Vulnerably Beautiful

Having a chronic illness of any sort is one of those things that unless you have one, they are hard to understand. The problem with that is when you tell someone about your chronic illness, the general response is "oh my _____ also has that sometimes, but they're doing good and getting better, so you will too". Don't get me wrong, that can be encouraging at times, but that ___ person probably isn't doing nearly as good as you think they may be. The instinctive reaction when someone asks how you are doing when you have a chronic illness is 'I'm fine' because saying that is easier than explaining all of the pain you are in, in that moment. Having a chronic illness turns you into a pro at hiding your symptoms, pretending everything is good and going to work/school/running errands without blinking an eye, even though you may be experiencing gut-wrenching pain. Very often, you will see a person with a chronic illness smiling and laughing, seeming to enjoy...

"David didn't kill Goliath because he set out to slay giants... He killed Goliath because his dad sent him to take his brothers sandwiches and Goliath got in the way" -- Rich Mullins David was the youngest of his seven brothers and Jesse, his father was very old already by this time. When David was sent with sandwiches for his oldest three brothers, he went willingly and obeyed what his father had told him to do. David arrived to where his brothers and the rest of Saul's army was and started asking about what would happened when the giant was killed and to the person who killed the giant. When his brothers overhead that David was talking they were angry and wondering why he was there and who was looking after the sheep. They called him conceited and wicked at heart, telling him also that he only had bad intentions of coming to watch the battle. David replied asking what he had done to be talked to like that, why he couldn't speak without being harassed. Can yo...