His Grace Through Our Pain

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Lessons from Narnia: A Boy, a Lion, and Chronic Illness

Post author By Melissa J. Troutman
Post date December 1, 2021
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I’m reading through C. S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia, and several sections of The Horse and His Boy, the second book, deeply encouraged me. I’d love to share that encouragement with you. Note: these writings are not Scripture. Being a Christian himself, however, Lewis wove many Scriptural themes into the fiction of his books. […]

Tags allegory, Aslan, C. S. Lewis, Christian, chronic illness, chronic pain, Chronicles of Narnia, comfort, encouragement, health condition, health struggle, Shasta, suffering, The Horse and His Boy

Embrace Wednesday Writings

Embracing Chronic Illness, Part 3

Post author By Melissa J. Troutman
Post date September 16, 2020
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In Part 1, I shared what God has been teaching me about embracing my health limitations and living my life to the fullest. Part 2 continued the theme with a challenge to, like God, value the journey just as much as–if not more than–the destination. Both parts mentioned letting go of the map we’ve designed […]

Tags allegory, chronic illness, Embrace, encouragement, grace, health struggles, short story, suffering, testimony