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I am a Christian. I believe in Christ and love him with my whole heart. I am in awe at his power and that he loves me. Most days I enjoy working in my yard and flowers. I am always amazed at how awesome our Lord is when I look at the natural beauty God created for us to enjoy. I sit back and feel the peace that only Christ can give. Other days, I am very depressed. I suffer from depression and have for the last fifteen years. It is a battle that is a thorn in my side as Paul said. I take medication, but I have health issues and finical issues that some medication cannot help. I live alone, although I have family and friends I see almost daily, they are not Christians. I have often longed to live somewhere where the people around me were all God fearing people and talked about God easily in their conversation. I thought I could find a community of people who loved God on line, but I found those 'christians' spent more time insulting, name calling, and putting each other down than talking about God. The posts made me more depressed. I think God led me here.

welcome grandma and that feels good to say too cause Ive never had a grandma, as God said come to me as a child so no matter what we have as faults,issues depression God loves us. I look forward to getting to know you.
GodBless you.

Hello grandma,

Welcome to Oasis! ANd also welcome to the healing path. Have you started on the counseling path? If not i would love to share the link of healing with you and hope you venture on with journey here.
http://www.christianityoasis.com/cccc/forum.htm

I too have my bouts with depression, you are not alone . I will be praying for you, pray for me too

God bless
♥Jill

Welcome & thank you for sharing. It was really nice to here how peaceful your surroundings are. I am always busy doing something & it's nice to be reminded to just stop & admire God creation.
I pray that God will give you comfort & healing!

Hello,

My names courtney and im new to this site. and i have been getting on here quite abit lately, just going through and reading about different things that im drawn to. and the more i read, the more i feel that god has also lead me to this site too ... i just got done reading about " getting over the death of a loved one" and now im on the first step of the 14 day healing course.... and so i decided before i made the decision to write my first journal entry.. i thought id read some of the others that people have posted.. and yours is the first and only one iv read so far, and as soon as i was finished reading it, i felt like rushing to login and reply to you to tell you that i can relate to alot of what you said... I too wish i had a surrounding of friends that i could go to to talk more openly about god, and i have also been dealing with depression for quite sometime,,... and i have been wanting to find a way to help myself through it.. iv been wanting to talk to a doctor about medication... and iv also been wanting to find a christian councelor to talk to. but since its taking me awhile to be able to afford to do those things, i decided one night that id try to find something free online that might help in the mean time.. and i feel finding this site is a start in the right direction. well anyways... hope i didnt talk to much. i was just happy to find someone i could relate to. well.. hope things are getting better for you!. and thanks for sharing.

Courtney,
You can never talk too much to a fellow Christian. You have already started in the right direction by coming here and getting on the 14 day healing course. Depression is a physical condition,not mental. See a doctor and get some meds to help you, but praying helps too. God gives you peace. Not all your problems will be taken care of because we often make our own problems. Money is always a problem that I can't see getting any better, so I have to accept that fact. You have started right in reaching out to others to talk to. i am here anytime you need to talk. grandma