MENTAL HEALTH IS A TRUST ISSUE

 

MENTAL HEALTH IS A TRUST ISSUE

   Proverbs [MKJV] 4:23 Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. 

  Romans 12:2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, in order to prove by you what is that good and pleasing and perfect will of God. 

  I’m sure that after reading today’s title that some of you think I’ve lost my mind completely.

  Mental health as a topic is popular once again, an issue that historically recycles newsworthy as a cause. It being a human condition at some level for one and all. The expert measure of it varying through the ages, but generally identified by an individual(s) being functional in society or not. And this general criteria of functional has and will continue to vary; hate being considered normal in some cultures.

  Where did the problem start?

  With Adam and Eve. None of us have been or will be as sane as they were prior to their not trusting God.

  The remedy?

  There is no absolute cure. There is however optimized individual mental health depending on how much we trust The One that created us in his image. (Gen.1:26) His freely provided counsel being Truth (Jn.17:17); the Word living (Jn.1:1) and written (The Bible, 2Tim.3:16; 3Tim.2:14-16; 2Pet.1:20). His Truth, when relied upon makes us wise unto deliverance (2Tim.3:15); the embraced application of godly wisdom being synonymous with optimization of body, soul, and spirit.

  Hear and heed the Word of God: “Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, according as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who has called us to glory and virtue, through which He has given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, so that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. But also in this very thing, bringing in all diligence, filling out your faith with virtue, and with virtue, knowledge; and with knowledge self-control, and with self-control, patience, and with patience, godliness, and with godliness, brotherly kindness, and with brotherly kindness, love.” (2Pet.2-7)

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