Steven Bobb
Beloved of All
We're told that Jesus healed all manner of sicknesses. And cast out demons. It doesn't say much about mental illness. Because I could think of a few. (And the people I call "off" they laugh at MY viewpoints, so what's God for the goose is good for the gander.) I pray for the mentally ill. To start, those who say, "It's a good thing that things work against you. You'd get bored if everything went your way." (Yeah right.) Preferring things to work against you is masochism, which is a disordered mental state. And the impatient ones. They can't, or don't want to, take a minute. They blast the horn if you hesitate a nanosecond at a changed light, or if you're looking at something in the supermarket, they're squirming behind you getting impatient, standing so close to you they're almost like you're own shadow. Patience is a fruit of the spirit, not IMPATIENCE. Then people who get depressed if they're alone, and some even have a phobic reaction to it. And lastly, the ones who say, they would get "bored" if they relax, they prefer busyness. (They like that, rushing to make tight deadlines, a never-ending "to do list".) (Another form of masochism.) So the thing is, while focusing on the physically ill, there are a lot of mentally deranged people out there who need help. I pray for them. But, if they want something different than my wants, I pray they get that. I've done that. I just don't like when they state it like it's "The Way."
