Thursday, June 2, 2011
Bi-Polar Priest
This article is an example of how God works through the brokenness in leaders to continue to bring His message to people. This priest was afflicted with Bi-Polar Disorder. He explains how he felt at the beginning of his journey with this illness. He, then, continues to share the journey as he fought through his treatment to return to wholeness with medication. The result of all of this is that he has realized that even with this situation in his life God can still use him as He intended to do. The realization of the author that he had to let go of his control over his life and let God take control has brought this priest to the ability to be able to lead as he was intended to do.
We need to realize that this is the ultimate action that we have to take in our own lives no matter what the circumstances. By letting God take control of our lives we are then able to be used by God in leadership as well as all other aspects of our lives. Whether sick or well, unless we do this we will never reach our complete potential.
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ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how many amazing men and women of God have had to suffer through terrible life circumstances such as illness, the death of loved ones, and other medical issues. In many people, such as this priest, it seems that God is able to use their biggest “weakness,” as many would call it, and turn it in to a strength. When a follower of Jesus begins to become in touch with their own weaknesses, be it a serious disability like bi-polar disorder or something much smaller, they are then able to lead in the truth that only Jesus can help us to become the men and women of God He created us to be. It seems as if the people who really miss it are not those with recognizable weaknesses, such as this priest, but instead the men and the women who feel as if absolutely nothing is wrong with them, and that they have all the resources they could possibly need to be successful. Perhaps it is those who continue to deny their own wounds and levels of weakness that are to be pitied, not those who have limitations but accept them and give them to God.
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