Part of why I created this blog was to provide content that is the type of content I have searched for in the past and either not found the type of content I was hoping for or I felt like there was something I could add on the subject.
Christians and mental health is definitely one of those subjects. I feel like there is a lot of well-meaning content, which can be shaming simply because of its incompleteness or because of a lack of empathy. Some such things that I have seen often are messages that seem to indicate if a Christian struggles with mental health issues it is automatically an indication of a lack of faith. I don’t think that is the case.
I think a significant point for us to realize is that as Christians we are three part beings – spirit, soul and body. We are to care for each part. Each part actually can impact the others as well.
Paul prayed,
“And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
1 Thessalonians 5:23 KJV
Too often I have acted as if God is only concerned with my spirit.
I am realizing that is a lie. It is incomplete.
In different seasons of my life I have really struggled in my soul. It might be helpful to describe what I feel the soul is – I have heard it described as your mind, will and emotions. I think that is a fairly good description. This makes sense because God tells us that the battle field is in our mind.
“Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;”
2 Corinthians 10:5 KJV
Because this is a subject I have done a lot of reading and searching and praying about, I am going to continue to write about this and I am going to provide links to sites and resources that I have found along the way to be helpful. In the hope that this will serve as a resource for others and will also serve to help to allow you the grace to quiet the shame and simply receive the truth of God’s love, as I seek to do the same.
