“I Thought I Was The Only One” Printable To Share

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Have you ever heard someone share about their illness experience, whether in person or online, and you responded, "What? You too? I thought I was the only one!" How significant a difference it can make in our perspective and even our ability to cope when we know someone else understands some aspect of what we our feeling--especially when we thought what we felt was a bit unusual. Well, C.S. Lewis said many years ago, "Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What? You too? I thought I was the only one!'" How many people could you share this with, who you consider one of those friends? This free printable is 300 dpi resolution (which means it will look good, not all blurry, when you print it out.) It is … [Read more...]

‘God Did Not Give Us A Spirit of Fear’ Free Printable

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God did not give us a spirit of fear. Need a daily reminder sitting on your desk or bedside? Chronic illness is full of so many fears, isn't it? But God did not give us a spirit of fear! If we allow the worries to go through our mind over and over it can just eat us up and rule our lives, influencing our decisions. God did give us power, love, and self-discipline. And, oh, what a difference this can make to remind ourselves each day that God did not give us a spirit of fear. A spirit of fear is not from Him. Below is our latest free printable of the scripture, "For God did not give us a spirit of fear but one of power, love, and self-discipline." (2 Timothy 1:7, New Living Translation) I hope you enjoy it! This free printable is 300 … [Read more...]

Comfort in Suffering? Lisa’s Life Verse as a Printable

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Can there really be comforting in suffering? Scripture tells us yes! How I love this scripture, Psalm 119:50. "My comfort in my suffering is this: Your promise preserves my life." Whenever I sign my books this is the scripture you will find below my name. It just covers so much ground to me. There is comfort in suffering God acknowledges and knows of my suffering I can choose to find comfort in that suffering God's promises (all of them!) are what preserve my life My body (and all of its weaknesses) do not preserve my life It is God alone and the promises He gives me that refresh me, preserve me, keep me going. I hope you will share my joy over this precious scripture and make it one of your favorites too. I know it seems … [Read more...]