Around The Table Podcast

In this episode, we discuss living with a chronic or ongoing illness - how to handle it emotionally, mentally and spiritually - how Jacey was diagnosed with lupus, and Maggie's year long battle with a mono-like virus. What you'll hear: What we've been eating The story of Jacey's lupus diagnosis at age 14 How Jacey has reconciled a chronic illness with a good God The emotional, mental, and spiritual challenges of long term illness, and how we learned to deal with them. Can I quote you on that? "Maybe that was a bit of a wake up call, and I need to take a break from smoked or cured meats." Maggie "It's really difficult when someone tells you, 'This is chronic and it will never go away,' to not go to two extremes: one is 'head in the sand' and the other is taking that on as part of your identity." Jacey "It's not a betrayal of my faith or a weakness to rest." Jacey "Whenever you think you don't believe enough, that's a really dangerous place to be." Jacey "It doesn't make Him any less faithful whether I'm healed