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I believe in the power of prayer also. I am a born again Christian. I am not possessed by a demon. I may be oppressed, and I believe the mentally ill are more vulnerable to that kind of thing...but God is with me and His mercies endure forever.

After 2 years of not taking med's consistently because I thought that by taking them I was not trusting God....God revealed to me the burden I was on my parents. So I prayed for the first time about it. I asked God if I should take the med's. He gave me the answer within 15 min. through a Bible study work book that I was studying.

After I prayed I went to the lesson for the day and it didn't even seem to belong in that study because of the subject, but it was there. It was about when King Hezekiah was dying and he prayed to the Lord for healing. God sent the prophet to him and he told him that God was going to give him 15 more years and to apply fig leaves to the boils that was killing him. (I'm paraphrasing)

There was God's answer. "Yes, take the med's". And I'm glad I have because I was suffering needlessly and so was my family. Not that I don't still suffer, but I can live with the con's to taking the med's better than without.

God does not heal everyone although He could with just a Word. But He has given us medication to relieve us and doctors too. (Not all doctor's are right for us). When God told King Hezekiah to apply the fig leaves to his boil He was giving King Hezekiah a prescription. And that was what the lesson was about...God gives us prescriptions and sometimes even complete healing. But is appointed for man once to die...and if God healed everyone no one would ever die. The fact is that not everyone gets a miracle healing...but I know if it's God's will He can do it. And I don't think it's wrong to hope for that or pray for it.

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Posted By: Angela2010 @ 05/11/2009 11:15:49 PM

I wish I could say I was a creative genious with artistic gifts! I got ripped off with this bipolar disorder by apparently the only redeeming factor of this illness! I can only draw stick figures and I can barely color in between the lines. :(
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Posted By: Angela2010 @ 05/11/2009 10:54:33 PM

I believe in the power of prayer also. I am a born again Christian. I am not possessed by a demon. I may be oppressed, and I believe the mentally ill are more vulnerable to that kind of thing...but God is with me and His mercies endure forever.

After 2 years of not taking med's consistently because I thought that by taking them I was not trusting God....God revealed to me the burden I was on my parents. So I prayed for the first time about it. I asked God if I should take the med's. He gave me the answer within 15 min. through a Bible study work book that I was studying.

After I prayed I went to the lesson for the day and it didn't even seem to belong in that study because of the subject, but it was there. It was about when King Hezekiah was dying and he prayed to the Lord for healing. God sent the prophet to him and he told him that God was going to give him 15 more years and to apply fig leaves to the boils that was killing him. (I'm paraphrasing)

There was God's answer. "Yes, take the med's". And I'm glad I have because I was suffering needlessly and so was my family. Not that I don't still suffer, but I can live with the con's to taking the med's better than without.

God does not heal everyone although He could with just a Word. But He has given us medication to relieve us and doctors too. (Not all doctor's are right for us). When God told King Hezekiah to apply the fig leaves to his boil He was giving King Hezekiah a prescription. And that was what the lesson was about...God gives us prescriptions and sometimes even complete healing. But is appointed for man once to die...and if God healed everyone no one would ever die. The fact is that not everyone gets a miracle healing...but I know if it's God's will He can do it. And I don't think it's wrong to hope for that or pray for it.
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Posted By: Angela2010 @ 05/11/2009 10:38:48 PM

I absolutely agree that receiving Jesus Christ is the only salvation and comfort anyone can have. But I've was born again not too long before I was diagnosed bipolar disorder. I know I would not have survived if I did not have God in my life. He sustains me and encourages me, and comforts me. I've never been so close to Him or seen Him work in my life so clearly as the times that were most difficult for me. He is faithful. But I had to cling to Him and seek Him diligently to be encouraged daily.

Every time I read "Foot prints in the sand" I am reminded how God has carried me through.