What has brought you joy this week? God has brought me joy as He has brought together everything that I need for my upcoming surgery. I know He will provide for the next one as well. I do need to ask for your patience the next few weeks as surgery on my eyes will affect…

Throughout the past few weeks, God has been bringing this song to mind. While it is talking about trusting Him for salvation, we can also trust Him with our every day lives. The chorus is on repeat in my soul. There have been several times I have had to pray that God would take away…

This weekend is a very special weekend as it is when we celebrate Jesus’ death and resurrection. Last night I attended our church’s Good Friday Service via livestream. What a blessing. I was thinking about the disciples between Friday and Sunday. They were feeling anything but joy. I am sure that they were in the…

It was 1:00 AM on my birthday morning. I awoke feeling very unwell and my heart sank. A quick look in the mirror confirmed my suspicion; my eye infection was once again raging. I would be headed back to the ER/hospital on my birthday although I had just been discharged late afternoon just the day…

Isn’t it wonderful that our joy is not dependent on our circumstances? Living with isolation or a chronic illness is tough. Plans change. Things happen. Yet, there is joy in the midst! I love the “joy book” in the Bible, Philippians. It takes on even more meaning when you realize that Paul was imprisoned when…

A new book brought me joy this week, What God Can Do: Letters to my Mom from the Medical Mission Field of Togo, West Africa. It is open and heartfelt. It shows the courage and faith of someone fighting chronic illness while serving on the mission field with four boys and her husband. My heart has…

This song brought me great joy this week. In our Facebook group, we posted a nursing home singing it which struck me. We need to be joyful and thankful at every stage of life! May we have joy today!

Joy. Sometimes it is hard to see in the midst of the daily mundane of chronic illness. After allergies required disposing of my extensive library including my beloved missionary biographies, God has allowed me to find missionary biographies on Youtube! These biographies challenge my faith and bring great joy to me. These stories tell of…

What brought you joy this week? I love hearing about people going through hard times that turn the hard time around and allow God to use it. Mary Reed is one of those saints of years gone by. Her life reminds us that God can even use the hard. Sometimes He even calls us through…

Happy Valentine’s Day! We focus on love today. What brings me great joy is the love our God and Savior Jesus Christ has for us. He loves us so much that He gave His life for us! As I read the Word this morning, His love flowed through the pages. He loves us enough to…