tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post562148130033964726..comments2023-10-21T07:52:07.859-04:00Comments on Overcoming With God: Carrie Fancett Pagels Interviews Andrea BoeschaarCarrie Fancett Pagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-83510759256257915112012-02-25T20:46:22.701-05:002012-02-25T20:46:22.701-05:00DEBBIE LYNNE, yes, stress aggravates inflammatory ...DEBBIE LYNNE, yes, stress aggravates inflammatory conditions. So we will keep praying harder for Andrea. Thanks for coming by. Blessings!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-8245430257133164322012-02-25T20:39:04.555-05:002012-02-25T20:39:04.555-05:00Great interview, Carrie and Andrea. Thank you for ...Great interview, Carrie and Andrea. Thank you for the candidacy. Andrea, I'm send my condolences and am thankful that we serve a God who loves us through hard situations as loss of loved ones. Take care of yourself. I know stress adds to FM flares. God bless you!<br /><br />Debbie LynneDebbie Lynne Costellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-30312410606336449492012-02-21T21:43:53.217-05:002012-02-21T21:43:53.217-05:00I agree in prayer with Carrie, that God will wrap ...I agree in prayer with Carrie, that God will wrap His arms of love around Andrea, and give her that peace that passes all understanding. I pray that the precious Holy Spirit will give her comfort as only He can, and strengthen her in her body. In Jesus name, amen.Diana Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127629740742628849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-52512993483805389602012-02-21T12:08:18.505-05:002012-02-21T12:08:18.505-05:00I'm so sorry to hear that. Praying for her and...I'm so sorry to hear that. Praying for her and her family and loved ones.Marian Baayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990486522138340848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-44782402077021262292012-02-21T11:11:37.537-05:002012-02-21T11:11:37.537-05:00I am SO very SORRY to announce that Andrea's m...I am SO very SORRY to announce that Andrea's mother has died. The funeral is today. Please pray for her and her family. Dear Lord, bring your perfect peace in this situation. Put angels and Christians doing Your will all around Andrea and her extended family. Keep her well in the midst of this strife. In Your precious name we pray, amen.Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-74716368175096732972012-02-20T17:39:59.373-05:002012-02-20T17:39:59.373-05:00I, too, have fibromyalgia, but arthritis is now do...I, too, have fibromyalgia, but arthritis is now doing a number on me. All that in addition to a bad back. It's hard to comprehend not being in pain. Yet, trusting the Lord is all one can do to keep going. I've also have a hb who now knows my issues and helps so much! Thanks to the Lord for him. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing. Adding to my prayer list.<br /><br />desertrose5173 at gmail dot comLindahttp://www.onedesertrose.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-6172466111843865102012-02-20T15:44:05.291-05:002012-02-20T15:44:05.291-05:00Thanks for your encouraging words Teresa and Carri...Thanks for your encouraging words Teresa and Carrie! Good to know that people across the big ocean are praying.<br /><br />Our preacher is from Canada and I know they have the same problems as we have in Holland. As Teresa said most people everywhere like to hear a feel-good sermon. It doesn't matter if that is in America or Europe. <br /><br />I don't know many preachers in Holland that still preach salvation through the blood of Christ. Thankfully God has lead us to a preacher who does and he's teaching the men in our church to preach too, including my husband. He has been preaching for five or six years now.Marian Baayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990486522138340848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-79078826673295221312012-02-20T13:06:43.159-05:002012-02-20T13:06:43.159-05:00Marian even here in so-called "Christian Amer...Marian even here in so-called "Christian America" it seems that when it comes to living for Christ and leaving sin behind there are a lot of people that leave the church. It's not all sunshine and roses living a life pleasing to the Lord. It's so much easier to go to church and hear a "feel-good" sermon. Praise God for ministers that still preach the only way to Heaven is through Christ's suffering on the cross. <br /><br />Don't be discouraged by the small numbers,<br />remember what Jesus said in Matthew 18:20 "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."Teresa Mathewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16979337973257260777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-40011095658145412862012-02-20T12:58:06.729-05:002012-02-20T12:58:06.729-05:00MARIAN, We need to keep praying for the people of ...MARIAN, We need to keep praying for the people of Europe, that the gospel message will reach them and that they will receive the full enjoyment of walking in His Word!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-18194517993413289142012-02-20T12:57:24.215-05:002012-02-20T12:57:24.215-05:00JULIE, I have never read that book but now I reall...JULIE, I have never read that book but now I really want to! I have to say that when God strips everything away from you but Him, you do get up close and personal with Him! Lying in the bed unable to get up other than for basic needs, He and I did a lot of talking and that was after being saved long earlier. Hugs!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-32130698098789152112012-02-20T03:19:26.901-05:002012-02-20T03:19:26.901-05:00CARRIE, I don't know the statistics on Christi...CARRIE, I don't know the statistics on Christian faith in other countries in Europe. In Holland a lot of people walked away from church in the years after WWII til now. A lot of church going people are only religious - they don't really know the Lord.<br />We do see a grow in evangelical churches, but sadly most of them is just a 'happy gathering' and the Bible is closed during the services.<br />Most people walk away when they hear the preaching of the Cross. <br />If all the people that ever came to our church had stayed, we would have been a big church by now, but most stay for a while. First they love what they're hearing and then they run away when God's message becomes too personal. So we're a little gathering, but I do know all of the people that come to our services really are saved and love the Lord.Marian Baayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990486522138340848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-34294665098823838362012-02-19T23:01:08.455-05:002012-02-19T23:01:08.455-05:00You nailed it, Carrie -- the gift IS drawing close...You nailed it, Carrie -- the gift IS drawing closer to God through trial and pain, without which many of us never would. I remember reading Catherine Marshall's Beyond our Selves YEARS ago, learning how a debilitating illness that left her bedridden served to bring her in the throne room like nothing ever had. In Emma's case, the pain of a abusive marriage shepherded her into the arms of God like nothing else ever could, so in that respect, there IS a great gift in pain that many people often overlook.<br /><br />Hugs,<br />JulieJulie Lessmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406395645316139292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-10554670638415495392012-02-19T18:50:32.842-05:002012-02-19T18:50:32.842-05:00JULIE, I read that passage and I re-read it. I ki...JULIE, I read that passage and I re-read it. I kind of understood what Emma was saying. The gift is the drawing closer to God. Our own insufficiency is never so great as when we are unable to do daily tasks that others take for granted. Or to go through long stretches of being housebound or even in bed, like I was for 12 weeks a couple of years ago. Then every day that you are up doing something is a gift from God!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-38963065988862816212012-02-19T18:48:31.086-05:002012-02-19T18:48:31.086-05:00MARIAN, I find certain foods flare me up, too. I ...MARIAN, I find certain foods flare me up, too. I have a whole list of them to avoid and some that are beneficial. Sometimes it is not the gluten but wheat allergy. Praying you feel better soon! And I am so happy that you and your husband are ministering to others in the Netherlands. The associate pastor at our church gave some terrible statistics on Christian faith in Europe - so very low! God bless you for what you are doing!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-83987984901448703852012-02-19T18:46:32.196-05:002012-02-19T18:46:32.196-05:00MARISSA, we will enter you! DIANA, thanks! JACKIE,...MARISSA, we will enter you! DIANA, thanks! JACKIE, I will not enter you, lol, and congrats again! LORI - well tonight it will be Downton Abbey for me!!!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-53429103414743087692012-02-19T18:05:46.979-05:002012-02-19T18:05:46.979-05:00Great interview! Please only enter me for the pap...Great interview! Please only enter me for the paperback giveaway.<br /><br />marissamehresman(at)aol(dot)comMarissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04514020523579566981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-25545007206415281312012-02-19T18:04:38.860-05:002012-02-19T18:04:38.860-05:00WOW, Carrie, thank you so very much for having And...WOW, Carrie, thank you so very much for having Andrea on your blog and opening my eyes to her plight and the plight of other Christians who live with chronic pain and illnesses that rob them of strength. I am truly humbled by the difficulty many of you live with and am in awe of how it builds your faith.<br /><br />MARIAN SAID: "All this brought me closer to the Lord. Sometimes I get tired of the pain and I just only want to get healed, but other times I don't want to be healed, because I'm afraid I will go my own way again."<br /><br />WOW!!! That's all I can say at the incredible beauty of your faith, my friend, and the ability to recognize that even in pain there is blessing when it draws us closer to God. <br /><br />I do not live with chronic pain like you guys, and I only had one time in my life when I was so ill I wanted to die and thought I was going to. But that brief trauma in my life taught me that God was the only thing I could cling to, which ended up strengthening my faith like nothing else ever had. <br /><br />It's that awareness of what pain did for my faith that prompted me to include a scene in my last book where the hero cannot understand why the heroine loves God so much after all the pain she has encountered in her life from a husband who abused her. The heroine responds: <br /><br />“No one escapes being hurt in this life, Sean, because unfortunately, we live in a fallen world. But please believe me when I say …” Her voice gentled, as soothing and peaceful as the patter of rain on the marble sill. “There’s a great gift in pain.”<br /><br />Andrea, I can only imagine how incredibly powerful your books must be with all you have had to endure and the resultant deep faith that has helped you to write your stories.<br /><br />Thanks, Carrie, for this very powerful blog that has blessed me more than I can say.<br /><br />Hugs,<br />JulieJulie Lessmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406395645316139292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-81367267388475916082012-02-19T17:45:56.207-05:002012-02-19T17:45:56.207-05:00Carrie,
i am in very similar situation as you but ...Carrie,<br />i am in very similar situation as you but I watch "Law and Order on those days". I think I want them to come and take the pain(bad guy) away. I also count on my prayers to get me through. I hope you find relief through knowing there are may others out there like you. on good days I read quie a bit so any book would be welcome. Many blessings to you my friend.<br />ldwrncpn@comcast.netLori Wellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990609674292903332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-25431635142277383122012-02-19T17:12:12.261-05:002012-02-19T17:12:12.261-05:00So sorry to hear of the pains...I am praying for y...So sorry to hear of the pains...I am praying for you.......<br />Carrie, Diana, Teresa, Marian, and Andrea. I just have allergies...so am grateful for no pain! <br />Don't enter me for the book..although it sounds great....I just won..and don't want to be selfish! lolJackie S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16731953677857042880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-43019729137754450962012-02-19T15:57:58.929-05:002012-02-19T15:57:58.929-05:00Thank you, Carrie. What a kind thing to say and yo...Thank you, Carrie. What a kind thing to say and you are such a blessing to so many people as well, especially to this lady!Diana Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17127629740742628849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-17022933639811112992012-02-19T15:30:40.591-05:002012-02-19T15:30:40.591-05:00Carrie, I think I've had gluten allergy from a...Carrie, I think I've had gluten allergy from a young age. I heard this can also cause stress to the adrenals and then give the problems I wrote about. Also before I got to know the Lord I had a stressful life. <br />So from what I heard it can be the other way around. <br />We'll see...Marian Baayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10990486522138340848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-25826523776708298712012-02-19T14:58:26.069-05:002012-02-19T14:58:26.069-05:00DIANA, I know what you are talking about. That is...DIANA, I know what you are talking about. That is why it is so great to have other women to talk with about these issues and to pray for each other! You are such a blessing to so many!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-17553396589157881452012-02-19T14:57:25.815-05:002012-02-19T14:57:25.815-05:00ANNE, I know it is hard for my spouse. I appreciat...ANNE, I know it is hard for my spouse. I appreciate your sharing from a spouse's perspective. I think I had to finally stop being sorry for how things were with me, stop apologizing. It was what it was. I think that gave my husband more freedom to do what he had to do. Don't know if that makes any sense.Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-73383294013761489162012-02-19T14:56:03.197-05:002012-02-19T14:56:03.197-05:00MARIAN, I am sorry that you are going through this...MARIAN, I am sorry that you are going through this, especially as a younger person. The adrenals get overworked when the body is constantly stressed, like by pain. I have not heard of it causing the problem, more likely the result of it. But there are naturepathic remedies that can help with that. I did not find that they helped my RA but I felt a little more energetic on one I used.Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8713519582170578996.post-70196649181498446592012-02-19T14:54:24.141-05:002012-02-19T14:54:24.141-05:00TERESA, I lived off of that verse two years ago wh...TERESA, I lived off of that verse two years ago when I thought I was going home to the Lord. My RA is acting up again but I will keep leaning on His sufficiency like you are talking about!Carrie Fancett Pagelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096954464239963966noreply@blogger.com