When the cable went out the other day, I followed every prompt on the screen. I held down the button, ran the diagnostics. Nothing happened. Turns out that the problem was on the other end. The cable came back by itself, exactly the way it went out. It was nothing I had done. When the…
Category: Detoured by Affliction
Learning from the Challenges
Speaking of Trouble …
(Updated from post on July 5, 2019) “Give your entire attention to what God is doing right now, and don’t get worked up about what may or may not happen tomorrow. God will help you deal with whatever hard things come up when the time comes.Matthew 6:34 MSG “Don’t worry at all then about tomorrow. Tomorrow…
The Wonky Diction of Affliction
(Updated from the original post, June 20, 2019) My family is also impacted by my Chronic Fatigue. By all of it, actually, but hilariously by my difficulty with words. For instance, I couldn’t grocery shop but I could write out a list. Sort of. (“What’s clery?” my son wanted to know. Or “I can’t read…
Beauty for Ashes
(Originally posted on May 25, 2019) ********** Excerpt from a letter dated December, 2009: I know things are hard for you right now. When I was thinking of you this morning, these words came to my mind. Isaiah 61: 1-3 NLT The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me to bring good…
My Refuge
I love you, Lord, my strength.The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. Psalm 18:1-2 NIV ********** REFUGE: a condition or place of safety or shelter from pursuit, danger, or trouble ********** The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.Those who…
“After the Sadness…”
A Grief Observed …
Written by Clive Staples Lewis in longhand in notebooks that Lewis found in his home, A Grief Observed probes the “mad midnight moments” of Lewis’s mourning the loss of his wife to cancer, moments in which he questioned what he had previously believed about life and death, marriage, and even God. ********** From the foreword:“I…
I’m Telling Myself …
* Even the worst days only have 24 hours. A bad day does not make a bad life. * On those days, there is still something good to find. You just have to look. Maybe look hard. Really hard. * Even if the only thing you did today was survive, that’s worth celebrating. Your track…
Battle Scars
God sees the wounds, and sees them not as scars but as honors. Julian of Norwich A scar means the hurt is over, the wound is closed, you endured the pain and God has healed you. (unknown) We are Strong. It takes more to conquer us. Scars don’t matter. They are the marks of…
In the Battle
God is a safe place to hide, ready to help when we need him.We stand fearless at the cliff-edge of doom, courageous in sea storm and earthquake,Before the rush and roar of oceans, the tremors that shift mountains. Jacob-wrestling God fights for us, God-of-Angel-Armies protects us. Psalm 46:1-3 The Message I declare that I am calm and peaceful. I…