[wontgiveup]

I haven't posted in a while..... I posted this last year, but, here it is again, it's an illustrated message to help thost that struggle especially at this time of year... here is the link http://onlygodsgrace.blogspot.com/ It can get better!! DON'T GIVE UP!

thanks for that.

i am sure many people will benifit from that message

[tokiwartooth]

I wish I was happier at Christmas. It seems like I just don't care anymore. Like I don't care if I get nothing. I like being with my mom and aunt, but I hate being with the rest of my family. I get so irritated and annoyed. All the magic is gone. I know it's about Christ, but even going to church does nothing for me anymore. What is wrong with me?

[wontgiveup]

You're welcome "Shattered Sanity" and "Takiwartooth" here is a sermon that helped me greatly in overcoming this struggle http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninf...SID=2604163737

I pray it can be helpful to you as well. Thanks for your responses as well

[wontgiveup]

Originally Posted by wontgiveup

You're welcome "Shattered Sanity" and "Takiwartooth" here is a sermon that helped me greatly in overcoming this struggle http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninf...SID=2604163737

I pray it can be helpful to you as well. Thanks for your responses as well

Hi again Tokiwartooth I spelt your name incorrectly, I apologise fot that

Originally Posted by pegasus

So, according to your little message, depression is caused by the devil and this is a religious post which is not allowed!

As a fellow Christian myself, I have come across those who give sermons or messages saying that depression is of the devil and sin. Although I can agree with that, I feel abhored that it just stops there.

In all fairness I did not listen to the whole sermon. About 14 minutes of it all i heard was that depression is unGodly and sin is the result of it. I could be wrong, maybe if I had hung on a little longer, perhaps I could have heard what would have made sense to me. But in listening to that sermon in a pretty short time, I was starting to feel more depressed and my heart was just racing. I had to turn it off.

Depression is an illness. It can be cause by a chemical imbalance of the brain, heriditary (that's been the case with me), poor diet, events in life that are tragic, and many other items that I can't think of. Depression is an illness much like other illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, dementia, Parkenson's disease, and others. Does that mean those whom are afflicted are not right with God and are sinners? We are all sinners and we are all not perfect.

I feel like God has allowed me to have depression to make me more compassionate to others. Because depression to me is a deliberating feeling. There were times in my life when everything is going very well. During those very good times (like in my younger days) I was not understanding about others suffering. I always felt like if you suffered, you were just not right with God. And nowadays with some setbacks in life and depression that I've experienced, how wrong was I to have felt so self-righteous.

For a long time in my life, I was not very understanding of anyone that seems depressed or "neurotic". But now I completely understand and try to be helpful to them without being judgemental. As Christians, that's how we really should be. Not shaming those that feel out of sorts.