Modern churchianity often encourages people to bury their emotional wounds and deny their mental illnesses in lieu of having faith and letting God whisk your past away. However, this doesn't actually work for a lot of people. Sometimes therapy or other treatments are required to get mentally and emotionally healthy. Please do not let your faith keep you from seeking help if you need it. This is not a lack of faith, it's wisdom. Yes, miracles can happen and a person may be healed instantly, but if you are still struggling with depression, suicidal fixation, self-harm or other issues, please seek professional help. Many times, God uses people, including professionals to be His hands in the healing process. Please, whatever you do, don't try to hide when you're hurting inside.
It's in our human nature to need help. It's in our Divine nature to help. People on both the receiving end and giving end are always changed by the interaction. Has your life ever been touched by helping or being helped?
Modern churchianity encourages people to bury their emotional wounds and deny their mental illnesses in lieu of having faith and letting God whisk your past away. However, this doesn't actually work for alot of people. Sometimes therapy or other treatments are required to get mentally and emotionally healthy. Please do not let your faith keep you from seeking help if you need it. This is not a lack of faith, it's wisdom.
It makes me so sad to post the following from Joel. I used to like his positive thinking version of the Good News, but often times positive thinking alone doesn't cut it when you're suffering and wounded. Many times people relive hurts because their soul is in dire need of healing from a trauma, you cannot just "change the channel" on that. Tisk tisk on church leaders who discourage people getting help outside of the church..
The following is my response on Joel Osteen's flippant advice for the wounded that he posted today on his Facebook page.
