Surviving Chronic Illness: Grace in the Flames

Survival Series, #3

Reeks: Survival Series

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  • Surviving
  • Chronic
  • Illness:
  • Grace
  • in
  • the
  • Flames
  • is
  • a
  • quirky,
  • hopeful,
  • brutally
  • honest
  • look
  • at
  • the
  • world
  • of
  • illness
  • and
  • what
  • can
  • happen
  • to
  • one's
  • faith
  • and
  • sanity
  • when
  • one
  • gets
  • sick
  • and
  • never
  • gets
  • better.
  • Society
  • can
  • make
  • life
  • harder
  • with
  • its
  • engrained
  • ableism
  • and
  • endless
  • stream
  • of
  • unsolicited
  • medical
  • advice.
  • Even
  • Christians
  • can
  • fall
  • into
  • the
  • trap
  • of
  • praying
  • for
  • healing
  • as
  • a
  • knee-jerk
  • response
  • to
  • pain,
  • which
  • is
  • not
  • always
  • helpful.
  • In
  • Surviving
  • Chronic
  • Illness,
  • Steph
  • tells
  • her
  • own
  • story
  • of
  • surviving
  • the
  • flames
  • of
  • Lupus
  • (also
  • known
  • as
  • 'the
  • great
  • chameleon')
  • and
  • explores
  • the
  • impact
  • of
  • this
  • disease
  • on
  • work,
  • relationships,
  • church,
  • mental
  • health
  • and
  • walking
  • with
  • God.
  • Steph
  • intersperses
  • chapters
  • with
  • imagery
  • and
  • metaphor
  • designed
  • to
  • capture
  • the
  • lived
  • experience
  • of
  • chronic
  • illness,
  • and
  • looks
  • for
  • creative
  • ways
  • of
  • responding
  • to
  • this
  • seemingly
  • dead-end
  • situation.
  • Ultimately,
  • Steph
  • encourages
  • us
  • to
  • hold
  • on
  • to
  • Jesus
  • and
  • to
  • rely
  • on
  • the
  • grace
  • that
  • steadfastly
  • awaits
  • us
  • in
  • the
  • inferno
  • of illness.
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