20 Things NOT to Say To a Chronically Ill Person

People have good intentions when they say things to someone with an illness, but it comes out all wrong. #iiwk10

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#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #1 – You look so good today! – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #2 – You just need to get out of the house more – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #3 – If you stop thinking about it, the pain will go away – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #4 – You should just pray harder – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #5 – You must not want to get better if you won’t try this – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #6 – When I was your age I didn’t have the luxury of being sick – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #7 – You’re sick again?? – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #8 – I wish I could just sit around all day – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #9 – No pain, no gain! – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #10 – I’d be sick too if I saw doctors as much as you do – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #11 – I have this juice that is working wonders… – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #12 – You must still have sin in your life – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #13 – If you got a job you’d have something else to think about – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #14 – Your illness is caused by stress – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #15 – You can’t be in that much pain. Maybe you just want attention – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #16 – What have you done to make God so mad at you? – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #17 – There are easier ways to get attention – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #18 – It’s not good for your kids to always hear you whining – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #19 – When are you going to get rid of that cane? – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

#iiwk10-Things NOT to say to an ill person #20 – I’m so glad to see you out and about feeling all better – see more http://ow.ly/eYpo

Friendship Quotations

No matter how little you have, you can always give some of it away. Catherine Marshall #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Blessed is he who is kind to the needy. Prov 14:21 #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ A good friend is… the key to sanity in a totally insane world. L. Wyse #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything. Samuel Johnson #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Prov 3:5,6 #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ [God] will not send us out on any journey for which He does not equip us well. Maclaren #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Don’t interrupt. He who answers before listening—that is his folly and his shame Prov 18:13 #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ If you think you are too small to be effective you have never been in bed with a mosquito. B Reese #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. 1 Thess 5:11 #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. Cicero #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ If one falls down, his friend can help him up. Ecclesiastes 4:9 10 #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Romans 12:12 #iiwk10

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a listening ear,all of which have the potential to turn a life around. Buscaglia

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Pooh! he whispered. Yes,Piglet? Nothing,said Piglet,I just wanted to be sure of you. Milne #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. Donna Roberts #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ A true friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until lost. Chinese Proverb #iiwk10

If you say ‘Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,’ but do nothing about physical needs, what good is it? James 2:16 #iiwk10
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http://ow.ly/8ebJ Do everything without complaining or arguing. Philippians 2:14 #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Never minimize the suffering of another. Weep with them that weep.’ B. Graham #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same. Elbert Hubbard #iiwk10

Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words. Eliot

http://ow.ly/8ebJ The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word. Unknown #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ The essence of true friendship is to make allowance for another’s little lapses. David Storey #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ The difference between a helping hand and an outstretched palm is a twist of the wrist. Leamer #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ The poorest of the poor are those who feel that they are unloved. Mother Teresa #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Seek refreshment! Proverbs 11:25 says, He who refreshes others will himself be refreshed. #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Recognize how deeply lonely illness can be. A poor man’s friend deserts him. Proverbs 19:4 #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ A man’s spirit sustains him in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear? Proverbs 18:14 #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us as the knowledge that they will help us. Epicurus #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Do not go to your brother’s house when disaster strikes you—better a neighbor nearby than a brother far away. Proverbs 27:10 #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ A word aptly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Be kind, gentle, and respectful. Prov 29:11 #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out. Friendship is one mind in two bodies. Mencius #iiwk10
http://ow.ly/8ebJ Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. Corinthians 4:16 #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Go the extra mile. It’s never crowded. Author Unknown #iiwk10

The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away. Kingsolver #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. B Johnson #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ A friend accepts us as we are yet helps us to be what we should. Author Unknown #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the deeper it goes. Coleridge #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ To God there are no small offerings if they are made in the name of His Son. AW Tozer #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished-If you’re alive it isn’t. Richard Bach #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. Samuel Johnson #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Let your conversation be always full of grace. Colossians 4:6 #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito. B Reese #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up. Prov 12:25 #iiwk10

Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something. Brown Jr. #iiwk10

http://ow.ly/8ebJ Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends John 15:12-13

@TomWilsonZiGGY Don’t measure yourself by the problems you’ve faced, but by the problems you’ve faced up to

When life knocks you down to your knees, just remember that you are in the perfect position to pray. –unknown http://ow.ly/8ebJ

Always seek the best from others; if they treat you badly, realize that this is probably the best they can offer at that time.” unknown