Rest Ministries Chronic Illness Pain Support

Christian Financial Resources to Get Organized in the New Year

If tax season has you concerned about what is going on with your finances, help is here! We found a web site that is packed full of the Top 50 Christian Business and Finance Blogs that will help you understand how to organize your own personal finances, get out of debt, set up college funds, save [...] Related posts:

Don’t Be Troubled

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.” (John 14:1 NIV) In this passage from John’s gospel, Jesus is giving His disciples some last minute instructions, before He knows He will be leaving them. One of the things he seeks to reassure them is that they shouldn’t [...] Related posts:

My Family Doesn’t See The Benefit of Me Doing Online Ministry When Bed-Bound

I spend a great deal of time in bed due to my illness and have made some amazing friendships and really feel like God has given me a ministry on the Internet reaching out to other people who are hurting and encouraging them. I am on Facebook, twitter, and other social networks. But my family [...] Related posts:

Useable Fruit

“Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates, and a cake of raisins to each Israelite man and woman.” I Chron. 16:3 In Sunday School the children sing a song with a wonderful message for we who live with chronic illnesses. One line in the song says, “If I can’t be [...] Related posts:

Fireproof – A Good Valentine’s Rental Movie

Fireproof is an amazing movie that was out in 2008 that set records for any independent film. Starring actor Kirk Cameron, heplays a fire chief and a man who is well-respected by those in his community. But his marriage is nearing the end. It’s not because of an affair with another person, or some dramatic [...] Related posts:

A Nice Surprise – I Found an II Week Button!

Last week I stood at the counter of my rheumatologist to pay and happened to see this small button sitting there on the counter. “Do you know what this means?” I asked the receptionist, Frank, picking it up. “No,” He said. “I think someone accidentally left it here.” “This,” I said pick it up to show him, “means [...] Related posts:

Trying to Understand Suffering

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. (2 Cor. 1:3-4 NIV) My friend Crystal died in [...] Related posts:

Ever Feel Like You are Herding Cats?

When this commercial played during a “Best Super Bowl Commercials” TV show Lisa laughed out loud and replayed it a few times for her family. Now you too can enjoy this moment thanks to YouTube. Whether you have cats, dogs, children, or grandchildren, we’re sure you’ve had moments where it felt like you were herding cats! See [...] Related posts:

Fingerprints

“So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.” (Jeremiah 18:3-4) In this Bible chapter, Jeremiah learns that the Lord [...] Related posts:

Sharing His Yoke

Image by ashley rose, via Flickr “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me. . . For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” (Matthew 11:29,30) Oh, those days when it seems all I do is go round and round in circles, and nothing gets accomplished. The worst part is, having chronic pain and fatigue, [...] Related posts: