Today, I’m enduring my second season of cancer treatments, and stoic silence is not an option. Expressing my heartache, confusion, and sorrows connects my prayers with the compassionate heart of the Father. The process of lament leads me beyond my pain and feelings of despair and into the joys of rich fellowship with Christ.

To the beloved who is suffering from health issues, to the beloved caregiver, to the downcast, and to anyone reading this message…

The secret trick that strengthens a tulip’s stem includes a message that will strengthen you, too. Try this when you begin wilting from the heat of your hardships…

We can follow the world’s advice to dive into our pain and consider it beautiful. Or we can become beautifully transformed when we acknowledge the pain and dive into Christ.

We need a way to renew our strength when we are exhausted, burned out, and feeling like giving up entirely. God’s Word tells us how to cultivate the inner strength that makes it possible to endure difficult circumstances and not give up…

Is it true that “God will never give you more than you can bear?” Let’s explore what the Bible really says about enduring overwhelming suffering. You will encouraged by this powerful testimony about God’s presence in pain…

Here is a little secret about me: I was once an Easter bunny—and I used to believe that Jesus was like the Easter Bunny. A nice holiday character but not a historical figure. Certainly not God. But a friend’s boldness and one special book convinced me that Jesus is and was real. And unlike a teenager wearing an Easter Bunny costume, Jesus is exactly who he portrays himself to be…

Those of us with chronic pain rest and use heating pads to deal with muscle aches. But there are some muscles that rarely get rest and the way we use them can cause deep fatigue. What are those muscles? The eight (yes, I looked it up!) muscles in your tongue. Your speech can drain or uplift you—and you are the only one who can control the words you speak…

Have you ever asked, “God, why haven’t You healed me yet?” Perhaps you even wonder if God still performs miracles. Both God’s Word and life experience have taught me that God’s miraculous power operates in many ways…

I do not create a mindset of healing when I plaster the walls of my mind with thoughts about how someone has hurt me . This type of thinking only creates a well-decorated pity-party!

God loves us too much to leave us alone in a pity-party of our own making. He invites us to a different kind of party; He invites us to a love feast!