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
Basket of Comfort
Comfort is not about escape; it’s about presence. In seasons of suffering, choosing to rest can feel almost rebellious. Yet, Scripture tells us that God does not rush us past the ache; He meets us in it, gathering our broken pieces like precious treasures into His basket of compassion.
Rediscovering Wonder • An Invitation to Be Amazed
Wonder is an invitation to peel back the film of pain and illness and be captivated by the sparkling morning light, surprised by an iridescent dragonfly, and transfixed by the Spirit in every atom of creation. Wonder invites us to let the brokenness slide off our shoulders for a while.
What Do We Do with All Our Grief and Sorrow
I often cry at a moment’s notice as I weep grief over life’s accumulated losses and crosses. It’s not one thing after another; it’s one thing on top of another, so that grief rolls over us in waves. We who are called to chronic grief and suffering know what that feels like without having to name each grief… I want you to understand that we are in this grief club together.
