Caregivers Come in All Sizes

“For the Son of Man is going to come in His Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.” Matt. 16:27
Being a HopeKeepers Facilitator I found out quickly that caregivers don’t receive enough praise and thanks for all they do and have to go [...]

Devotion – Being There For Others When You Are Ill And Also The Caregiver

“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God,” (Psalm 20:7)
Here I am sitting in a hospital waiting room while a close relative has surgery. Even though we have our own illnesses to deal with, at times it is someone in our family.
This sort of [...]

Cancer: 7 Things You Need to Know to Help

By Georgia Shaffer
Sara sat looking totally overwhelmed. At the age of thirty-five, she had learned she had breast cancer. “I feel like I just got hit by a Mack truck,” Sara said.
As a licensed psychologist in Pennsylvania and a cancer survivor who, 18 years ago, was given a 2 percent chance to [...]

Devotion – Being Authentic About Our Illness So God Can Be Glorified

“In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.”(Matthew 5:16)
In having “silent” chronic illnesses, such as fibromyalgia and epilepsy, I have found some people do not understand the symptoms and feelings I experiencing, such as the deep muscle pain, fatigue or [...]

Ideas For Serving Friends with Disabilities From Joni and Friends

If you haven’t read a copy yet of Beyond Casseroles: 505 Ways to Encourage a Chronically Ill Friend we encourage you to grab a copy today. In fact, we make it affordable to have three copies for just $15 in our Comfort Zone Bookstore. One for you and two to give away!
But we just discovered [...]

The Power of Friendship

I am blessed with amazing friends and I am even luckier that they come from a wide range of backgrounds and they have a variety of interests. I have my friends from the gym who will listen to me explain why eating half of the bag of Doritos seemed like a good idea last night [...]

Living with Chronic Pain Isn’t Fun . . . But it Can Be Funny!

I was walking through a store yesterday and overheard two women who were clerks at the gift shop speaking. The conversation went something like this:
“She was recently diagnosed with MS, but she is doing really well. She has a really great attitude.”
“Well, she must be in remission then if she has a good attitude.”
“No, I [...]

Ever Feel Like Your Body is a Crime Scene?

Ever get sick of being poked or having to take your medications via a needle? When I was in the hospital for a week I was given shots every few hours and my stomach looked like a crime scene. Boy do I wish I’d had these fun little bandages. I could have stuck a couple [...]

Don Piper Ministries Has “Hope Summit” in Texas in May

We love HOPE around here at Rest Ministries and we also love Don Piper, so we wanted to pass along this information in case you live in the Pasadena, Texas area.
Don Piper Ministries is holding it’s first ever “Hope Summit,” May 21-22, 2010 at First Baptist Church Pasadena, Texas.
Many have asked if there would ever [...]

Television Show w/ Lisa Airs this Week

In February I had the honor of meeting Maureen Pratt, author of Peace in the Storm, and getting to be a guest on her new television program, also called Peace in the Storm. It airs this week April 18-April 24th, and if you don’t happen to get the channel (I don’t either!) you can [...]

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