Category Archives: Despair

Depression – a balanced understanding

Posted on December 26, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

This is a good time to revisit and better understand the dark shadows of depression that creep over the souls of many. Continue reading →

Posted in 18 Year factor, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Doctor, Holistic ministry, Loss, Medicine, Psychology, Sadness, Suicide, Wisdom | Tagged Death, Depression, Despair, loneliness, lonely, loss of hope, Suffering, Suicide, winter blues | Leave a comment

Remedy for discouragement

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Gratitude is the one of the best remedies to discouragement. “What I have found is that the rhythm of divine renewal beats in the pulse of a purposefully grateful heart” (Ellen Vaughn, Radical Gratitude). I need divine renewal when my heart … Continue reading →

Posted in attitudes of unity, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Gratitude, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving | Tagged Discouragement, giving thanks, Gratitude, Thankfulness, Thanks, Thanksgiving | Leave a comment

Let me die

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Four of God’s servants who wanted to die… Continue reading →

Posted in Death, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Sadness, Suicide | Tagged Death, feel lonely, feel sad, Suicide, want to die | Leave a comment

Great leaders battle depression

Posted on August 17, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Should the power of depression be more than ordinary, do to think that all is over with your usefulness. Continue reading →

Posted in 18 Year factor, Christian Counselor, Counseling, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Encouragement, Loss, Sadness, Suicide | Tagged Depression, Despair, disappointment, feeling discouraged, fighting depression, Grief, hope for depressionn, loneliness, lonely, Loss, sad, Sadness | 1 Comment

Normal sadness or depressive disorder?

Posted on August 4, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Have we lost our ability to distinguish biologically based depression from normal sadness? Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Counselor, Counseling, Depression, Despair, discouraged, Discouragement, Encouragement | Tagged Depression, depression medication, Discouraged, Sadness, treatment for depression | Leave a comment

Allured by love

Posted on July 18, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

He promises to draw us apart, for there he can best deal with us, and this separated place is not to be a Paradise, but a wilderness, since in such a place… Continue reading →

Posted in Depression, Despair, Disciple-making, Discipleship, discouraged, Discouragement, Doubt, Fear of death, Glorify God, God, God as Potter, God's Heart, God's Love, God's Protection, God's Will, Godly sorrow, Questioning God, Seeking God, Spiritual disciplines, Suffering, Trials, Walking with God, Will of God | Tagged doubting God, God's ways not our ways, hard times, Questioning God, struggling, temptations, Trials | Leave a comment

When the storms hit…

Posted on July 16, 2022 by Wisdomforlife

Truths to carry and guide us in difficult times. Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, Addiction, Alcohol addiction, Anxiety, Assurance, Belief, Burnout, Christian Counselor, Christian life, Comfort, Conflict, Death, Depression, Despair, Devotions, discouraged, Discouragement, Divorce, Divorce and Remarriage, Doubt, Dying well, Encouragement, Failure, Fear, Fear of death, Meaning in life, Meaning of life, Peace, Security of salvation, Suffering, Trials | Tagged afraid, Fear, find peace, hard times, need hope, Suffering, Trials | 1 Comment

When forgotten and deserted

Posted on August 18, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

It hurts to be forgotten and deserted. But when faced with such experiences, we only multiply our pain when we choose… Continue reading →

Posted in Bitterness, Comfort, Despair, Forgiveness, Resentment, Suffering, Trials | Tagged abandoned, deserted, forgotten, rejected by friends | Leave a comment

The science of hope

Posted on May 16, 2021 by Wisdomforlife

Intriguing look at hope and science. Hope is real, proven by science, and willpower is the switch (The right stimulus) that triggers this amazing ability to change for the better… Continue reading →

Posted in 18 Year factor, Anxiety, Depression, Despair, feeling hopeless, Hope?, Neuroscience, Science | Tagged Despair, hope and the brain, loss of hope, power of hope, science of hope | 1 Comment

Four servants of God who battled fierce despair

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Wisdomforlife

Four servants of God. Each one reached an extremely low point in life. All of them felt that life was no longer worth living. Continue reading →

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