Category Archives: failure
Be the Lord of My Past
“Lord of the Past,” Lyrics by Bob Bennett To listen, please check out our Broken Believers Music Index at: http://brokenbelievers.com/classic-christian-music-index/ Every harsh word spoken Every promise ever broken to me Total recall of data in the memory Every tear that has washed my face Every moment of disgrace that I have known Every time I’ve [...]
He is the Master of Disaster
Peter is the epitome of reckless failure. And I must admit that I love him for it. We see him taking the plunge (Matt. 14:30) and almost drowning. We hear that he is “Satan” (Matt. 16:22-23). And of course the ugliest moment of all, Peter denies Jesus not once, but three times! In baseball, at [...]
Your Anxiety Understood
Common anxiety symptoms include: Body (anxiety symptoms commonly associated with the body in general): Allergy problems, increase in allergies (number, sensitivity, reactions, lengthier reactions) Back pain, stiffness, tension, pressure, soreness, spasms, immobility in the back or back muscles Blanching (looking pale, loss of color in the face or skin) Blushing, turning red, flushed face, flushed [...]
Revelation
I’m must show myself; things are not going well, to be honest. I’m becoming more and more fragmented. And I can’t seem to hold it together. Essentially, I mentally can’t keep it centered on the things I know are right and appropriate. I can’t go on like this. I have to confess that I’m spinning out [...]
The Meat Grinder
I feel like I am going through a meat grinder. Pushed against my will (and desire) I’m finding myself in a place I’d rather not be. My therapist confirmed today that I’m in a “mixed state” where bipolar mania and depression come together. I compare it to two massive ocean currents smashing into each other. (please Google, “mixed state“). [...]
Churches Respond to Mental Illness
by Ken Camp, Associated Baptist Press — Living with depression — or any other form of mental illness — is like viewing life “through a glass darkly,” according to Jessy Grondin, a student in Vanderbilt University’s Divinity School. “It distorts how you see things.” Like one in four Americans, Grondin wrestles with mental illness, having [...]
Saddened by My Fallenness
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” Matt. 5:4, ESV Scripture never flatters the human heart. It acts on us directly, “dividing the spirit from the soul.” I find no glowing review of our common humanity, nothing leads me to draw any other conclusion. At our deepest essence, we are depraved, [...]
Off the Scrap Heap
God has particular preferences when it comes to different people. He selectively chooses. These choices have been made up in his mind and heart. For us to criticize them, is by association faulting God. There have been very many men and women flung out on the scrap heap of humanity. People who have been dealt [...]
Especially Peter
“Now go and tell his disciples, and especially Peter, that he will go ahead of you to Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you.” Mark 16:7, CEV Poor Peter. He despairs over his personal darkness, and has been completely isolated. He is totally disconsolate, beyond any human help. No one can [...]