I don't know if we have done this one before? Been thinking about prayer this week.. and why we/I do it...and what I expect. Someone said, in a group I was in - that people say we should pray specifically - he reckons that the 'positive thinking seminars' give the same concept - and if you put a picture of your perfect house up by your mirror - the chances of you getting it are the same with prayer as with positive thinking...
I was sitting in the group - thinking that I don't think that is what prayer is for... and thinking about what I pray for... yes, sometimes it is something specific - but often, most often, when I pray for myself or others - it is more an act of putting ourselves into the conversation with God... Being present with Her - and leaving the outcome in His hands... doesn't mean I don't have desperate heart longings - and doesn't mean I don't get disappointed - and doesn't mean I don't pray more specific prayers sometimes....
Why do you pray, and how do you pray?
I know I long for a measure of contentment - I've longed for that, before God, for a very long time... and sometimes wonder if I am having any more 'moments of contentment' now that I did before???? I long to feel at home, and like I belong, and that I matter... My counsellor said I can't really know that I matter to others until I practice mattering to myself more.... Now that is a hard one...
Saw the pdoc ... med change going as expected... some difficulties, but no unexpected ones...
I even went for a walk yesterday - and vacuumed - and did some bible study work on the computer... and got really lonely in the evening...
Hmmmmmmmmm.......
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Sometimes life sucks!
Been changing my antidepressants the past 3 weeks... I thought I would be okay - but the past 4 to 5 days have been really, really difficult.... I saw my therapist yesterday and as we talked about things, she said that there doesn't seem to be much real change in the issues etc - so my low mood and dark thoughts are most likely from the med change - It has been really hard.... even just to keep doing the basic things...
I see the psychiatrist on Thursday morning - at the unearthly hour of 8.00 am - maybe I won't shower before that one! I need to really make an effort to tell her what is really going on for me - which I tend to understate. I have an appointment with the GP today - just to be seeing another professional.....
I'll be glad when we have some warmer weather towards the end of the week - which will be good -.
If you think of me, friends... think courage in my direction!
Thankful for some good friends - who 'get it' and for other friends who don't by still try to care in their own way...
I see the psychiatrist on Thursday morning - at the unearthly hour of 8.00 am - maybe I won't shower before that one! I need to really make an effort to tell her what is really going on for me - which I tend to understate. I have an appointment with the GP today - just to be seeing another professional.....
I'll be glad when we have some warmer weather towards the end of the week - which will be good -.
If you think of me, friends... think courage in my direction!
Thankful for some good friends - who 'get it' and for other friends who don't by still try to care in their own way...
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