That was a great piece you posted. Last week an old friend of
mine committed suicide. She had other problems as well, but my
family knows that her developing Crohn's disease four years
ago had to have played into that decision. She had been
hospitalized numerous times and her meds made her feel awful.
My daughter is about as healthy as a Crohn's sufferer can
be (thank You, Lord!) but when I told her of
Leslie's death, simply said, "I'm glad I'm not in that place
anymore." It serves as a reminder that we often have no idea
how another person is suffering.
We all need this kind of encouragement, even if we don't
have a chronic illness, so I really appreciate the post. By
the way, I have email subscriptions to devotionals from
Joni, David Wilkerson, and a man named Boyd Bailey that I
found through our local Christian store. His site is Wisdom
Hunters, and I often post quotes from his very practical,
down-to-earth writing on Facebook. Many of even my
non-Christian friends like it.