Jojo Agot

It is just the turn of a calendar. Don’t “over-inspirational quote” yourself to death. Press on in being faithful in the regular stuff. Maturity happens in the mundane. Shout out to being basic and flourishing in the real stuff of life.
~Dean Inserra

Let not all you feel discourage you; for if our Physician is Almighty, our disease cannot be desperate; and if He casts none out that come to Him, why should you fear? Our sins are many, but His mercies are more: our sins are great, but His righteousness is greater: we are weak, but He is power.
~John Newton

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There are four alienations that happen to us when we get traumatized: alienation from ourselves, alienation from our work, alienation from other people, and alienation from nature. Would you look at that list again. Why does this list sound familiar? Because they were all present in the Garden of Eden.

Trauma as Disconnection from the Self When we are traumatized, tenderness is replaced with rigidity. We become harder and less flexible.

Abide with me, fast falls the eventide
The darkness deepens Lord, with me abide
When other helpers fail and comforts flee
Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me.

Here's ATS professor Cristina Co answering the question, "What does the Bible say about mental health?"

What does the Bible say about mental health? | #AskUECP A lot of mental health awareness efforts are being done today. With the help of technology, we are now more informed and knowledgeable about the mental healt...

Right after Jacob's encounter with Yahweh at Peniel, he was reconciled with his brother Esau (Genesis 32-33). Often the gaping wounds of our broken relationships are healed after a powerful encounter with God. Our God heals.

"Let your soul be filled with a heart-ravishing sense of the sweetness and excellency of Christ and all that is in Him. Let the Holy Spirit fill every chamber of your heart; and so there will be no room for folly, or the world, or Satan, or the flesh."
~Robert Murray McCheyne

I love You, Lord
For Your mercy never fails me
All my days, I've been held in Your hands
From the moment that I wake up
Until I lay my head
Oh, I will sing of the goodness of God.

Only half of the pastor’s work is to gather the people together for worship. The other half is to send them back to their daily tasks equipped to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world. If we forget this second part, the other can be positively dangerous.
~Leslie Newbigin