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Re: Reading the bible has helped with my depression !!

Posted by fallen sparrow on January 10, 2002, at 0:28:11

In reply to Reading the bible has helped with my depression !!, posted by janejj on January 7, 2002, at 0:42:01

Hi ... I know that feeling so well. I was raised in a very religious family, both my immediate and extended family are very involved in the church. When I was 17, I turned my back on it. I lost SO much of myself in that period of time, and I lost so much of my strength. Im 20 now, and Im really trying to open that part of me back up, to find my faith and rely on it again. I know that in the small moments when I do, and when I have, I feel so much PEACE and HOPE ... and I never feel that on my own. So HOLD on to that , to what you feel now ... its amazing!
Sparrow > Hey,
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> I think the reason I'm depressed is because I lost my faith. As a child I attended church and became involed in church activities, at about the age of 16/17, I decided I didn't want to go to church any more. So I continued in life forgetting and not really caring about what I had been taught. Well, i guess I just kind of blocked it out. I Also felt as though Christianity had been forced on me and I wanted to rebel against my family.
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> So here I am at age 22, just finished university and I feel so lost. Its horrible, I feel like I'm in a dead end street.I find it impossible to make decisions about anything and well I'm totally depressed.
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> Anyway tonight something made me find the Bible which my Nan had given me some time ago. I started to read it and everything became clear. I actually feel as though some of my depression has lifted already.
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> So now I have made a decision to try and find God, live the way he wants to me to live and have faith. So now I don't have to worry about being in that dead end street, cos I know that God is gonna get me out of there.
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> Ok that was hard for me to write, because now you all probably think I'm mad. I used to find it so hard to admit to being a Christian, esp. at school! Cos its percieved as really nerdy and un cool. Now I am going to try my best to tell people about Jesus. I know its going to hard though, cos peoples reactions to stuff like that isn't generally good. I hang around with people who aren't religious at all, so I hope they still want to know me after I tell them. I think I'm being a bit paranoid about telling people, oh well!
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> The only think that bothers me now, is why God created us in the first place ???
>
> Janejj


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