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Illness: Is God Punishing You?
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mpratt
Early on in my journey with lupus, a Christian said to me, “You’re not cured because you’re not faithful enough.” When I challenged her on this, she said that she though God was punishing me for my “lack of belief!” I’ve never believed that illness in our lives was a punishment from God. He loves…
Lupus: Is Celebrating the Survivors Unrealistic?
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mpratt
I was once told by a person in a responsible position in a patient advocacy organization to “be positive, let them know that lupus isn’t all that bad. Don’t be negative.” The message this well-meaning person seemed to want was more akin to “celebrate the survivor,” a phenomenon borrowed from other disease advocacy realms. And…
Why Centering Prayer Is So Important
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mpratt
If you’re like me, you find that your prayer list gets longer each day. World problems, individual petitions, personal prayers – we skip around this globe quite a lot when we sit down to have our quiet time with God. But if we’re too scattered with our prayers, we might lose sight of the very…
The Best Easter Ever Is Today
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mpratt
Oh, no, you might be thinking. Isn’t she a week or so off? Didn’t Easter already happen? Is she calendar-challenged? Not at all! I know that April 20 was Easter Sunday. But the best Easter is today. And tomorrow. And the next day. The best Easter happens everyday when we remember that Jesus, God’s only Son,…
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