Author: Nate Brooks

This article is the second of a two-part series about being married to someone who suffers from chronic pain or illness. Part One highlighted the significant stress and difficulty that this form of suffering brings into a marriage, with 75% of marriages ending in divorce. This statistic should alarm us but not terrify us, as the Lord helps strengthen those who care for their suffering spouses. This article picks up where the last one left off, looking at points 4-7 of how to endure in love as the spouse of one who suffers from chronic pain or illness. Continue Reading →

Many forms of suffering are quite adept at catching people’s attention. The twisted metallic crunch of cars colliding, the sheer devastation of neighborhoods pummeled off the map by spiraling winds, the shock of a spectacular sin that can no longer be hidden–all capture people’s attention and, most often, their help. But not all forms of suffering are so spectacular enough to warrant recurring news articles. Some exist only in quiet whispers, unseen by most harried passers-by. Debilitating chronic pain and illness is one of those quiet sufferings, a trouble that most commonly draws its victims from the center of the room to its outer edges Continue Reading →