Chronic Joy®
Accessible Hope for Everyone!
Compassionately serving you with a wealth of accessible, easy-to-use, faith-based educational resources and publications for all those affected by chronic illness, mental illness, chronic pain, and disability. Hope starts here—you’re an indispensable, irreplaceable piece of the puzzle!
CHRONIC ILLNESS
As we journey through diagnoses and treatment plans, loss and isolation, sadness and grief, we can also discover the gifts of laughter, joy, and hope along the way. [Chronic Pain • Shame in Illness]
CAREGIVERS
A caregiver’s role can be rewarding and exhausting, difficult and joy-filled, meaningful and frustrating, isolating and inspiring—discovering God’s joy as you care for your loved ones.
MENTAL ILLNESS
Stigma, isolation, loneliness, and shame often follow a diagnosis of mental illness. With God, mental illness has no stigma. You are His precious child, deeply loved and fully accepted. [Anxiety • Depression]
SUICIDE PREVENTION
Hold Onto Possibility Everyday • Are you thinking about ending your life? Reach out for support. Are you concerned about a friend or loved one ending their life? Ask. Listen. Love. Pray. [Trauma Soul Care]
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Infusions of Hope
Depressed and Suicidal • My Promise to God
I know it’s hard to talk about it, but if you are ever depressed (sad, lonely, scared, or feeling hopeless) and suicidal, PLEASE try to remember that you are NOT alone. Reach out to someone, even if you must reach out to a 911 operator.
Wandering Into Trust
God brought me out of the life I used to have (the life I had before I became ill, before the diagnosis and medications). He brought me out of this to bring me in to something good. What?! How can life with an illness be a better place?
Shame, the Unwelcome Guest
So, next time shame comes knocking on your door, refuse to allow it entrance. Instead, focus on God’s powerful, life-giving promises and rest in Christ’s sufficiency and grace.