Hello blog friends!
Yesterday's post about the fictional Father Tim from the Mitford series of books generated a lot of action here on my blog. The reminder that God's Word comforts, directs and helps us in all kinds of situations is needed - especially for us who suffer from depression or discouragement or grief.
Today, I urge you to check out annvoscamp.com. Ann Voskamp is a popular Christian writer and she is all over social media. Her blog makes for interesting reading and the photography she includes is an added plus.
On her blog today is a guest article written by Joni Eareckson Tada. Joni's story is quite familiar to many. As a teenager she suffered a broken neck in a diving accident, was paralyzed from the neck down, and has spent 50 years of her life in a wheel chair. That's has not stopped Joni from sharing her story of how she has relied on God's grace to see her through all these years. Joni says that even people in wheelchairs can "walk with Jesus."
Joni lives with debilitating pain and she tells of one particular day when she was suffering so badly that going to the Joni and Friends office was the last thing she wanted to do. Then she began remembering God's promises. She used those promises, actually quoting the Scriptures, as her prayer to God. Then something happened.
Her attitude changed. The Scripture enabled her to focus on God and not on the pain. As she notes, the pain did not leave her. But the temptation to become hopelessly depressed did. Just like Father Tim, knowing and using God's Word lifted her spirits and restored her hope.
The article is entitled, "How to Feel Comfort Through the Really Hard Days." It will be worth your time to check it out.
