I appreciate your thoughts! it makes sense!
Sometimes I can wake up in the morningand feel that I want to stay in bed
all day, I don't want to do anything, that feeling of heaviness, extreme
sadness, but I tell myself that I will get up anyway, not because I want to,
but just because it is the right thing to do.
It is hard sometimes though, emotions are strange things!
Rhonda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brad Dunse" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: Depression


> April,
>
> What you have described  in the genetics, environment, and faith, or lack
> thereof, is what I believe we as humans are, a tricotomy. Three part
being,
> body, soul or mind, and spirit. I believe any one or all three of
> these  can be attacked or affected. can we be depressed due to bodily
> afflictions, chemical imbalance, and the like? Yes. Can we be depressed by
> our thoughts, our focus, our outlook on things based on the here and now?
> Yes. Can we be depressed spiritually through lies spoken in our ear or
just
> that sense of spiritual depression of being seemingly separated from God
> for a time, or his light of hope blocked by a cloud? Yes. But we can also
> be impressed upon as well, that is to say, we can be uplifted and
> experience the opposite of depression. Where depression can bring
sadness,
> tears, despair, hopelessness, impression can bring joy, dry eyes, hope and
> a future beyond the here and now. I truly believe we can focus on all
three
> of these  areas and  do our part to returning to a joyous place. If we do
> our part, and can do no more, the rest is up to God and we are at his
mercy
> to bring us to joy and hope. We can only go so far on our own, yet not
ding
> our part leaves us feeling irresponsible and a poor steward of our bodies,
> minds and spirit.  What we can do for ourselves is different for everyone
> in their given situation, and we certainly cannot do it with the intention
> that we are the self-fixing nomad and we do not need god, but rather
> showing God we are rising to the occasion in faith to do our part and
> asking him to do the rest, to stand at the edge of our situation knowing
> we'd done all we prayerfully can, and standing wide open for God to bring
> us to safety. Depression is not new, it is exampled in god's word, and it
> is not where god would have  us be, yet we, as many others do, find
> ourselves in the midst of it at times. But, patience has a way of serving
> as a vehicle for faith to get us by these cyclical times, or long enough
> for us to see what is the source of it. I pray for God to reveal that to
> you and give you relief, hope and freedom from it. Often times it is as
> simple as examining our mind sets to see we have far too  perfect of
> expectations we need live up to or else we feel a failure. Sometimes it is
> an imbalance in our chemical makeup due to an illness, meds reaction or
the
> like and can be addressed, and sometimes it is our environment, who we
hang
> around with, what we listen to, who we listen to, and other times it is
the
> enemy trying to whisper lies of hopelessness, defeat, abandonment, or lack
> of faith and unworthy. Keep us posted and God bless you April.
>
> Brad
>
>
> Brad
>
>    Nothing else ruins the truth like stretching it
>