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
Fear of the Flare
I realized I was facing every day with the fear of the flare. As I lifted my cries for mercy, I felt something shift in my heart. I still woke with pain that kept me hobbling and stiff, but I felt God’s presence confronting my fear and calling me to worship Him right there.
In the Marrow of Depression and Anxiety
Today, I am writing from within the marrow of depression and anxiety when I have no answers, poignant quotations, or anything beautiful to say. I do know this: I’vehad the window open, istening on one of the first warm spring days. By the time you read this I will have almost forgotten about today.
If God had a Fridge
I read a sign: If God had a fridge, your picture would be on it! I loved the image I created in my mind as I drove by. Oh, how He loves us!