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 [...]

13 Gift Ideas for a Chronically Ill Gal

We women like to shop and there’s nothing better than seeing the face of a friend light up when we offer up our thoughtfulness and creativity wrapped in a box with home-made, hand-stamped paper bag wrapping paper, all tied up with a raffia ribbon and dried orange slices. Say what?
If you’re like me—since it’s the [...]

Beautiful Christmas Song For Those With Illness

If you live with a chronic illness or are dealing qith cancer, you may feel more like humming along to “Blue Christmas” than “Jingle Bells.”
Our own administrative assistant, Kara, has a very talented son, Nate Marks, who has recently recorded a song with his band, The Injured List, for his aunt who has cancer. He [...]

What I’d Like to Tell My Pastor About Living with Illness

Living with chronic illness is lonely. Everyone around us seems to be enjoying health, happiness and the ability to pursue their dreams. But we are lonely, scared, and disappointed. We are living with an illness that we have not been able to pray away, cry away, or confess away and so we turn [...]

Rest Ministries On TV This Weekend

Over one year ago I had a film crew who came to my home to tape a segment for a television show. It was exciting, but before the airing date, the program was discontinued.
Well, the show has been picked up by a tv show called “Heroes Among Us” and the producer who taped my segment [...]

My Parents Don’t Believe I am Really Ill

I am 36 and was diagnosed with fibromyalgia last year, but I’ve had the severe symptoms for about 3 years. My husband has been supportive, but my parents don’t believe I really have this illness and if I do I should just take the medicine they see on the commercials and get on with life. [...]

See Our Fall Flyer for Books!

We have some great new books over at Rest Ministries Bookstore. Check out our new fall flyer here to find books that best meet your immediate needs.
And if you spend over $10 before postage, we’re throwing in this cool inspirational “message pen” (click and it has different messages to encourage you about Jesus).

30 Things About My Invisible Illness You May Not Know

We’ve all seen the list “20 things about me” “50 thing about me you didn’t know…” They can actually be interesting if you want to get to know the person better! We’ll we’ve got one I haven’t seen anywhere yet, “30 Things About My Invisible Illness You May Not Know.”
Just copy and paste it below [...]

@YoungWifesTale is our guest b…

@YoungWifesTale is our guest blogger today for #iiwk09 with “Tips for When Your Spouse is Chronically Ill” http://ow.ly/kv9N