Posted by PP on October 05, 2002 at 11:33:04:
In Reply to: Re: The War - Part 2 posted by jeannie on October 05, 2002 at 06:27:41:
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:: thanks, as always steven, for bringing this up. depression is at times very painful as several (maybe many) of us know. however, there IS sweetness at the end of the journey. several times throughout the course of my depression i was reminded of some of the discussions we've had about "embracing your pain" and found it to be exhilirating and comforting. i also found the beginning passages in the book of james to be helpful. i'm not going to quote it here in the hopes that it will encourage people to read it for themselves and really ponder what is being said.
: the only thing i would like to add to what you said is that in my particular case i know i needed to go through a lot of the pain alone for reasons that are still being revealed to me. i've shared this a couple times on the board in the past without getting into specifics, because i don't think i would ever recommend withdrawing to a depressed person. i will only say that i know for me the lord had to make me STOP in order to get my undivided attention. once i started listening, i was on the path. the only advice i would like to offer anyone depressed, is to just give it up and get it over with. don't fight your way kicking and screaming to the inevitable death. just let the death come and then you'll begin to learn the wonderful things the lord wants to teach you. there is no truer friend than our lord, no one who loves us more, no one we can put our complete trust in. he speaks to us ALL THE TIME in so many ways if we only listen.
: keep the faith brothers and sisters! i love you all!
Jeanie, you mentioned the book of James and when I was going through hard times and left home at the age of 17, to go over 3000 miles away from everything I ever knew, I was in a sort of depression, I read the book of James. When I lost a baby boy at only 6 months of pregnancy at the age of 19, I went through a sort of depression, I read the book of James. AT the age of 24, I went through sort of yet another depression as I was left by my first husband with 3 children and pregnant, no place to live and just what I could carry in a borrowed friends car, I read the book of James. All in all reading the book of James through these times and many other times through my life that I went through sort of a depression or really hard times, it kept me focused on God, kept Him as my all in all. Thanks for mentioning it. Others may find it as helpful as I did.