Comments on: Recovery from Spiritual Distress

By: Curiepoint

Curiepoint — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 04:03:46 +0000

It does not surprise me that God abandons people. Even Christ himself cried out from the cross “Why hast thou abandoned me?” If God can abandon his own son, how do you think you rate in his eyes? We are nothing but insects to God. I imagine some days when the Seraphim might be a little off-key in their singing, or the Cherubim are collicky, or a nation of insects razes terror upon another, God finds comfort in stepping on a bunch of us, just to prove his might and superiority.

If evil truly exists in this world, and it’s harder to not believe this is true, and if pain and suffering are the very stuff of life, and if God is the creator of everything, then it stands to reason that God created pain, evil, suffering, and injustice.

Most of it inflicted by an indifferent Jehovah.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 23:36:42 +0000

I’m so blessed and encouraged reading this. In fact every word of this article has blessed me and I plan to come back to it when I’m feeling low. I have struggled much with spiritual anxiety and mental / emotional distress. I’ve been so rooted in perfectionism and performance that when I came to know the Lord I didn’t realize how much of this got mixed in with my spiritual disciplines — so that when I was hearing and perceiving and sensing the Lord’s grace on my life, I would feel good and when I was failing miserably and even unable to read my Bible and pray, I would feel down in the dumps and like a miserable failure. I see that there have been seasons where the Lord has drawn me to Himself and I had wonderful exhilerating times with Him where I felt His loving caresses and His speaking was so clear and abundant. And these periods would follow with times of complete silence, and I would grow so anxious and depressed in confusion and despair. I’m grateful to the Lord that He is once again purging me of wrong ideas and concepts. I am still growing and learning to draw back to Him even though I sense “the presence” has left me. I’m learning to stand on His grace and His Word rather than an emotion or the goodness and faithfulness of my own doing. Praise God we serve a mighty God who is stronger than our greatest weakness, and His weakness is greater than man’s strength!

By: Hakim

Hakim — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:16:57 +0000

God Bless you, your ministry has been a huge blessing to me. I am one recovering from distorted images of God, spiritual abuse, ‘charismania’, and of course improper doctrine. I bought the book “Rooted in God’s Love,” and I see the patterns of distresses mentioned I’ve been going through while the has been Lord “transplanting my root system” as it is called in the book. I had NO IDEA that other people were going through this too. After being to literally 10+ deliverance ministers all around the country, the Lord began to lead me to learn cheifly about my righteousness in Christ Jesus, and also about His everlasting love for us. The Lord has used my wife to tell me I needed a “new foundation” 1 yr ago, but I had no idea what she meant, but now i get it. So as I pray for myself and all who read this that we would know the “hight, depth, and breadth of God’s love for us in Christ Jesus..”

By: carmen

carmen — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 04:52:58 +0000

i have been facing the spiritual distress as i recover from abuse wounds- before reading this i was wondering whether there was something wrong with me. i have been accused of being demonised by other Christians because the manifestations of distress were so bad. The mental problems i had for so long became worse again and i feared i would end up hurting someone. The Psychiatric services wanted to write me off, to treat me like i woul dnever recover. When i read this just now, i feel relieved, as though i can accept this distress is part of my recovery.
When i had a prayer ministry time 3 years ago i was give a picture of a pencil being sharpened- old wood being cut away. i realised recently that i have been living under a false self- feeling so invalidated that i became “unwell” to cope, thus leading to personality disorder i was ill with for so many years.
i feel God is stripping away my “bad wood”, and its painful, but at the same time, i’m better than i was. tonight i was feeling sorry for myself, if i’m honest, and very low, but reading these articles have also helped me realise how far i have come. Thank you.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:30:34 +0000

I can’t thank you enough for sharing about being a Christian who is honest with others and with ourselves. I have always been the black sheep in churches for I had a lot to share about being real and was honest in presentation. Mostly, I have been censored, ignored, and been made ashamed of.

I have usually just shook my head and dusted my feet….leaving and grieving. Rather recently, I have found two churches that are better. Again, I suffer with the trust issues and feel that one day, the other shoe will drop. I know I must risk again & be strong knowing that I do have a powerful testimony to share.

I just don’t seem to be able to keep up and measure up with other people who work so hard to be good and look good. They also want everything to be easy and instantaneous–of course, giving God all the glory!

Nothing about my inner healing has been instantaneous or painless. Nothing….but hope does abound until church folk crush it. Sometimes I have to take ‘breaks’ away from the brethren.

Again, the article and teaching confirms a lot of what I have experienced and am living.

Thank you.

Julie