Posted on March 1, 2009 by erunner
It took me many years to get it when it came to recovering from a mental illness. I saw progress as a graph. Each day the graph would show some amount of progress in my recovery. Anything else was not acceptable.
I tend to be a very black and white person. No room for other options. [...]
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Posted on February 19, 2009 by erunner
The new stimulus package is a topic of fierce differences of opinion throughout our nation. As this is not a political blog that discussion will take pace elsewhere.
There is news that is exciting for those in the mental health community and those who struggle with mental illness. Below is information taken from [...]
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Posted on February 11, 2009 by erunner
UPDATE!!! It came to my attention that the remainder of the article that I had linked to vanished and folks were not able to read the entire article. I have found the article in its entirety and am posting it here. It’s an awesome story. I am running this as a new article and deleting [...]
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Posted on February 9, 2009 by erunner
Words have power. More power than we might imagine. Many of us have felt their sting as well meaning and some not so well meaning people have weighed in about mental illness in our lives.
Words also have the power to encourage and offer hope. We use words to communicate the Gospel. We use them as [...]
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Posted on February 8, 2009 by erunner
Hard Love
“When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was” (John 11:6).
In the forefront of this marvelous chapter stands the affirmation, “Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus,” as if to teach us that at the very heart and foundation [...]
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Posted on February 1, 2009 by erunner
No, this is not an article about a great television series titled LOST! If you are a fan you’ll get the joke. If not, there’s always google!
My goals when beginning this blog were to provide encouragement and information to those in the church who suffer with a mental illness. And in doing so I resolved [...]
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Posted on February 1, 2009 by erunner
February, 1
The Fruit Comes Afterward
“The Lord hath His way in the whirlwind and storm” (Nahum 1:3).
I recollect, when a lad, and while attending a classical institute in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant, sitting on an elevation of that mountain, and watching a storm as it came up the valley. The heavens were filled with blackness, [...]
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Posted on January 7, 2009 by erunner
The last week has been been very emotional and hectic as we learned my mother was in the hospital with congestive heart failure. I learned as she called me from the emergency room very concerned about her dog. At that point she was having trouble breathing and thought maybe she had an issue that would [...]
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Posted on January 4, 2009 by erunner
I was going through Proverbs 3 yesterday and as is typical the following verses stood out to me.
Proverbs 3:5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not to your own understanding.
Proverbs 3:6 In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.
Many of us have committed these verses to [...]
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Posted on December 28, 2008 by erunner
Matthew 11:28 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
Matthew 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
I [...]
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