The Warren Family, Mental Illness, and the Church.

I just read a blog post today that hit very, very close to home. With what has happened this past weekend in the lives of the Warren Family (Pastor Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life), I thought this was a very appropriate blog post. One of the most frustrating things about the Church is that we can be more judgmental then the world, and even worse to one another. Panic Attacks, depression, mental illness is not a faith thing, or a not being in the word thing, or bad prayer life thing, (fill in the blank with stereotypical Christian rhetoric) sometimes it just happens.  Heck, look at what Job went through.  He didn't do or not do anything.  God let it happen. Just because we are Christians, doesn't mean life will always be sunshine and roses. God allows us to have thorns.  He allows us to go through difficult times and to be tested. The verses that have helped me through tough times are 1 Corinthians 10:13, Matthew 11:30, and James 1:3. Though my issues haven't been temptations per se, I still find comfort in the fact that God will not allow us to go through something that we cannot bare. Please take a minute and read the following blog post.

My Panic Attacks, My Mental Illness, and The Church's Dirty Little Secret.