Hi again Sharon,

Man, are you ever right on this one! I have beatten myself up with 
Legalism before.  The sad part of the whole thing is that I don't 
need anyone but one lying spirit to get in there and help, and I call 
that help?

I suffer from mental problems as well, and, I know what it is to have 
someone bash me with the Bible.  There are Bible bashers and then 
there are those who bash others with the same Bible.  I know what you 
mean about it seeming to go on and on and on and on and on ...


Wuv yuh Sharon,

purple Mari



At 08:03 PM 7/9/2007, you wrote:
>Brad,
>
>While we cannot blame the Bible for making us depressed, I think 
>that the enemy can use people who misuse God's words to, for 
>example, frighten us into salvation, telling us where we fail, hit 
>us over the head with it, saying we should do this or that, and more 
>and more.  When someone, like me, has obsessive compulsive disorder 
>or any other diagnosed mental problem that affects how we see 
>spiritual things, all this can have a negative effect, like, if 
>these people can be so wicked and thus go to Hell, I probably have a 
>very good chance of going there myself, because I do terrible 
>things, mostly in my head and seemingly in my heart, and I feel that 
>I don't want to change and serve God, and I'm afraid I'll do 
>something irrevocable!  I realize that many people may go through 
>such periods of discouragement, but for others, it goes on and 
>on.  I'm not saying this to get anyone to feel sorry for me, but 
>just to understand.
>
>Sharon