I am so thankful that a part of God, His Holy Spirit, is with me and other Christians. My apartment was broken into while I was out of town last week, and it was so hard for me to go to sleep. The window in my dining room/kitchen was pushed in from the outside. Nothing was taken, so whoever came in must have been looking for drugs. The police said that it would be hard to check for fingerprints, since it had been raining. It was so hard for me to go to sleep that I began to pray and ask God to help me feel His presence with me. His Holy Spirit calmed me immediately, and I slept all night! It's great to know that God is alive and ready to help with any problems that we have. We just need to trust Him to take care of us!
I was in a car accident at the end of November, and God truly was with me to protect me! The last thing that I remember before the wreck was the long bridge that I was about to cross. I "blacked out" and did not come to until I banged into a vehicle that was stopped in front of me! God had to have guided my car so that I wouldn't go over the bridge or crash even harder with cars that were in the left lane. I remember that my chest felt crushed by my steering wheel, and I was hyper-ventilating from being so scared. I was hospitalized for 2 days in Progressive Care wearing a heart monitor. I thought that I must have had a heart attack. But, PRAISE GOD , THE CARDIOLOGIST DETERMINED THAT MY HEART IS OKAY!! I was told by him that I was taking enough meds. to make a horse sleepy! I was so happy that he released me to drive again - one week before Christmas!
Based on my depression that I have experienced at different times in my life, the cause(s) were based on circumstances that were beyond my control. I have learned to turn the things that I could not change over to God. I have gone through a lot of Christian counseling, and one main thing that I remember is: "Happiness is a Choice"(this is a book title). I KNOW THAT GOD WANTS ALL OF HIS CHILDREN TO BE HAPPY. HE CAN HELP A COUPLE REMAIN HAPPY NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCES!! AS LONG AS GOD IS IN THE CENTER OF THE MARRIAGE, THERE WILL BE TRUE HAPPINESS!!
Depression can be caused by things that Satan "throws at us". It is up to us as to how we deal with them. It is possible to become depressed if a person is around one who is depressed. The neat thing that I have learned by experience is that I can say and/or do things to help the one who is depressed, instead of allowing myself to be "dragged down". A PASTOR TOLD ME ONCE THAT ONE THING THAT HELPS DEPRESSION IS TO DO SOMETHING TO HELP OTHERS!!
I welcome any questions that you may have about depression. I have learned all these years that it is not anything to be ashamed of. It is not caused by a lack of faith. We, as Christians, just need help in learning how to deal with the "unfair things in life". God wants us to lean on Him.
As I have already shared with several men on this site, I do get treatment for my depression caused by Fibromyalgia. I am an open and honest person who believes in sharing important things going on in my life. The depression began when I found out that my ex-husband was addicted to pornography. I worked very hard for 8 years to help with the problem, but he refused to leave it alone and repent. Several other auto-immune problems took over and I am no longer able to teach. IF GOD CHOOSES TO TAKE ALL OF THIS AWAY, I WOULD BE SO THANKFUL AND I WOULD BE ABLE TO TEACH AGAIN!! IF GOD'S WILL IS FOR ME TO OBTAIN DISABILITY, THEN I WILL BE THANKFUL FOR HIS PROVISION.
I know from experience that when God puts a man in my life who truly loves me, I am able to get over the depression.
Even if we do not get married, then we have many emails and/or calls that brighten each day!
In my case, my depression was caused by a husband who was very selfish and did not love me. I do believe that God has a man out there somewhere who can love me for who I am. He will be a husband who can, with God's leading, help me out of the depression.
When I first tried to deal with my depression, I did wonder what I did or did not do that caused it. After talking with my doctor about it, I realized that it was a chemical imbalance, which was from Fibromyalgia. I prayed a lot about the cause, and God took away all doubt and all of the false assumptions that I had made - such as a lack of belief of His healing.
I believe that the demonic spirits causing my ex-husband to keep going with the progressive porn. addiction definitely caused my depression. Satan is working over-time to destroy families. Not all depression is from Satan. It can be caused by the chemical imbalance in the brain.
I have been told that a depressed person should not spend time with other depressed people. If both man and woman are getting treatment and are not depressed as long as they are getting treated, they could certainly help each other to be happy. WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE! THEY CAN LIFT EACH OTHER UP!!
I have Fibromyalgia, and one of the symptoms is depression. I take medicine daily to keep it under control. I know that the medicine is helping to balance the chemicals in my brain. I do have days when I feel sad about something that has happened, but I feel much better this year than I did this time last year.
The encouragement from the forums and the emails & calls that I receive from men online really hellp me to see some chance of a better future. I went offline at one time, and I felt as if I had lost all of my friends. It really helped me to get back to this site. I believe that God is using several people on this site to encourage me and others who are having a rough time.
God is the ultimate One who can change our ways of thinking and heal us from depression. He knows who we need in our lives to love us the way that we need to be loved. He also sends us to those who need our kinds of love.
I am still in the process of experiencing the hardest thing that I have ever had to do as a single mom. Having to apply "tough love" to my adopted son, who is now 23 years old has drained me physically and emotionally. After a lot of prayer and a lot of Christian counseling, I finally realized that I was hurting my son instead of helping him. I had allowed him to live with me until he could find a job and "get on his feet". He had it made: no rent to pay; no vehicle to make payments on; no groceries to buy; cable tv; internet; cell phone with unlimited text messaging. Even though I encouraged my son every day to check on a job, he managed to stay away from getting a job!!!
Finally, I told him that he had 30 days to get a job or he would have to move out. The days passed with little or no effort seen in getting a job. After the 30 days were up, I told him that he was going to have to move out. He moved back to his dad's. As soon as I could get some help in getting my vehicle back (one he drove), I took it and put it up for sale. He has never been this angry with me in his life. It has been over a month, and he still hasn't returned my calls. According to his dad, my son is now working.
I HAVE SHARED ALL OF THIS TO LET YOU KNOW HOW
MUCH I REGRET THAT I HAD NOT DONE IT SOONER!
I spent a fortune trying to help take care of my son's needs! I was enabling him to continue to have an easy life and not living with the circumstances of bad choices.
DO NOT LET YOUR CHILD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF YOU, AND DO NOT ALLOW HIM/HER TO "PLAY YOU AGAINST YOUR EX-SPOUSE". IT IS HURTING YOUR CHILD MUCH MORE THAN IT IS HELPING WHEN YOU TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILD'S CIRCUMSTANCES DUE TO WRONG CHOICES. PRAY LIKE YOU'VE NEVER PRAYED BEFORE ABOUT WHAT GOD WOULD HAVE YOU DO & TURN YOUR CHILD OVER TO HIM FOR DISCIPLINE. GOD WILL ALWAYS DO WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR CHILDREN.
what do you think about drinking even in moderation..
Posted : 26 Aug, 2008 07:17 PM
I have experienced 3 brothers dying from alcoholism. They all began with social drinking, and as their life problems came, they drank more. They lost everything - divorced; lived alone; had heart attacks, strokes, & cirrhosis of the liver.
It breaks my heart to find out that my adopted son is drinking to be a part of a bad group of friends. I'm praying that God will surround my son with good Christian friends. I've told him that since he's adopted, he doesn't know if alcoholism could become a result of drinking.
God makes it clear to us to not drink strong drink. He knows what our future holds, and He wants to be the answer to life's problems, not alcohol.
The United States came in first in overall # of medals -?96?
Chinal came in second for overall #, but they earned more gold medals than the U.S. did. Sorry, but my "mini-brain" could not store any more info than that!!!
One thing that I enjoyed about the closing ceremony was that the news kept going back to show when the individuals from the U.S. were winning gold medals.
I really liked the double-decker bus that opened up and out and down! That was a neat way to introduce the next Summer Olympics!
I really like the statement that you made earlier: "Christ was the only person ever to have broken a woman's virginity while being birthed."
I TRULY BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD GET A HUGE CROWD OF COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM BOTH VA TECH AND RADFORD UNIVERSITY, IF THIS STATEMENT COULD BE MADE ON AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF YOUR COMING TO SOUTHWEST VA!!!!
