Depression Support Group
Depression is a real and debilitating condition that is often misunderstood by family and friends. Its meaning can range from a prolonged period of sadness to an actual mental illness with specific symptoms. Find and share experiences with others who are going through the same struggles.
"For do I now persuade men, or God?
or do I seek to please men?
for if I yet pleased men,
I should not be the servant of Christ."
Galatians 1:10
Many of us battle with insecurities of some kind.
Now, more than ever,
it is apparent each day when we turn on our
televisions or glance through magazines.
The media tries to influence who we are
and how we should live.
There is no doubt we are living in challenging times.
Is it any wonder that we have a world
filled with so much emptiness and confusion?
This leaves us asking ourselves,
"Who am I?"
Well, we are a unique creation of God!
And the more we dance for the world
and everyone's approval,
the further it takes us from our authentic self,
and ultimately from God.
Growth and acceptance is a gradual process
for everyone.
Learn to accept yourself and your faults.
Learn to love the person
looking back at you in the mirror,
just as God loves you.
After all, He made you in His own image!
And if He accepts you,
surely you can learn to love and accept yourself.
We will never have all the answers to life.
But we can have life more abundant,
when we look to Jesus!
He will restore us from the inside......out!
This is a brand new day God has blessed
us with, and with His love and help,
we can live a more pleasant life.
We can look at ourselves and smile,
because the reflection of Christ Jesus will
shine through!
And, my dear friend........
GOD DOESN'T MAKE JUNK!
or do I seek to please men?
for if I yet pleased men,
I should not be the servant of Christ."
Galatians 1:10
Many of us battle with insecurities of some kind.
Now, more than ever,
it is apparent each day when we turn on our
televisions or glance through magazines.
The media tries to influence who we are
and how we should live.
There is no doubt we are living in challenging times.
Is it any wonder that we have a world
filled with so much emptiness and confusion?
This leaves us asking ourselves,
"Who am I?"
Well, we are a unique creation of God!
And the more we dance for the world
and everyone's approval,
the further it takes us from our authentic self,
and ultimately from God.
Growth and acceptance is a gradual process
for everyone.
Learn to accept yourself and your faults.
Learn to love the person
looking back at you in the mirror,
just as God loves you.
After all, He made you in His own image!
And if He accepts you,
surely you can learn to love and accept yourself.
We will never have all the answers to life.
But we can have life more abundant,
when we look to Jesus!
He will restore us from the inside......out!
This is a brand new day God has blessed
us with, and with His love and help,
we can live a more pleasant life.
We can look at ourselves and smile,
because the reflection of Christ Jesus will
shine through!
And, my dear friend........
GOD DOESN'T MAKE JUNK!
My personal beliefs have nothing to this, but this woman is being PICKED ON BY MEMBERS OF THIS FORUM.
It happens all the time here. Bunch of gang bangers. Leave her alone and don;t read her posts and find a healthier way to feel powerful - OTHER than tell off some stranger on a forum.
God doesnt make mistakes so you say? and everyone is made by God?
So if he doesnt make mistakes does that mean he purposely intended to create evil people too?
no, God doesn't make evil people. the evil people just in short live a disobedient life style to His will. He creates the person, but He also gives the person the free will to choose which way he will walk down his path of life. That's why He is so merciful. He gives all of us a chance to turn from our poor behavior and mistakes. We all come short of His glory. No one is perfect. God knows that.
Hope that answered your question.
love
drena
you don't believe there is a God. i can't make you believe there is. its your choice to believe or not believe In Him. I can only tell you I know for a fact "He Is". I have trusted Him through my entire ordeal of depression, through heart aches, through drug addiction withdrawals, through financial shortcomings. He has highly blessed my husband and I of 30 years. We don't have children and i regret that deeply, but God knows best. Everywhere I go, He is with me.
love
drena
thankyou for your support. those who disagree with me can choose to "bang" on me if it makes them feel better regarding their depression. i "am to please". i choose not to bang on them back though.
love
drena
r u talking to me????????????
read Matthew 7:6 and you'll get what i mean.
i am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. He is my everything. He has said there is nothing wrong with giving Him glory everywhere for He deserves it everywhere.
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"I am with you alway."
Matthew 28:20
It is well there is One who is ever the same, and who is ever with us. It is well there is one stable rock amidst the billows of the sea of life. O my soul, set not thine affections upon rusting, moth-eaten, decaying treasures, but set thine heart upon Him who abides for ever faithful to thee. Build not thine house upon the moving quicksands of a deceitful world, but found thy hopes upon this rock, which, amid descending rain and roaring floods, shall stand immovably secure. My soul, I charge thee, lay up thy treasure in the only secure cabinet; store thy jewels where thou canst never lose them. Put thine all in Christ; set all thine affections on His person, all thy hope in His merit, all thy trust in His efficacious blood, all thy joy in His presence, and so thou mayest laugh at loss, and defy destruction. Remember that all the flowers in the world's garden fade by turns, and the day cometh when nothing will be left but the black, cold earth. Death's black extinguisher must soon put out thy candle. Oh! how sweet to have sunlight when the candle is gone! The dark flood must soon roll between thee and all thou hast; then wed thine heart to Him who will never leave thee; trust thyself with Him who will go with thee through the black and surging current of death's stream, and who will land thee safely on the celestial shore, and make thee sit with Him in heavenly places for ever. Go, sorrowing son of affliction, tell thy secrets to the Friend who sticketh closer than a brother. Trust all thy concerns with Him who never can be taken from thee, who will never leave thee, and who will never let thee leave Him, even "Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and to-day, and for ever." "Lo, I am with you alway," is enough for my soul to live upon, let who will forsake me.
Charles Spurgeon
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love
drena.....................:-)