Tag: Suicide

• Unfailing Love

  

  I went through one of the darkest times of my life. I was being tormented by the darkness, and I felt far from God’s love. I wasn’t sure how I suddenly got dumped in such a moment, but all I knew was I felt abandoned and alone, and I thought I had no hope for…

  homegrownjournal

  July 6, 2022

  2022, Faith, July 2022

  Architect, Burkholder Design Collaborative, Children's Miracle Network, God, Kayla Burkholder, Loved by God, Nathan Burkholder, Prayer, Rare Genetic Disorder, Sin, Spiritual Warfare, Suicide

• In the Wilderness

  

  I’m a highly-functioning, anxious depressive. Doesn’t that sound fun? I hide it extremely well — the gift of being considered highly-functional. No one sees the panic flaring in my chest as my carefully-controlled world descends into chaos or the agonizing oppression that weighs me down when too happy becomes so, so sad. I’m guessing that…

  homegrownjournal

  June 2, 2022

  2022, June 2022, Storytellers

  2 Corinthians 12:9, Anxiety, Depression, Eaglecrest Counseling Center, God, Jesus, Joann Weston, Mental Health, Prayer, quiet + kin, Satan, Suicide, Tara Hathcock

• Brooke Rathbun

  

  In 2016, I was living a different life. Had you asked me then where I saw myself in five years, my plan would look nothing like the one the Lord was laying out for me. At the time, I let anxiety, fear, and anger rule my life. I was a self-proclaimed atheist, after being raised…

  homegrownjournal

  November 6, 2021

  2021, November 2021, Storytellers

  Brooke Rathbun, Counseling, Counselors, Domestic Abuse, God, Jesse Rathbun, Missouri, Mom, Nurse, Ozarks Technical Community College, Paraplegic, Springfield, Suicide