Chronic Pain — Hot Links 12/11/18

I’ve been away from my blog for a while.  It wasn’t a planned break, just the result of an unusually busy time colliding with holiday trips and such.  Anyway, I hope that you had a good Thanksgiving and are ready for Christmas…oh, and 2019 is around the corner!

But I’ve been doing some reading and I want to share with you.  Here are some of the latest links relevant to chronic pain and faith:  

• https://calledtowatch.com/index.php/2018/02/01/what-ive-been-reading-january/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost  This link comes from “Called to Watch” is a summary of what Emily has been reading dating back to January of this year.  I like reading Emily’s blog because she offers a unique perspective as one who watches those close to her suffer with chronic pain as opposed to having chronic pain herself. 
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• Here’s a post about seeking deeper comfort than the trite responses of “everything will be okay” and their ilk.  This is a good one.  I hope you read it.  
  “That I am not my own, but belong with body and soul, both in life and in death, to my faithful Savior Jesus Christ.”  https://www.desiringgod.org/articles/what-if-i-never-get-better
• This next one doesn’t involve faith but is a story of chronic pain and all such stories are valuable.  This is especially interesting if you have SI join problems.  You can learn a few things, but is a long read.  
   “Chronic pain, I am discovering, is tiring, draining, domineering: it absorbs all your energy and focus; it drives other thoughts from your head.”  https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/dec/06/a-crunch-a-rip-pain-spread-like-a-stain-my-lifetime-of-back-trouble?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
• Here’s a practical one for managing the holidays with chronic pain:  http://www.myseveralworlds.com/2018/12/02/surviving-the-holidays-with-chronic-illness/
• We will close this where we started with another post from Emily.  This one is a really good one in which she contemplated whether Jesus can sympathize with those in chronic pain.  https://calledtowatch.com/index.php/2017/07/03/can-jesus-really-sympathise/?utm_source=ReviveOldPost&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ReviveOldPost

David Heflin

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David Heflin is the founder and president of Broken and Mended. He is married to Katie and has three kids. David has been a preacher for 17 years and founded Broken and Mended in 2018 after being inspired by his own battle with chronic pain to connect other hurting people to Jesus and each other. David has a B.A. in Bible from Oklahoma Christian University and a Master of Arts in Religion from Azusa Pacific University. He resides in Woodward, OK.

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