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My only concern is how that argument affects Christians who also struggle with depression. I’ve suffered from depression on and off for years. I have a lot of Christian friends who come from that mindset, and they struggle with understanding that I can suffer from depression while still retaining my hope/faith in Christ. Something we say a lot at TWLOHA is that hope and pain don’t counteract each other. They often times coexist. The struggles many people face are still there even after they find that hope/peace, Christ is just a resource (and an amazing one at that) in helping carry that burden. I don’t disagree that I often times just want to share with people the hope that can be found in Christ, but I don’t think it’s fair that many Christians are shamed into thinking they aren’t good or strong enough believers because of this battle. Please note that I’m not speaking on behalf of TWLOHA, this is just my two cents.
With Hope.thank you so much for your response.
i understand that concern, i do. i myself have struggled with depression on and off, and so i understand far too well the correlation between having hope and pain at the same time. i think that everyone has their symptoms of being human, of being broken. and my symptom, as well as yours and many other people, tends to be depression. the thing is that i have a hard time believing that finding healthy ways of dealing with our symptoms of brokenness - that finding healing - can come without a foundation in the Great Physician.
i think that it’s something that the church needs to work on a lot - becoming a hospital for those who struggle, for the broken, for the sinners in need of redemption. sometimes, or most of the time, we tend to be a museum full of wax figures that appear perfect instead of the humans that we are.
i believe in a lot of things that to write love believes. i believe in community and that these things need to be talked about, i believe in doing life with each other and love and hope and all these things. i love the organization and the people that i have met and gotten to know who have worked for/with the organization (the boys that have done the christian festival circuit the past two years - chad, chris, jonathan, and austin - love those guys. so much.).
bethanie had posted her response to a section in my previous post, where i was talking about my future & how i had thought that i was for sure going to apply to do an internship with the organization. and i’m just realizing that it may not be the best fit for me, because i have this blockade in my mind where i couldn’t not just direct people to seek Christ first.
but thank you, savannah. really. i appreciate it. and your posts are lovely, i thoroughly enjoy your blog. -
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i think i feel the way you do. and i think it has to do with the fact that Christ is unfailing and everlasting and his love is abundant. I think other types of ideas just set us up for disappointment. It’s all hard.
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