An Open Letter to the Woman in Survival Mode

May 7, 2019May 7, 2019 lizabeth.hannah@gmail.comUncategorized

Hey friend, Today you woke up more tired than when you fell asleep last night. Your alarm buzzed or your toddler poked you or the migraine behind your eyes dragged you awake and just rolling out of bed makes you want to cry. You aren’t alone. The well-dressed woman ahead of you in line […]

Our Unfinished Story

January 28, 2018April 7, 2019 lizabeth.hannah@gmail.comHealing

How Healing Happens, Part 6 My grandpa was a man of few serious words. Oh, he talked plenty. But his native language was sarcasm in his New York Bronx accent. He would talk seriously about God in church but he wasn’t a man to often share words of wisdom or thoughtful compliments. He called me […]

God’s Role and Mine

January 24, 2018April 7, 2019 lizabeth.hannah@gmail.comHealing

How Healing Happens, Part 5 A blind man came to Jesus asking for healing. Jesus made mud, put it on his eyes and asked him to go wash it off. A rich ruler asked Jesus what he needed to do to inherit eternal life. Jesus told him to go sell all his possessions and follow […]

Groundwork for Change

January 21, 2018April 7, 2019 lizabeth.hannah@gmail.comHealing

How Healing Happens, Part 4 Over the past year, I’ve read some incredible books about growth. It seems like it should be fairly simple: plant the seeds, water them, and they grow. End of story. And it is that simple. But also not. God has designed a complex world. We know that there are multiple […]

Knowing Why

January 17, 2018April 7, 2019 lizabeth.hannah@gmail.comHealing

How Healing Happens, Part 3 If you have suffered from a long-lasting illness or injury, or a series of illnesses, you know how frustrating it is to do the “right” things over and over again without seeing much improvement. Healing takes time. Doctors like to say this. It should give the patient hope. And sometimes […]

My (Un)Health Journey

January 14, 2018April 7, 2019 lizabeth.hannah@gmail.comHealing

How Healing Happens, Part 2 If I could define the first 24 years of my life with a word, it would be: more. I wanted to do more work, make more people happy, accomplish more dreams, save more money, do more research, read more books, get more done for God, speak more truth, get more […]

12 Years for Faith to Grow

January 10, 2018April 7, 2019 lizabeth.hannah@gmail.comHealing

How Healing Happens, Part 1 Imagine waking every morning for twelve years with symptoms of a chronic internal bleeding disease. You’re wiped out in every way. Sleep doesn’t recharge you, in fact, you barely sleep because of the anxiety that makes your mind spin. Will this new doctor be able to help at all? That […]