tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933280158020898941.post222865154741404489..comments2023-07-23T01:32:04.739-07:00Comments on My Walk of Faith: It's a struggleDianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08599913837116206565noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933280158020898941.post-45102361977915625402014-01-22T10:38:10.029-08:002014-01-22T10:38:10.029-08:00I asked a friend who studies Christian history wha...I asked a friend who studies Christian history what well-known Christians struggled with depression and he wrote "The only two who come to mind immediately are William Cowper (pronounced 'Cooper') (1731-1800), the English hymnwriter, and Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892), the English Baptist preacher."Jessica Renshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06772797916085422429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933280158020898941.post-81523146852537198452014-01-21T23:51:23.903-08:002014-01-21T23:51:23.903-08:00Diana,
You're just being honest and honesty i...Diana,<br /><br />You're just being honest and honesty is more important to God apparently than being like "other" people who don't experience, or don't admit to experiencing, valleys and pits and stuck places. <br /><br />Of all those things the Lord calls us to think about (Phil. 4:4?), the first one is "things that are true." Not things that should be true or things that characterize other Christians but not me.<br /><br />I hear the disillusionment with the shoulds and ought to's and supposed to's. We are what we are. We feel what we feel. Lots of Christians considered great throughout the centuries went through times of--or sometimes lived lives characterized by--deep depression.<br /><br />I think it's perfectly all right to process thoughts and feelings here, if only because so many of us can identify with them. As you point out, David and Paul processed all kinds of "negative" thoughts and feelings in their writings and far from rejecting them, God included those writings in His word!<br /><br />Love,<br />JessicaJessica Renshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06772797916085422429noreply@blogger.com