Mental Health Prayer

As I write this and boldly put my name on my writing for the first time ever, I pray for courage and strength in my words. I pray that God speak through my tribulations and show his glory through it all. I pray that God open something up in you and reveal his majesty through your trails as well. Being vulnerable is not a feeling that I love (or even like) to show, but God has pushed me these past few weeks and equipped me with the ability to grow and learn from my past hurt. My hope is that each of you can look past this world and what it tells us about mental health, and just be real with yourself and your process. It 's a hard to step to be open and raw, but my prayer is that this will push someone else to take their first steps to healing, too.

Mental illnesses are more common in everyday life than one might think. It might not even be a diagnosed “mental illness” you struggle with, and rather, it’s a traumatic event you can 't push out of your thoughts or emotional damage from your past that has affected your self-esteem. Everyone has something different that they struggle with internally, but I would venture to say all humans struggle with feeling depressed at least once in their life time. The question I 've burdened my heart with recently is why are we so quick …show more content…
Our Maker wants us to lean on him to heal our wounds, but he also wants us to lean on our community and our peers to help mend our hearts. When you hide something away it just becomes relevant… bring it to the light! Face it head on! Share the beauty that pain is are fix yourself with the help of those who love you most!! I struggle, you struggle, your best friend struggles, your parents struggle, EVERYONE has their own baggage and their own mental issues, so why are we pretending it 's something to be ashamed of?? It 's such a beautiful and blissful gift from God that we can heal, support, and learn from others unique