Re: [asa] Society Ignoring Serious Boy Problems

Iain:

I'm interested in what you, or your friend, mean by "not able to have a
relationship with God."
What exactly does this mean? What kind of relationship is expected?
Is this the same as having no faith? As soon as I say this a hundred
questions arise. Having no faith in what?

Is this inability like what is found in Psalm 62? If so, it is common.
Is this part of the problem: believing it is not common or expecting
something that ought not be expected?

bill

On Mon, 6 Jul 2009, Iain Strachan wrote:
>
> My wife and I also had a Christian friend outside of Samaritans who
> went through a period of suicidal depression. One of here
> descriptions of what it was like was "I look inside myself and I find
> nothing". This loss of self coincided with a complete inability to
> pray or have a relationship with God; though this was previously one
> of the strongest parts of her life. Nor were we able to offer much
> spiritual support, or pray with her. Instead we undertook (with her
> agreement) to pray on her behalf every day, which we did for four
> months until she found herself able to pray again. However, one could
> not offer such support in a Samaritans situation; for one thing, when
> someone rings up, it often isn't the same person who answers the phone
> - and we avoid giving out duty times, because it can lead to unhealthy
> dependencies of callers on volunteers, which in the end doesn't help
> them.

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Received on Mon Jul 6 21:03:12 2009