It has been nearly three years since I faced the most challenging moment of my life when I was grappling with depression. The experience was overwhelming, and I was struggling with suicidal thoughts. In case you missed my previous post where I shared my struggles, I encourage you to read it to understand the depth …
My goal with this blog has always been to help me cope with my poor mental health. However, recently it seems my blog may be helping others who are struggling. If something I have written over the past several months has helped you, I implore you to please share the link to my blog site. …
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WOW! Did I really just ask this question? Is Christianity oppressive to the world? Many in today’s culture would say Yes. Let’s first look at the meaning of the word oppressive. Merriam Webster defines oppressive as “unreasonable burdensome or severe” with examples given as oppressive legislation or oppressive taxes. This does not really help us …
There is little doubt that mental health diseases come with a stigma. The world has gotten better in recent years, however, coming out about depression was very challenging. As I recently wrote about, I have a tendency to over-analyze. When I finally did decide to seek help, it was to the point of being a …
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In my almost fifty years of spinning around the sun, there have been many highs and many lows. We have all had bad days, months, or even years. Surely we can agree that the year 2020 will go down in history as one of those years — not the worse year ever but certainly an …
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Fighting secretly with a mental health disease was almost the worse mistake I ever made. For years I battled in silence where only a small handful of my closest inner circle knew of my plight. However, no one except for me knew the entire extent of my pain. Moreover, I realized that giving up should …
Contrary to popular believe, not every one enjoys spring. I can hear the naysayers now. Winter is too cold. Or, spring beings the pretty flowers. While true, flowers do spring forth this time of year, happiness is not universally experienced by everyone. Let’s write about the springtime blues. Before I begin, here is a short …
This is the final part of my three part series entitled “The Greatest Story Ever Told”. If you have not yet read parts one or two, I encourage you to click here for part one and here for part two. So, Christians celebrate many different aspects of Holy Week with the culmination being, of course, …
Surely you have been there before. Your last nerve just snapped; additionally, what little bit of patience you had, is now just a vapor. Amazingly enough you are still here and reading this dribble — so let’s continue with some things that I do when I have just had enough. In the spirit of contradicting …
This may not seem obvious to everyone so I wanted to start with this; God’s love is greater than my depression. Let me begin this week’s blog with a quick reminder to pray the Ukrainian and Russian people. The war brought on by this tyrant in Russia has been raging now for five long weeks with countless thousands having lost their lives. Will you join me in praying for both the people of Ukraine and Russian? Let me know in the comments below.