Dear B and S,
I am Heung Na again. There are lot of feeling in this week when I face the patients. they have mental illness. Some of them are christians. We have to thank God that we do have the happy and unhappy time. But at least it is quite a normal reaction. For many people in the world, they do not know what is happiness, blues and the proper manner. They are facing a lot of psychological problems. Drugs cannot help them. Clinical psychologist cannot help them. Last week, I talked with a paitient with personality disorder. She cried when I talked with her about Jesus.
I am sorry that I don't know how to type Chinese. Otherwise I can express in a better way.
We had good and happy childhood in QES. This is all from our Mercy God. The growth determine many things in the future. If you can tast the grace from our Lord, it is worthy to share it with the others. We never know the meaning of certain disaster, but there should be blessing behind.
Pineapple, Heung na
I had an uncle who had once completely borken down and I still remebered the day when I delivered him to the Castle Peak Hostipal nearly ten years ago. Gladly, he didn't stay there for long and although having lost his job but he still managed to earn a living. He has been a Christian much longer than me but without proper spritual life and he continued to ride on the thrill of the stock market after his broken marriage which we fear may bring him down once more.
回覆刪除We are imperfect people in an imperfect world, heir of Adam of the Dust. It's all God's Grace that I didn't fail into a fate like my uncle. Some say that there is some kind of genetic connection for such illness. My gene may be broken but God preseves me.
Hi Pineapple,
回覆刪除Thank you for sharing your feeling with us. I truely understand what you are talking about.
Before, I came to Halifax, Canada, I was so ignorant about mental illness. I never considered it a sickness but rather a sin. I misunderstood that people were mentally ill because they had no hope in anything and couldn't let go of the things they could never get. I thought that if they had been a christian then things would have been different. However, God led me here and met many Christians who were very depressed and some have low degree mental problem. At first, I really couldn't accept it because I couldn't make sense of what happen. Later, I found that it was very wrong about what I understand about mental illness. Mental illness is actually a sickness like cancer or AIDS. It is hard for patients suffering for mental illness because their sickness is in their brain but are otherwise physically okay so that people often think that they are not sick but just weird. People often have more symphathy towards physically disables than to mentally illed patience. I also found that human brain is so complicated that it is very hard to cure mental illness. Christians who suffer for mental illness are hard to be cured by just bible teaching because their brains/emotion were out of their control. However, if they have accepted Jesus with clear conscience, even for a moment, the Holy Spirit is in them forever. I can tell that the Holy Spirit keep fighting the corrupted nature of their bodies (their brains in their cases). One day when their bodies die, they will be in heaven just like you and me. So, love them for the Holy Spirit in them as you have already done. Explore their spirit rather than their body and soul. Pray for miracle to happen and God's help through hands of doctors like you.
I thank God that I am really gifted and blessed to be able to stay happy. Remember I laughed all the time during classes? And I giggled with girls all the time at school? I am pretty much the same now. But God uses me to influence others so that I can encourage the depressed ones. People are changed by my being optimistic all the time. May God use you in helping these people too.
Blessings,
Helen