Category Archives: Chronic Pain

Chronic Pain and Losing Control

Posted on February 2, 2022 by David Heflin

I decided to take charge of my health. In early 2011, my 35th birthday quickly approached. I don’t know what came over me, but I couldn’t be satisfied with the fact that I recently enrolled in martial arts classes. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Lamenting Travel Loss

Posted on July 22, 2021 by David Heflin

Lament helps us to come to terms with what chronic illness and pain have cost us. Continue reading →

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How Chronic Pain Changes Our Experience of Time

Posted on June 29, 2021 by David Heflin

I am a student of the primary biblical languages (Hebrew/Greek). One of the differences between languages is how verbs reflect time. English is a very “tense” conscious language. One of the earliest concepts we learn as elementary students is the … Continue reading →

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My Personal Thoughts During the Pandemic

Posted on April 7, 2020 by David Heflin

I never felt more like I was in a movie scene than when I picked up my kids’ assignments in school drive-thru’s from teachers wearing masks. Continue reading →

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Judgment and Chronic Pain

Posted on January 28, 2020 by David Heflin

Not judging means we don’t pretend to know what we cannot know. It means we refuse to belittle a fellow human being just because their story or situation makes us uncomfortable. It means we see someone’s suffering and know that we too suffer, even if in different ways. It means we give full attention to voices of others and that we believe them as we would want to believed. Continue reading →

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Crying Out to God

Posted on December 19, 2019 by David Heflin

Those in chronic pain may have to wait for deliverance, but we cry out to him because we know that eventually God will rescue us! Continue reading →

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Chronic Pain and Mission

Posted on November 19, 2019 by David Heflin

But it is important that even in our worst of times, that we do not lose hope of having better and more meaningful days. Continue reading →

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Why God Doesn’t Need Us And Why That’s a Good Thing

Posted on October 1, 2019 by David Heflin

Does God need you to suffer? What it means to realize that God doesn’t need anything…not even you. Continue reading →

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Freedom For The Chronically Ill

Posted on July 3, 2019 by David Heflin

“One day we will have our freedom from this body of pain and suffering!” Continue reading →

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So You Are Doing Better…Now What?

Posted on June 28, 2019 by David Heflin

When you are feeling better…Grab hold of this particular season that you have been given like you never would have before you got sick or hurt. Continue reading →

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