“Showing My Friends My Faith”
“The LORD will lead you into the land. He will always be with you and help you, so don’t ever be afraid of your enemies. “
Mauri writes:
Some of my friends and I have started sending bible verses to each other everyday for encouragement, and this is one I sent one day. This has helped me so much lately.
I have a best friend that is going through depression (at 13 I might add). She also has lost all faith and belief in God. She says she’s mentally incapable of believing that God could fix all of this, and that it’s hard to trust in someone who she’s not sure even exists.
It scares me to death to wake up every morning and there being a possibility of her being gone. But it’s even scarier to think of where she’d going if that happens. I told my youth leader about her depression and the harm she does to herself, and he told her parents. She actually has a doctor’s appointment next week.
But anyway, his whole situation has definitely helped me in my walk with God. I’ve had to work extra hard to live my life as a Christian, because this situation brought me to the realization that the way you act does affect other people.
The other night, I almost gave up. I’ve been living the Christian life around her, I’ve brought God up around her almost everyday, I’ve shown love and care, everything I’m told to do..but it seemed like nothing was working. I felt like every effort I was putting forth to help her was pointless.
I started thinking more on this verse though, and it hit me. God’s leading everything for me, I just have to go along. He knows what will come out of the situation. Satan tried to discourage me, but I finally realized that I shouldn’t be discouraged if I’m doing something for the glory of God.
Please note that the views expressed in this story are not necessarily the views of the American Bible Society. Story posted on February 12th, 2009 and filed under Praise, Bible, God's Love, Hope, Your Stories, Suicide, Mentoring, Struggles, Evangelization, Prayer, Life Verse.
February 15th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Stay Strong and be proud that you are there for your best friend. I am in a similar situation with my wife and I know that it gets hard when you give so much and some days you feel that it doesn’t do much but be patient for the Lord is using you to be the one to help. I have been very lucky to find a very Skilled and Spiritual Marriage Counselor who has been my wife’s therapist and is making things(small step at a time) improve. So my advice is it is very important to find her the right therapist/counselor. If possible try to accompany your friend when she sees her psychiatrist. Stay Strong for your friend for he/she needs you to bring her/him back up.