Welcome to Mindful Faith

A Christian with depression. There’s an oxymoron.  Are we not supposed to be a happy clappy sought ?  Like how a youth worker assistant -well meaning  I’m sure -said to me at about 14 – you’re young you should be full of beans. Is it though ?

This blog is really just me sharing my heart. Since I was a teenager, I’ve lived with the reality of mental health struggles while also discovering what it means to walk with God. Those two journeys have often collided in ways I never expected—sometimes messy, sometimes beautiful, always shaping who I am.

So what’s with the title Mindfull Faith ? The following reasons: 

• Often found that in Church circles it was rare for me to find a place or person I felt safe with to share the darkest thoughts and biggest fears. Who would go beyond read this verse pray more exercise more eat better. While all these things are needed for our wellbeing depression especially of a more spiritual nature – needs something deeper or at least more tangible. Sit with me walk with me. 
•  Mindfulness is a practice with its roots in Hinduism and Buddhism. I was puzzled why this became a thing in Christian circles. For the Christian we do not empty our minds but renew our minds through scripture. Meditation in Christianity is different- also practiced a long time. In this Blog we look more into what does it mean to love God with all our hearts MINDS body soul ? 
• A place to come to and remind you that God sees you. Is mindful of you and hears you. 

Disclaimer: I am not trained in theology or psychology or mental health . Just a fellow Pilgrim. A  Christian who struggles with depression for going on 4 decades. I don’t have all the answers, and I’m not writing from a place of “having it all together.” This is more like a journal I’m opening up, where faith and mental health meet. I want to write the sort of thing I would’ve liked to have read in my darkest times. The lows as well as the moments of hope, and how God has met me in both. If you take one thing away with you it is this verse :

AMPC

And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you.  Philippians 1:6

If anything here makes you feel a little less alone, or reminds you that God hasn’t forgotten you, then that’s enough for me. God is not finished with any of us yet. There are more mountains to climb and treasures in the darkness to find. New green pastures to rest in and to hear Jesus the good shepherd who died was buried and raised again –  call you by name. Draw near to God and He Will draw near to you. 

Welcome to Mindful Faith

A Christian with depression. There’s an oxymoron.  Are we not supposed to be a happy clappy sought ?  Like how a youth worker assistant -well meaning  I’m sure -said to me at about 14 – you’re young you should be full of beans. Is it though ?

This blog is really just me sharing my heart. Since I was a teenager, I’ve lived with the reality of mental health struggles while also discovering what it means to walk with God. Those two journeys have often collided in ways I never expected—sometimes messy, sometimes beautiful, always shaping who I am.

So what’s with the title Mindfull Faith ? The following reasons:

Often found that in Church circles it was rare for me to find a place or person I felt safe with to share the darkest thoughts and biggest fears. Who would go beyond read this verse pray more exercise more eat better. While all these things are needed for our wellbeing depression especially of a more spiritual nature – needs something deeper or at least more tangible. Sit with me walk with me.
Mindfullness is a practice with its roots in Hindusim and Budism. I was puzzled why this became a thing in Christian circles. For the Christian we do not empty our minds but renew our minds through scripture. Meditation in Christianity is different- also practiced a long time. In this Blog we look more into what does it mean to love God with all our hearts MINDS body soul ?
A place to come to and remind you that God sees you. Is mindful of you and hears you.

Disclaimer: I am not trained in theology or psychology or mental health . Just a fellow Pilgrim. A  Christian who struggles with depression for going on 4 decades. I don’t have all the answers, and I’m not writing from a place of “having it all together.” This is more like a journal I’m opening up, where faith and mental health meet. I want to write the sort of thing I would’ve liked to have read in my darkest times. The lows as well as the moments of hope, and how God has met me in both. If you take one thing away with you it is this verse :

AMPC
And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you.  Philippians 1:6

If anything here makes you feel a little less alone, or reminds you that God hasn’t forgotten you, then that’s enough for me. God is not finished with any of us yet. There are more mountains to climb and treasures in the darkness to find. New green pastures to rest in and to hear Jesus the good shepherd who died was buried and raised again –  call you by name. Draw near to God and He Will draw near to you.