Blessings for Chronic Illness Warriors

and an update on my health

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn,
For they shall be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
For they shall inherit the earth.”

MATTHEW 5:3-5

As some of you know, I am very sick again. Doctors think I have the flu and a nasty infection brewing. I’ve been in bed all week, and it got so bad last night that it gave us quite a fright.

Praise God, we were able to get in with doctors, due to my sepsis history, and they rushed flu meds, antibiotics, and an emergency inhaler to help me breathe. If I don’t improve by tomorrow, we are heading to ER. Please pray I can stay home.

To say I’ve been shaken is an understatement. We have all been triggered by this event—something we thought was behind us. But just as I shared the other day on Instagram, as a sepsis survivor, I am always at-risk. Living with Post Sepsis Syndrome makes daily life extremely difficult.

It’s National Sepsis Awareness Month, so at least this scare can help raise awareness and compassion for the many who suffer from sepsis.

Each day, as I’ve rested in bed, and I have been clearheaded enough, I have been offering up blessings for chronic illness sufferers like me, which I want to share with you below.

Again, these pains feel so intimate and remind me how quickly tragedy, diagnosis, or loss can find us all—quite unexpectedly.

I heard the Lord speak to me again today in my tears and desperate prayers, “Tender, tender, my dear Daughter. Tender to yourself. Tender to all.”

I was humbled.

I repented.

How quickly we can forget this tender place of suffering that comes for us all. How quickly we forget what drowning feels like. We quickly fool ourselves. We fall into old habits. We think we’ve learned.

This past week is teaching me again. Those insights are in the blessings below.