YorokobiAssaiki, that was beautiful! I am going to save that for myself! I am so sorry you lost your wife! I came close to losing my husband; and when the doctors told me he was going to die; I remember that feeling....
But Minagi, I don't know where you are going with your post - no offence ment! But even the most devot people of any faith can suffer from depression! You can never divorce your human condition, with all its pitfalls, from your attempts to obtain adherance to your faith! And, according to the Bible, we are all sinners (and those of us of Christian faith, we know we are; to some degree!) I've known happy hookers and theives and depressed nuns.
Religion or faith isn't the issue here....true it can help some people. (I am not a basher of faith here! I am a believer that faith can move mountains! Ooooowww trust me! I beleive in the power of prayer!) What I am saying can be related in Biblical terms - Remember Job?(or Jobe?) How the Lord tested him? Every living person can probably relate to that story. and yes, it's hard to remember whatever God you pray to when you feel cast to the winds and that no one tangible cares for you. (churches can have their own little 'clicks' that can exclude you, I know!)
We need to be the Sameritan (a pagen!) who helps the fallen traveler (a jew, in the story) physically, emotionally, and monitarally, when his own kind passed him by. But he never pushed his own faith. Here endith my sermon. Brought to you by Jesus. Backed up by Muhammed (don't buy the Shariah crap; it's not in the Koran! just cultural crap tacked on to the religion) and the Jewish Tradition! (and the Wiccans, as little as I know about them!) And Buddah as well (I read alot about that!).
Faith doesn't matter as long as you have faith in something....something to get up for every morning...and then you can work on saving souls! But you have to save lives first!
