Archive for the ‘overcome’ Category
Jesus Noticing You
Posted in healing, overcome, pain, Peace, tagged healing, Jesus, Luke 8, Mark 5, pain, woman bleeding on July 15, 2013| 3 Comments »
no more pain
Posted in encouraging verse, Friends, Hope, overcome, tagged God, heaven, pain on May 12, 2011| 5 Comments »
This day is an actual day that will occur. It is not some far-off dream, but a reality and one we can look forward to like we would a wedding or a birth. For important days there are preparations and anticipation. Let’s prepare for and anticipate the day that we will be free from pain. God will wipe every tear from our eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain (based on Revelation 21:4).
“If you are hurting today, take heart. Every day you are one day closer to the other side of your pain.” Chrystie Cole
“Behold, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create ….” Isaiah 65:1
To hear Jeremy Camp’s song There Will be a Day click here.
overflow with hope
Posted in encouraging verse, fire, God, Hope, overcome, tagged fire, God, Hope, pain on February 2, 2011| 2 Comments »
my head ~ my story
Posted in encouraging verse, Joy, overcome, story, tagged headache, Joy, migraine, pain on January 9, 2010| 18 Comments »
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In the book To Be Told, Dan Allender, Ph.D., encourages his readers to share their life stories. In some of my favorite quotes from the book, he says,
We will never come to embrace the heartache of our story until we see it profit another human being. Even then the sorrow doesn’t leave, but seeing someone benefit from our pain adds hope to that pain, and our gratitude begins to transform the past.”
“It is nearly impossible to feel someone’s pain if we do not know that person’s story.”
After reading this book, I realized that I want to share my story with you. I have not had a day or a moment without a headache in eighteen years. The last day I can remember not having a headache was my wedding day, May 25, 1991. I probably had a few days that summer without a headache, but I didn’t know then to treasure those pain-free times. Since the winter of 1992, I have felt an incessant headache, all day and all night. Fatigue constantly accompanies these headaches, and I have had to learn to live with both.
Over the years, I have had many diagnoses; however, the words we use to define ourselves are powerful and should be chosen carefully. I do not want any diagnosis to define who I am; God defines who I am.
Thank you for taking the time to read about my journey, and if you are interested in more details, they can be found in the comments section below. I am thankful that I have found true joy that is larger than my pain.
Love of Christ
Posted in encouraging verse, Jesus, overcome, tagged Christians, church, God, Jesus, Persecuted Christians on November 23, 2009| 2 Comments »