When You are Chronically Ill

January 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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By Lisa Copen It is the time of year when many people are setting fresh goals regarding their health. For one who is chronically ill, however, it can be discouraging and you can feel a bit helpless at the lack of options you have available. Well, due to technology, there may just be some new possibilities for you! Here are a few we have found below. Many people do not want or cannot afford an ipad or an iphone to be able to use the apps in many new technological health advances. If these are something you are interested in, you may want to invest in an iTouch for less than $200. It has the ability to do everything an iphone does but make calls, and there is no monthly fee. You can only connect to wi-fi in a "hot spot" (like your home, … [Read more...]

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