In Undone, Michele shares openly all the emotions and faith questions that she experienced through her cancer experience. In Relentless, Michele walks you through the next phase of her life when cancer returns, when the orphans they brought home become theirs for life, and when she grieves the loss of her Dad to his own battle with cancer. It is personal, gut-wrenching, and oh so relatable.
Read MoreBeing numb is helpful during and after a thoracotomy but permanent numbness isn’t good for anyone.
The physical numbness that comes with surgery can move into an emotional and spiritual numbness in your soul. Feeling numb can be helpful but being numb is not healthy. We need to feel.
What do you need to move from numb to feeling?
Read MoreThe death of my tree was just the last in a string of losses, and there was no holding back the tears. Everything felt heavy, slow, and difficult. My daily rhythms of waking early for Bible study and prayer fell by the wayside. I functioned in survival mode. Still, I found ways to process those things in the safety of my relationship with Jesus. Despite my muddy brain and emotional overwhelm, I refused to give up what I have learned is my lifeline in times of despair: my ongoing conversation with my Savior.
… We learn to trust God because we have to trust God. We’ve got nothing left on our own.
Read MoreWe all need friends like Jonathan and David in our lives—friends who remind us of who God is, who cause us to look upwards and not be overcome by our circumstances, friends who call forth what God has spoken over our lives and strengthen us to keep contending. But as much as we need them, we must also be them.
Read MoreA Joy Basket is simply a cute place to gather items that will help spark joy when you don’t feel joyful, making choosing joy as obvious, attractive, easy and satisfying as possible.
Here are four steps to create a new habit of choosing joy using a joy basket.
Read More“Just choose joy,” they say. Great advice, but not always easy to put into practice. The secret to choosing joy is making the choice to choose joy. But’s is so hard. How do we choose joy when chronic illness or any other suffering has taken over life? I’ve got a list to get you started.
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