By Shona Murray – October 14, 2017 – Crossway Ministries
My dear friend,
I’m so sorry to hear that you are suffering with serious depression. Although you feel hopeless and helpless, I want to assure you right up front that there is hope and there is help. I’ve been there myself and I’ve felt the same despair and darkness that you feel. But God, in his great mercy, brought me out of it and I trust and pray he will also bring you into the light.
Recovery took longer than I expected or wanted, and I was surprised at how many different components were involved in my healing. But have hope: if you are patient and use all the different means God has provided, you will most likely be among the 95% of people who do get better.
Ask God to teach you through this, to teach you about yourself . . . and to teach you about himself.
You’ve already taken the first and most important step: you’ve admitted you have a serious problem and you’ve begun to reach out for help. That’s huge. If you checked out the symptoms of depression on WebMD, you were no doubt helped to see how many of these symptoms you have and that you’ve already had some of them for a worryingly long time.
Read the Article: https://www.crossway.org/articles/an-open-letter-to-those-suffering-from-depression/