Tag Archives: suffering
Carer or Sharer
This is a personal account of how I have lived with chronic illness for over thirty years and how it has been used to change my life. A husband’s viewpoint. My wife was a real carer. It was part of … Continue reading
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The Pain and the Presence
Having suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome for a number of years has given me a just an inkling of what it could be like for someone who has experienced far greater pain than me. Lying here, Father, I know You … Continue reading
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How We Slayed Smaug the Dragon
How my wife and I, despite the restrictions of chronic illness, attempted the 2.3 mile walk through our local country park. A walk that for most people would be an amble, became for us, an expedition of Tolkienesque proportions. It … Continue reading
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The Fog of Fatigue
I found one of the most horrible symptoms of CFS/ME, is what I call the fog of fatigue. To have aching and painful muscles and joints with little energy is bad enough, but it seems cruel that the fatigue creeps … Continue reading
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Does God Heal Chronic Fatigue?
Divine Healing has been the subject of many books, periodicals, journals and essays and written from the whole gamut of viewpoints. I am not even attempting to go into this, I leave that to the theologians and biblical scholars. But … Continue reading
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Chronic Fatigue and Family
My viewpoint as a husband and father – I’ve tried to keep it brief! Chronic illness is a daunting challenge to a marriage relationship and family unit. Some say it can be make or break. In our case, we had … Continue reading
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Father’s Touch
This is a pencil sketch I did, based upon an old magazine cutting that really caught my imagination. This is a pencil sketch I did, based upon an old magazine cutting that really caught my imagination. The boy is looking … Continue reading
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Job and Chronic Fatigue
I was never comfortable reading the Book of Job and the message about suffering. I explained it away by saying it was old fashioned – like this picture of him and his friends, it’s not my style – and had … Continue reading
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Thank You for Chronic Fatigue
Please do not misunderstand me. Chronic fatigue, ME/CFS/CIFDS is a horrible illness and I would not wish it on anybody. I found it devastating at first. In trying to find a way through the illness, I have experienced a whole … Continue reading
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