#edit: adding on here that praying and reading one’s Bible and genuinely earnestly seeking God’s face more is always important

[fortes-fortuna-iogurtum]

my mom’s been reading a book lately that has a lot to do with mental illness, and she was telling me about it this afternoon and about how the author is urging people and especially Christians to understand the difference between spiritual counseling and mental health counseling and to seek the appropriate help in specific circumstances they may be facing—

which of course prompted me to go on a whole spiel about my opinion that the mind body and soul are all parts of one cohesive whole and should be treated as such and how much it rubs me the wrong way when I hear people start saying things like ‘well xyz is a sin problem and should be dealt with by praying and reading your Bible more’ when REALLY sin itself is also a multi-faceted concept that encompasses ALL areas of that mind-body-soul union and different remedies must be sought for sins effecting different areas of one’s life and person

#anxiety is a sin! and so is self-harm! and so is murder! #and yet all of these sins have different consequences and different ways they must be addressed and dealt with #completely different ways the person struggling with said sin should attempt to seek healing and restoration #because ultimate that’s what any sin is—a brokenness or skewedness or not-right-ness about ourselves and the world around us #you don’t #broken bones and the most basic of physical ailments are also products of sin; consequences of the original fall and introduction of pain #anyway this is not worded especially well because I am tired and still feeling not-entirely-well and my energy is largely depleted already #but this is one of my personal Soapboxes that I occasionally climb upon and holler around the house about #and I feel like some of the knitting circle people would feel the same way I do about this subject #so here is a badly-written post that y’all can feel free to add to if anyone wants :) #mobile #gurt says stuff #mental health #health #spiritual health #christianity #faith #edit: adding on here that praying and reading one’s Bible and genuinely earnestly seeking God’s face more is always important #and I didn’t meant to minimize it in my original post #yes of course we should all do those things more. especially if we’re in the midst of any sort of trial or temptation. #I just don’t like people offering it as the only possible solution when there are other ways that I believe God has given us #to help ourselves and others be well