Depression has nothing to do with a disconnection to God. God holds me in the palms of His hands and nothing can ever take me out. I believe I have victory over all things in Christ and my belief in God is not diminished by my depression.
There are many verses of God's promises of taking care of me. I have read and reread them many times. I can recite many from memory.
Is my depression then a lack of faith? Am I grieving the Holy Spirit because I am depressed? Is my depression a matter of my old nature? Is my depression a matter of self-pity?
Can my depression be a Spiritual heaviness, or a burden for a Spiritual reason? Is my depression a way for God to help me see something I couldn't see otherwise while full of joy and gladness?
I have not the answer to those questions. They tend to be the same questions I ask myself each time depression comes over me.
I cannot say how my depression comes and goes. There lacks any pin-point key to why or when it comes or goes.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, even go through depression and emerge on the other side. God hasn't gone anywhere. He hasn't lost any power. He hasn't suddenly become incapable of helping or saving.
I am a frail human. I am a tender sheep. I am a timid lamb. I need leading. I need protecting. I need feeding. I need a strong, reliable Shepherd.
I have all these in Christ Jesus.
"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters." Psalm 23: 1&2
There are many verses of God's promises of taking care of me. I have read and reread them many times. I can recite many from memory.
Is my depression then a lack of faith? Am I grieving the Holy Spirit because I am depressed? Is my depression a matter of my old nature? Is my depression a matter of self-pity?
Can my depression be a Spiritual heaviness, or a burden for a Spiritual reason? Is my depression a way for God to help me see something I couldn't see otherwise while full of joy and gladness?
I have not the answer to those questions. They tend to be the same questions I ask myself each time depression comes over me.
I cannot say how my depression comes and goes. There lacks any pin-point key to why or when it comes or goes.
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me, even go through depression and emerge on the other side. God hasn't gone anywhere. He hasn't lost any power. He hasn't suddenly become incapable of helping or saving.
I am a frail human. I am a tender sheep. I am a timid lamb. I need leading. I need protecting. I need feeding. I need a strong, reliable Shepherd.
I have all these in Christ Jesus.
"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters." Psalm 23: 1&2
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