Shaped By the Struggle is where chronic illness and Christian living meet. Every Wednesday, we talk about chronic illness, our relationship with God, our faith, and our purpose in life.
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You’re Not As Healthy As You Think You Are
You’re not as healthy as you think you are. That’s a presumptuous sentence for the start of a book, but if you’ve continued reading to sentence two even after reading sentence one, then you’re...
Choosing to Cope
Pain is pain. It hurts. People hurt. People are allowed to hurt.
Stop telling people that if they grieve the pain they’re letting it win. It’s not about if you decide to feel the pain it’s about what you do with the pain. It’s about how you treat it and tend to it.
Stop for the One
Struggle Strategizer: Emily Rice If there is one thing I've learned in my life, it is that ONE person is worth it. If you stop ONE person from committing suicide… If you help ONE person start a...
5 Mental Health Myths in the Church
There is nothing wrong with someone for struggling with mental health concerns. Whether someone battles anxiety, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or...
How to Embrace the Crazy Days
Struggle Strategizer: You A few years ago, I woke up every morning wishing, I could hit snooze for just a few more minutes. I would wait until the very last, possible minute before jumping out of...
Struggling to Watch Other’s Suffer (Part 2)
Struggle Strategizer: Martha *Read Part 1 to learn more about the resurrection of Lazarus, and Mary’s experience. Martha was a busy body, and she liked to get things done. Mary and Martha were both...
A letter to the Girl who’s Struggling
Struggle Strategizer: You To the girl who feels misunderstood: Jesus sees you, hears you, knows you, and empathizes with you. He was misunderstood too. To the girl who feels that no one understands:...
Purpose in Pain
Struggle Strategizer: Mary, the mother of Jesus Are you ready and willing for God to work? Easter isn’t just a yearly celebration. Easter is a reminder that Jesus can bring what is dead back to...
To the Girl Fighting a Long Fight:
Struggle Strategizer: You It’s hard to be human. Right now the world is feeling that truth to its core. It’s terrifying and beautiful all at the same time. It’s terrifying because uncertainty is...
How to Have a Secure Identity through Chronic Illness
Struggle Strategizer: You These words may turn heads. This blog isn’t meant to offend, it’s meant to cultivate conversation and questions societal norms. This insight is a small blurb on what we...
Why We Can’t Always Push Through Struggle
Struggle Strategziers: Mary and Martha *For more about Mary and Martha read our blog "Struggling to Watch Other’s Suffer.” So, you’re struggling. A lot. You recognize you’re in a battle, you...
How to Affirm Your identity in Christ
Struggle Strategizer: You Listen, the coronavirus is scary. If your scared acknowledge it. Don’t suppress your fear, treat it. Treat your worries by analyzing your identity. At one point or another,...
Mary and Martha’s Struggle
Mary and Martha watched their brother struggle to the point of death. Sometimes are biggest struggles are watching others suffer. Maybe you’re like Mary and Martha. Do you struggle to watch others suffer, and bear the weight of their pain?
Why God Understands Your Struggle
Struggle is simultaneous with human life. Human beings struggle in big ways and small ways. We can struggle physically, mentally, and emotionally. Do you feel like the struggles you experience...
