Bipolar Faith

[d3kj]

ever feel like ur faith is super great christian one minute, then when things are goin bad i am all bitter and angry and depressed.... but then if i find myself talking to other depressed people, i feel the spirit of the Lord within me trying to make them feel better and i feel happier after that. or maybe its just my meds hehe....what do yall think/experience?

 

[trentlogain2]

somtimes I feel like a nut. then I'm reminded of God's commandment to be sober and vigilant because there's someone out there trying to destroy me.

 

[Tenken07]

ever feel like ur faith is super great christian one minute, then when things are goin bad i am all bitter and angry and depressed.... but then if i find myself talking to other depressed people, i feel the spirit of the Lord within me trying to make them feel better and i feel happier after that. or maybe its just my meds hehe....what do yall think/experience?

Ive had that alot lately.

 

[Nessie]

Best way to feel better, read Psalms, lol. I don't mean to be sacrilegious by any means, but David at times sounded bipolar. He had a very eventful life so with good reason, but man, some psalms go from "Oh God why me?" to "God you are great!" within, like two verses lol!!!

 

[Blank123]

i think everyone has their peaks and valleys in faith. we aren't always going to feel warm fuzzies and we're not supposed to. thats just not real and our faith should be stronger than that. We don't *need* to feel like strong Christians in order to be strong Christians. we can feel peace and contentment in him even in the valleys but that takes vigilance on our end to constantly seek His face. Like the passage in my sig says - He comforts those who seek Him.

 

[stephanieamber]

There's a great CS Lewis quote from "Mere Christianity" that reminds me of this struggle... I can't find it on the net so in a bit I'll type it up from my journal.

 

[GoodNewsJim]

My Christian friend wrote an article about this yesterday. I interpreted his article as this,"A true hero never stops fighting for God even when he is losing because he know he is ultimately not going to lose."

http://www.geocities.com/fatherspiritsonmail/articles/victor_12praiseinstorm.html