Today I'm suffering from the pain of having my help rejected. I've experienced it many times before, of course, like when a Christian bookstore refused to take my book on consignment. The reason given being that my "type" of Christianity wasn't what they wanted to promote in their store. I 'm changing this post from here on, because when I originally wrote it I was a bit wounded. I've since realized that I could have sounded judgmental towards a fellow blogger that I was following. I apologize to the person who may have read it then - what I said wasn't very loving.
Although my posts have been mostly about my spirituality to this point, since I thought it necessary to be honest in letting people know where I'm coming from, I'm now going to go more into other areas as well, such as probable theories for causes of schizophrenia and what helps overcome. Sharing all I can to help bring healing and recovery is a joyful privilege for me.
Blessings,
Annie
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Friday, 9 March 2012
My Spirituality
You should know a bit about my spirituality. This is because faith was involved in both the cause of and cure for my illness. It's good to know where a person is coming from and some of what they believe before accepting what they say. The Bible calls this "testing the spirits". I didn't know anything about a writer I trusted - the result was serious confusion, which led to great fear and eventual mental problems. I'm now very cautious about what I read and who I listen to. I wish no less for my reader friends.
As a child I learned a lot about our loving God, prayed every night and did my best to be good. I'd describe my family and I as "nominal Christians"; we didn't speak about our faith or pray together. I read my Bible then, only to answer the questions in my Sunday lessons. Therefore, I never learned about the 600+ promises God makes for those of us who love and trust Him, so I became a worrier. When I wanted to marry a Christian from a different "denomination", I received family concerns about my decision. This was my first experience of bias between Christians. Because my husband and I suffered this intolerance, we made a decision not to make differences in other believers a serious problem for us.
In my 30's I got involved in the occult/new age spirituality. I had no idea that much of this opened me to the dark spiritual kingdom. When I sought a deeper Christian faith, I learned that fortune telling was warned against in the Bible, and that reincarnation negated my salvation in Christ. I also learned that the Holy Spirit of God was the only safe spirit to seek for guidance and wisdom, so I rejected other teaching.
I'm not as concerned with denominations or non-denominations, as where a Christian is with God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). I welcome and appreciate those from other faiths who love God and their fellow man. Please feel free to share your comments. I could only be a Christian myself, because I believe that Jesus was and is God, who came as man to show us what God was really like. I believe in the Trinity, the Bible and Holy Spirit as truth, simply because I've found them to be so over many years. My illness actually helped my faith to grow. Like Job, before my troubles I heard a lot about God, but now I "see" Him (know and understand Him) so much better. As a result, I'm a stronger and better person than I used to be.
Is your faith helping you to recover? Let me know how.
Blessings and love,
Annie
As a child I learned a lot about our loving God, prayed every night and did my best to be good. I'd describe my family and I as "nominal Christians"; we didn't speak about our faith or pray together. I read my Bible then, only to answer the questions in my Sunday lessons. Therefore, I never learned about the 600+ promises God makes for those of us who love and trust Him, so I became a worrier. When I wanted to marry a Christian from a different "denomination", I received family concerns about my decision. This was my first experience of bias between Christians. Because my husband and I suffered this intolerance, we made a decision not to make differences in other believers a serious problem for us.
In my 30's I got involved in the occult/new age spirituality. I had no idea that much of this opened me to the dark spiritual kingdom. When I sought a deeper Christian faith, I learned that fortune telling was warned against in the Bible, and that reincarnation negated my salvation in Christ. I also learned that the Holy Spirit of God was the only safe spirit to seek for guidance and wisdom, so I rejected other teaching.
I'm not as concerned with denominations or non-denominations, as where a Christian is with God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). I welcome and appreciate those from other faiths who love God and their fellow man. Please feel free to share your comments. I could only be a Christian myself, because I believe that Jesus was and is God, who came as man to show us what God was really like. I believe in the Trinity, the Bible and Holy Spirit as truth, simply because I've found them to be so over many years. My illness actually helped my faith to grow. Like Job, before my troubles I heard a lot about God, but now I "see" Him (know and understand Him) so much better. As a result, I'm a stronger and better person than I used to be.
Is your faith helping you to recover? Let me know how.
Blessings and love,
Annie
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