For me, it was a lifting of the fog, a clarity to my thoughts, a sense of being pulled out of a quagmire. Medication Could Be God’s Healing Gift For You Those little pills have slowly helped me to think more clearly without the gloomy shadow of darkness hanging around […]
Mental Health
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Problems! We all have them, and they can so often create incredible amounts of pressure and stress. A small problem for one person can seem like a mountain of stress for another. The problem can feel too big, and that there is no way of solving it. People also come to you with […]
Sometimes you have to let the little fish go. Those little offenses that need to be forgiven and let go of. I think I must have been aged 6 or 7 when I caught my first fish. It was a sprat. I went on to catch other fish. When […]
When the stress loading becomes too much it is very easy to lose your way. What we need is some sort of Thinking Compass. Mental Illness is one of the worst fog generating experiences you can have. Your brain can play tricks on you. Your perceptions can change, sometimes quite […]
We all have feelings, but what does God want you to do with your feelings? Perhaps God wants you to bring the feelings to God first. I have emotions I am human, and as a creation of God, I have emotions. I have feelings. God feels, so therefore I do. […]
Do you take responsibility for your actions? Don’t we just love to pass the blame on to others, yet taking personal responsibility is crucial for our mental health. OK, I admit it, at times I have stuffed up big time. Not just once, but many times. I am sure that […]
I started my career in Mental Health support in a large old boarding that was a kind of halfway house for people needing quite intensive support. Hanging on the wall of the lounge was a wooden plaque with this Maori Proverb on it. He aha te mea nui? He […]
So why did you have me born? I wish no one had ever laid eyes on me! I wish I had never been born I wish I had never been born I wish I’d never lived—a stillborn, buried without ever having breathed. Isn’t it time to call it quits on […]
Paul’s thorn in the flesh could have meaning for you. The greater the thorn, the greater the wound and scar. A ‘Thorn in the flesh’ can disable your walk physically and spiritually, but it can also be a place of growth as it keeps you in humility. Could your thorn […]