Note added 12/10/06: This is a poem I wrote in the late summer of 1996, based on some thoughts I had about Jesus on the cross. The thought behind the poem is that when God separated himself from Jesus, Jesus, already tired and in a lot of physical pain, probably wondered if he had...
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I wrote this letter a couple of months after my husband took me to the emergency room and I was diagnosed as having a manic episode and admitted. It was my first experience with mania and I didn’t have a psychiatrist; I did not know the doctors who treated me. Although my stay was...
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Note added 12/10/06: this poem depicts my experience when I got mentally ill in 1996. It begins with my progression from ‘normal’ Christian thinking into the distorted way a manic person thinks. I’ve also written about that day here. Jesus is my Lord and Savior He died for my sins He loves me The...
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If one of our children becomes seriously ill, we do whatever we can to get our child the best medical treatment available. We are privileged, living in America, to have access to excellent medical care. But I realized last week that the more sick a child is, the more they need a treatment that...
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“We are not under law, but under grace”. Someone said that to me recently (see Romans 6) and it’s been a great help to me. I say it to myself every time I find myself not living up to my own expectations. I may have great plans for today, but somehow I just don’t...
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So, does changing diapers have anything to do with God? How does the spiritual part of our lives mesh with our day to day responsibilities? I hope it does, otherwise I have no hope of being spiritual until my children get older! As I thought about this, I took a list of the attributes...
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