Category Archives: despair
Focus on a Known God
Note: I recently posted this on my blog, Linda Kruschke’s Blog, and right away I knew I needed to post it here at Broken Believers, too. I hope it will encourage many here. Some things in life are unknown. Right now I’m facing the unknown of health concerns. After multiple tests, doctors still don’t know [...]
When Your Name Gets Changed
“So Naomi and Ruth went on until they came to the town of Bethlehem. When they entered Bethlehem, all the people became very excited. The women of the town said, “Is this really Naomi?” Naomi answered the people, “Don’t call me Naomi. Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life very sad. When [...]
In Pursuit of Happyness
By CARONAE HOWELL, From the New York Times, dated July 20, 2009 I’m the kind of woman who spends entire days thinking of nothing but birds: woodcocks, goldfinches, kingfishers. I look for loons everywhere I go. Sometimes I find herons in Central Park and they are mysteries. There is one thing in this world that [...]
Washed and Waiting
In the past, some of you were like that, but you were washed clean. You were made holy, and you were made right with God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. 1 Corinthians 6:11, NCV But we are hoping for something we do not have yet, and we [...]
Cleansing the Wounds
“The human heart is the most deceitful of all things, and desperately wicked. Who really knows how bad it is?” Jeremiah 17:9, NLT We are the wounded. What exactly has caused it isn’t always known. A death, divorce, depression and disability. Some of us are chronically ill, others are mentally ill. We struggle to hold [...]
Getting Both Barrels
Dual Diagnosis of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse Dual diagnosis services are treatments for people who suffer from co-occurring disorders — mental illness and substance abuse. Research has strongly indicated that to recover fully, a consumer with co-occurring disorder needs treatment for both problems — focusing on one does not ensure the other will go away. [...]
Outside the Darkness Are Certain Colors
A Poem of Certain Colors Living in darkness no color I see a hint of deep blue maybe red– but no, only blackness Tears flood the darkness trying to wash away the blackness to reveal the color I know must be near I’ve heard stories of vibrant yellow sunshine smiling green trees happiness in [...]
Disciples Who Can Stay Afloat
When I am in the storm, when the waves are breaking into my boat, my faith is shaky, and I feel abandoned, I turn to Matthew 14:22-33. Jesus sees his disciples in mortal danger. The overloaded boat has been caught in a ferocious storm. It is between 3 and 6 am, and the darkness just [...]
A Comment From a Reader: “The Battle is Fierce”
The following email conversation took place recently. The topic was the post, entitled, “Loneliness and Depression are Best Friends.” I offer it to you today as an encouragement to you. If you want to, you may send me your own reply to this person, and I’ll forward it to them. http://brokenbelievers.com/2012/02/10/when-loneliness-meets-depression/ ******** A Comment to [...]