Burdens
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Christmas: The One Thing Needed
This Christmas, which of these women’s examples will we follow? I feel like our spirits wrestle with how to be more like Mary and less like Martha all year long. Christmas: the struggle can go into overdrive, as many go into a “Martha” splurge. Will we choose to listen to Jesus?John 14:15 reminds us that… Continue reading
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Awkward but Divine Appointments
I am weary. I am broken. I am socially awkward. I take more demands than I ought to. I often people-please. We come to the Lord with this list of what we are. God sees all that we are, and He pours His love over us! We come weary, broken, tired, overloaded, and just wondering what… Continue reading
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The Real Me (on the struggles)
Being sick is embarrassing. It really is. I know others ignore those who are sick. They will look down or walk away when you try to talk to them. They avoid you like the plague. Takes many forms, and nobody knows why. I don’t know why, other than we all seek comfortable lives. If we… Continue reading
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Hold Each Other Up
In Exodus 17:12, it says: “Eventually, Moses’ hands felt heavy. So Aaron and Hur took a rock, put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron held up one hand, and Hur held up the other. His hands remained steady until sunset.” So many of us are tired. It may be emotionally, physically, or… Continue reading
About Me
My name is Stacey. This is my favorite space on the web. Gracefully Overcoming has become my outlet as I learn to cope with multiple chronic illnesses. It is where my trials and faith in Christ come together.