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    7 Ways to Address Depression From a Christian Perspective

    September 14, 2020

    Reading Time: 8 minutes Hi fellow person! If you get nothing else from these words, please remember that mental illness is NOT a sin. Even in your deepest, darkest moments, know that struggling with mental health is not a sin and you’re not alone. One of the easiest thoughts to focus on when your symptoms…

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I’m Jennifer – writer extraordinaire for all your word-related needs! I’m a Christian, freelance writer, proofreader, editor, poet, bad gardener, and sweatpants enthusiast. I’m also a military wife, mom of human and furry children, and social worker on the side. My blog focuses on writing, challenging others to be better writers, and challenging myself as well. I throw in nuggets of my life every once in a while and share what it’s like to live in the woods. My brain is a mess. This is where I dump it. Welcome fellow person!

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Happy Thanksgiving fellow person! I hope you had a Happy Thanksgiving fellow person! I hope you had a wonderful day with good food and loved ones, whether it was in person or FaceTime or Zoom or phone or teleportation. 🧡 To me, Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on my blessings. In my lifegroup at my college church, we talked about having Thanksgiving every week. Every single week my lifegroup leader would talk about thanking God for what we have. As a college student, most of us had nothing. I had nothing and I still had so much. I had a dorm room, a job, friends, a twelve-year-old Buick named Betty, and a lot of great Goodwill t-shirts and sweatpants I tried to pass off as gym clothes that I actually wore to class. 🧡 I remember my lifegroup leader talking about this verse in the Psalms about being thankful. We would often go around the circle of girls and say our prayer and our blessing for the week. It reminded me to always be grateful, not just when life was easy or fun or during a holiday. 🧡 “Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.” Psalm 95:1-2 🧡 I’m thankful for this life. Even the parts I hate—disciplining my son, writing reports at work, putting away laundry, or carrying heavy things up a flight of stairs. Life is challenging sometimes and it’s okay to say it, even at thanksgiving time. I just always try to follow up with a shout to the Rock of my salvation.
Happy Veteran’s Day to my amazing hardworking hu Happy Veteran’s Day to my amazing hardworking husband. Throw back to this sweet pic, I can’t get enough of them! Thank you to all men and women who serve in our country’s military, I love and respect you more than you know. Land of the free BECAUSE of the brave.
Push through when it gets hard! Push through when Push through when it gets hard! Push through when you’re discouraged and you feel low and unproductive! Well, first make some tea and popcorn, THEN push through. 🔆My sweet four-year-old son was upset today because he wasn’t winning at a game of memory. Remember that game - so fun right?! He said he was mad that he couldn’t find any matches at first. 🔆Of course, as a therapist in my natural habitat, I congratulated him on expressing his feelings. “I can see you’re mad, thank you for telling me that, I’m proud of you.” 🔆I followed up with a quick lesson on being a spoiled sport and that didn’t go over very well. When I told him he could pick my cards on my turn, he came back to rational child for a moment. He picked my cards, he started getting matches, and we finished the game. 🔆Don’t expect instant gratification 😣😣 🔆That’s hard to say but you won’t get views on your website at first. You won’t get clicks or downloads or emails from new readers and customers. 🔆If you put in the time and push through, you’ll generate systems that reach more people. You’ll create products that more people need. You’ll produce more opportunities for others to benefit from your product, advice, courses, or information.
Prayers for our nation during this stressful time! Prayers for our nation during this stressful time! 🔆While you’re waiting for votes to be counted, take a minute to read this article a friend sent me from @healthline to help process. 🔆We’re not robots sweet friends! 🔆And like the article says, “On top of that, 2020 has been...well, 2020.” 🔆Link on my twitter account! Tweet.🐤 ➕Whatever the outcome remember, we’re all fellow persons, we’re all the same, and we’re all different.
You are more than your mess. You are more than you You are more than your mess. You are more than your mistakes.
Sweet fellow person, you are created out of love, Sweet fellow person, you are created out of love, with love, by God, who IS love. How amazing is He?! God created you and He created me and I have this life because of Him and for no other reason. 🔆 I pray for peace during a pandemic. 🔆 I pray for people who have lost their jobs and can’t pay their rent or mortgage. 🔆 I pray for the country’s unrest. 🔆 I pray for the teachers who are doing an amazing job guiding our children. 🔆 I pray for small businesses who are pushing through. 🔆 I pray for medical professionals and first responders. 🔆 I pray for police officers who protect us everyday. 🔆 I pray for those who work in grocery stores and gas stations who sell our basic necessities. 🔆 I pray for the daycare centers. 🔆 I pray for the college students who are having a strange year. 🔆 I pray for those with corona virus. 🔆 I pray for those waiting for test results. 🔆 I pray for those who have lost loved ones to the virus. ➕ In this scary and unsettling time, I remember God is faithful. I remember God is with me and you and everywhere at the same time. ➕ “Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.” Joshua 1:9
Today starts Mental Health Awareness week and I’ Today starts Mental Health Awareness week and I’m very passionate about what this means for the world. To me, this week means: 🔆 normalizing that mental illness exists, it sucks, but treatment & support also exist, 🔆 normalizing medical care for mental health and checking in with a doctor, 🔆 encouraging appropriate therapy depending on the need, 🔆 encouraging self-care, 🔆 recognizing dangerous or risky symptoms/signs in ourselves or loved ones, & 🔆 advocating for overall better care for mental health needs. Create a safety plan for your own mental health. Use my Mental Health Checklist on my blog, a free resource to improving your anxiety, depression, or other mental health condition. I may not know you, we may have never met, but we are children of God & any prayer requests in the comments will be lifted up. I would love to pray for you and with you! Stay safe fellow person!
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My little apple trees! I have no idea what I’m d My little apple trees! I have no idea what I’m doing but we added 12 new apple trees on the property with at least six different varieties. I’m reading all the things. Please send reinforcements. And caramel sauce. 🍏🍎

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