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Facing Mortality

Posted by: Amy in Illness

Tagged in: suffering , overcomer , marriage , hope , faith

 Jae was diagnostic with a rare blood disease at 17 and beat the odds. A few year later his friends at college started to introduce him to Jesus. After his conversion Jae wasn't expecting life to be easy, but never expected his story to that the turn it did. Watch this inspirational video as Jae shares his unique insight on facing his mortality the second time around - but this time new outlook on life and earth.

 


Cerebral Palsy and Purpose

Posted by: lifestory in Illness

Gary Klein's story is both inspirational and heartbreaking. Born two months early and unable to breath, Gary set out to live life with Cerebral Palsy. He grew up being laughed at, longing for companionship, and loosing himself in alcohol. Watch this motivational video as Gary gives incredible insight into living out his Christian faith and understanding why God made him handicapped.

 


Redemption From Cutting

Posted by: lifestory in Self-Injury

Tagged in: women , transformation , suffering , hope , forgiveness , depression

 At first glance Lanae Hale looked like any other girl. But below the surface, and hidden from the world she was broken and torn, looking for a way to escape her emotional depression. And like many other teens in America she tried to find an escape through cutting.


California's Eternity Surfer

Posted by: lifestory in Sports

Tagged in: suffering , sports , professionals , overcomer , faith , death , cancer

Chris O'Rourke was slated to be California's biggest surfer back in the 1970's. Every surfer was jealous of this talented, hot headed young man who lead the idea of localism at his home beach of Windandsea. But tragedy struck in the form of cancer, Hodgkin's disease, when Chris was only 18. Brew Brigg's, a close friend of Chris', had recently come to know Christ as his Lord and saviour, and shared all he knew with Chris. 


A Real Ironman

Posted by: lifestory in Disabilities

Tagged in: trauma , suffering , racing , professionals , overcomer , motivation , hope , depression , anger , addiction , accident


  Scott Rigsby is a real Ironman, as a double amputee, and a world record holder for numerous achievements such as a double below-the-knee amputee in the Full Marathon, Half Ironman, Ironman Distance Triathlon  and International Distance Triathlon, and earning a spot on the 2006 USA Triathlon Team.
But to win these awards, Rigsby had to endure years of trials and tribulation, struggling with depression, anxiety, addiction, and hopelessness. 
 

Khosrow - More Than Dreams

Posted by: lifestory in Purpose in life

Tagged in: transformation , suffering , purpose , overcomer , meaning , leaders , hope , faith , depression

Khosrow (Iran) - A young Iranian man, depressed and without hope, met Jesus Christ in a vision. The Savior extended His hand and invited him to take hold, promising that his “life would change forever.” He took Jesus’ hand and, as he describes it, “waves of electricity flowed through my body over and over again. I wept for the first time since I was a child and joy filled my heart.”

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Dini - More Than Dreams

Posted by: lifestory in Purpose in life

Tagged in: women , suffering , relationships , overcomer , meaning , forgiveness , faith , death , anger

Dini (Indonesia) - An Indonesian teenager let down by family, friends and society, became a Christian the night Jesus appeared to her in a vision. That special night was Lailatul Qadar when Muslims individualize their prayers to Allah. From the moment she saw Jesus, His peace filled her heart and stayed with her even as persecution began.

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Finding Hope in the Storms of Life

Posted by: pamelajo in Adversity

Tagged in: women , suffering , peace , overcomer , hope , faith , depression , death , cancer

 Jan and Mike

Transcribed from Testimony tape.  

By Pam Whitley 

I always like to start out by making sure everyone knows that I'm one of those GRITS girls....Girls Raised In The South…and I am telling you that for a reason. Even though I've lost most of my accent, and believe me I have, because when I first moved to Oklahoma, people would say things like “let me hear you say so and so again. Then they'd practically roll in the floor laughing when I said whatever.  So even though I've lost most of my accent, I still use different terms for things than some of my Oklahoma friends do.  For example, they go out and start their cars; I crank mine. They go to the grocery store and find a parking place, I find a park. They go into the grocery store and get a shopping cart; I get a buggy!  By the way, just for my own information, how many of you get a buggy? 


The Shadow of Pain

Posted by: pgreenleaf333 in Death

Tagged in: suffering , purpose , meaning , hope , faith , depression , death , cancer

The Shadow of Pain

            Shadows are always there.  The shadow of pain is like your shadow.  Sometimes it is small and hard to find and then at other times it is a giant as tall as a tree.  It is a constant companion that accompanies you.  If you go fast it is just as fast.  If you go slow it is slow.  When you stop it stops.  It matches you.  When you are in the deepest valley your shadow is there.  When at the heights of the highest mountain it is there also. 

            I never thought that the pain would shadow you.  I would expect the pain would be there when I am low and downcast.  I would expect it on birthdays, holidays, and death days.  But not on the good days.  The happy days.  The fun days.  The shadow is always there.


To the Sufferer's

Posted by: pgreenleaf333 in Death

Tagged in: suffering , depression , cancer

To the Sufferers

 

            Sufferers suffer.  Suffering can be anything that causes pain.  Hurting. Ache.  Pain.  It can be physical or emotional or mental.  The physical is just that physical.  Back and neck pain is physical.  Emotional is unseen but is the pain of the heart.  The feelings that are deep.  They go to the core.  It could be self inflicted by feeding an emotional heartache or it could be inflicted by others or by circumstance.  And the mental by pain of memories, pain of thought.  Bad experiences of yesterday that is present today and steals away tomorrow.  Although each is different they are all three connected.  The physical is tied to the emotional and the mental, just as the mental and the emotional is tied to the physical.  Each area affects the other.  It could be by others or it could be self inflicted.  Self inflicted could be by bad choices that were made and the consequences that come with it.  Whether self inflicted or not, suffering is suffering. 


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