Posts Tagged ‘doubt’
Litany of the Undiagnosed: A Prayer of Surrender in Uncertainty
Facing a chronic illness with no diagnosis can be a challenging spiritual trial. Use this prayer to ask for Jesus’ accompaniment, as you abandon yourself to his (twisty, winding, difficult) plans for you.
Read More#7QT: That time I went to Lourdes and got marching orders. (Twice.)
Sometimes discernment is hard. But sometimes, God just throws up his hands and does it for you. (Twice, if necessary.)
Read MoreOscar’s Undiagnosed Story
The saga of our as-yet fruitless search for answers, in honor of Undiagnosed Diseases Day.
Read MoreTo love these days like any other
Staring into the abyss without clinging tightly to the hand of God is a dangerous game. He’s calling me back to his side now. Take my hand, dear daughter. It’s time to cling again.
Read MoreAnd so, we deepen
I believe now, in my bones, that God is in control and will order all these scary moments into a beautiful whole, someday.
Don’t I? I think I do. Right?
Read MoreThe miracle in the pot of soup
Sometimes it’s easy to get so busy looking for the big miracle that we miss the little ones. God answered a very specific, longstanding prayer of mine in a delivery of food: a miracle in a pot of soup.
Read MoreTo my brothers and sisters in the trenches
Welcome, new readers! This blog has grown a lot in the last two weeks, and I am really, really grateful that you are here, however you found your way. Many of you have chimed in with wonderful, supportive comments, and I am so glad to know that you have identified pieces of yourself in pieces…
Read MoreIt is well with my soul
God has drawn beautiful goodness forth out of the rubble and ashes. He makes ALL things new, even the raggedy souls of beaten-down special needs mamas.
Read MoreWhat really happened in the baths at Lourdes
Awkwardness! Confusion! Doubt! Our time in the baths was the beginning of the story, not the end.
Read MoreSuffering, redemption, and standing in the gap
The darkness never wins. The suffering cannot prevail. But that does not mean the suffering is not real, that it did not happen.
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