Three Questions I’m Often Asked: Living Chronic Illness
“God’s will for us is generally for us to pursue that which gives us life (John 10:10)...
Read Moreby Tammy L. Mashburn | May 24, 2017 | Chronic illness, Chronic Pain, Dysautonomia, Encouragement, Fear, Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome | 23 |
“God’s will for us is generally for us to pursue that which gives us life (John 10:10)...
Read Moreby Tammy L. Mashburn | Jan 11, 2017 | Authentic, Encouragement, Fear, Grace, Spiritual Encouragment | 14 |
“Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.” Madeleine L’Engle from Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art “We throw open our door to God and...
Read Moreby Tammy L. Mashburn | Dec 5, 2016 | Birth, Christmas, Fear, Hope, Teen Pregnancy | 14 |
This is the irrational season When love blooms bright and wild. Had Mary been filled with reason There’d have been no room for the child. Madeleine L’Engle from The Irrational Season I’m remembering today, a...
Read Moreby Tammy L. Mashburn | Sep 14, 2016 | Faith, Fear, Grace, Running, Spiritual Encouragment, Write 31 Days | 15 |
“We run at a breakneck pace to try and achieve what God simply wants us to slow down enough to receive.” Lysa TerKurst from Uninvited I have stood at many start lines. Shoes laced just so, head phones in my ear,...
Read Moreby Tammy L. Mashburn | Aug 24, 2016 | Chronic illness, Dysautonomia, Faith, Fear, Grace, OCD, P.O.T.S., Running, Spiritual Encouragment | 8 |
“I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33 NLT There was a time, not so long ago, when I strapped on a...
Read Moreby Tammy L. Mashburn | Jun 22, 2016 | Faith, Family, Fear, Spiritual Encouragment | 12 |
“Sometimes when things are falling apart they may be falling into place.” Just Following Jesus by Elizabeth Stewart I came across this quote yesterday in my daily readings. Overwhelmed with wonder I knew it was...
Read Moreby Tammy L. Mashburn | Jun 15, 2016 | Brokenness, Faith, Fear, Grace, Spiritual Encouragment | 9 |
“We are not merely surviving as one would think; we are thriving.” ~The Colors of Goodby by September Vaudrey~ Darkened clouds hurriedly moved in. Warnings scrolled across my phone. A storm was fast approaching. The...
Read Moreby Tammy L. Mashburn | Jan 5, 2016 | Brokenness, Chronic illness, Community, Devotions, Encouragement, Faith, Family, Fear, Grace, Illness, Women | 15 |
“Everything in me wants to fight the unveiling of the anxieties that threaten to overwhelm, push them back from showing up in my day. I want to ignore the smoky unknown; it is counter~intuitive to let the anxieties rise up...
Read Moreby Tammy L. Mashburn | Dec 30, 2015 | Brokenness, Encouragement, Faith, Fear, Grace, Hope, Illness | 9 |
“I am determined to face each circumstance with a heart wide open. Ready to learn. Ready to Grow.” The Gift of Openness~Angela Nazworth (in) courage Lightening slashes across the morning sky. Thunder rattles the...
Read Moreby Tammy L. Mashburn | Dec 15, 2015 | Brokenness, Chronic illness, Communion, Devotions, Faith, Fear, Grace, Hope, Illness, Prayer | 5 |
“This is the beginning~my beginning. Maybe even yours. It is the shedding of the first garment on the way to naked. This is an exposition of my process of stripping off the falsities, of coming clean.” Seth...
Read Moreby Tammy L. Mashburn | Oct 14, 2015 | Chronic illness, Dysautonomia, Encouragement, Faith, Fear, Grace, P.O.T.S. | 14 |
31 Days Walking Through Chronic Illness day fourteen “If we prefere to relax on the mountaintop and live in the memory of the vision, then we will be of no real use in the ordinary things of which human life is...
Read Moreby Tammy L. Mashburn | Jun 2, 2015 | Devotions, Encouragement, Faith, Fear | 8 |
“Go out and stand before me on the mountain,” the Lord told him. And Elijah stood there, the Lord passed by, and a mighty windstorm hit the mountain…but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an...
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