Mental Illness & the Family of God Growing up, I was always raised with the thought line, “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.” Over the years, I’ve come to realize that sometimes what is “nice” and what is necessary to voice aren’t always the same thing. For example, it’s not nice to tell someone that they are a sinner. It is actually quite offensive. No one likes to be told that they’re wrong. But telling someone they are a sinner is necessary to leading them into a relationship with Jesus Christ. Staying silent and being “nice” are actually the opposite of what Scripture admonishes us to do when it says to SPEAK the truth in love. When you love someone, you will speak truth to them. Even if it’s offensive. I love my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, and I feel led to speak out with what is about to follow. As some may already know, God has graced me with a story that took me through a very dark time and brought me out to make me a witnes...
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