[ILG]

Originally Posted by KeptByTheWord

What a heartfelt, genuine, and courageous post ILG!

I thought of something while I read your thoughts... Sometimes God takes our problem from us, and we call it a miracle...

and sometimes God takes us through the problem, one day at a time... and that is a miracle too, although we may not see fighting depression every day as a miracle from God.

We know that even as Paul suffered with his "thorn in the flesh", that God allows us to suffer with things in our lives for HIS greater purpose, of which we many times cannot see.

Sometimes He just removes it from us, and we call it a miracle.

I choose to believe that when He leaves it with us... this is the greater miracle, because we learn more than ever to trust His guiding hand, even when the way is rough.... simply because we experience many many more miracles along the journey with Him.

Regardless of the emotional spiritual battles that each one of us face.... there is no problem or situation in which a close, daily and personal relationship with the Lord cannot but help.

Thanks KYBT.

Yes, having a problem like depression certainly is no miracle. But I have seen many small miracles along the way that allow me to seem almost normal. LOL! But we all have problems that are different. Some are obese. Some have sexual urges. Some have temper issues. Some are controlling. I think we all often feel isolated with our own little issue. But, we're probably not so isolated in that we HAVE an issue, just maybe a bit isolated in what our certain issue is.