Hi there,
So I just want to work something out for myself, with regard to the Holy Spirit, in mental health. I take myself as an example and question what it is that caused me to have a mental health condition. What the Spirit says to me, is that "I advised that you develop a mental health condition, for the sake of the strength it would give you - in your case specifically, that you would have a working mindset: your ability to think about things from every perspective at once, in God, will be a far greater asset than simply taking things for granted" That is quite a statement, don't you think?
The point is, that there is a balance, and there is something that tips the balance: the mind's image is what the balance is for, and how much the image affects the balance is what needs to suppressed. So the function of the balance changes from weighing one image or another and instead lumps them all together, in a broader perspective. This perspective then, being broad is weak, and strength can be perfected in it, for that weakness. All this is a very technical way of saying I overlook certain things mentally, that I normally would not, so as to focus on something the Holy Spirit said will benefit me.
Consequently, I do not trust the image my mind creates and as a schizophrenic, I compound that doubt, in a way that makes me emotionally volatile. Volatility combined with a more general instability of concept, means that i process information very quickly, but also in a very shallow way. Nothing of which is a surprise to the Holy Spirit, but instead is an opportunity for Him to bring glory to Christ that my retention is a lot higher than it normally would be, that my mind dreams up things that will create a strong memory, rather than things that need a great deal of thought and that may not turn out to be all that memorable.
I suppose what God sees is that His Children are different, but that certain ones of His Children are even rarer still. I feel privileged then that I have been set apart to use my mind in a way that others do not and that it focusses me on my purpose all the greater, as concerns memory. Over time I will develop a strong sense of closure and the memories I have gathered will be a true treasure. What I am learning from sharing this, is that the purity of my memories is something I should lean into, that I should seek to be holy, for my Lord's sake, even if I do have schizophrenia. That is something I share with other people, and should be the basis of my sanity.
The Holy Spirit is pleased with this, I can only imagine that it serves the greater good of the Gospel - that Jesus have praise. Listen to the Holy Spirit, but if you have a mental health condition listen specifically to what He says you have in common with other people - you need that to start putting your sanity together.
God bless.
So I just want to work something out for myself, with regard to the Holy Spirit, in mental health. I take myself as an example and question what it is that caused me to have a mental health condition. What the Spirit says to me, is that "I advised that you develop a mental health condition, for the sake of the strength it would give you - in your case specifically, that you would have a working mindset: your ability to think about things from every perspective at once, in God, will be a far greater asset than simply taking things for granted" That is quite a statement, don't you think?
The point is, that there is a balance, and there is something that tips the balance: the mind's image is what the balance is for, and how much the image affects the balance is what needs to suppressed. So the function of the balance changes from weighing one image or another and instead lumps them all together, in a broader perspective. This perspective then, being broad is weak, and strength can be perfected in it, for that weakness. All this is a very technical way of saying I overlook certain things mentally, that I normally would not, so as to focus on something the Holy Spirit said will benefit me.
Consequently, I do not trust the image my mind creates and as a schizophrenic, I compound that doubt, in a way that makes me emotionally volatile. Volatility combined with a more general instability of concept, means that i process information very quickly, but also in a very shallow way. Nothing of which is a surprise to the Holy Spirit, but instead is an opportunity for Him to bring glory to Christ that my retention is a lot higher than it normally would be, that my mind dreams up things that will create a strong memory, rather than things that need a great deal of thought and that may not turn out to be all that memorable.
I suppose what God sees is that His Children are different, but that certain ones of His Children are even rarer still. I feel privileged then that I have been set apart to use my mind in a way that others do not and that it focusses me on my purpose all the greater, as concerns memory. Over time I will develop a strong sense of closure and the memories I have gathered will be a true treasure. What I am learning from sharing this, is that the purity of my memories is something I should lean into, that I should seek to be holy, for my Lord's sake, even if I do have schizophrenia. That is something I share with other people, and should be the basis of my sanity.
The Holy Spirit is pleased with this, I can only imagine that it serves the greater good of the Gospel - that Jesus have praise. Listen to the Holy Spirit, but if you have a mental health condition listen specifically to what He says you have in common with other people - you need that to start putting your sanity together.
God bless.
