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Today, CJ Kuseler is leading us in a prayer addressing the silent killers of depression and anxiety. CJ is a copywriter, speaker, spoken word artist, poet, performer, musician, and author whose heart is for those struggling with depression and anxiety and battling thoughts of suicide.
Mental health is becoming a more openly discussed topic, where once there was a stigma in admitting psychological and emotional traumas leading to a quiet and very lonely battle. Left unchecked, these struggles can lead to suicide.
Without hope and without vision, it is easy to fall into a pit of despair where one no longer sees a way out. This is especially common among entrepreneurs and artists.
As a society, we have not done as well as we could have in addressing this. As the church, these battles are often overlooked, sensationally spiritualized, or unnecessarily demonized…and there are rarely any quick fixes.
Our faith plays an important and integral role, but not at the exclusion of positive and supportive relationships; an active lifestyle and adequate nutrition; a reliable means of income to meet basic needs; and outlets to release endorphins. While my encouragement today is directed to the misunderstood artist and entrepreneur, in no way does this exclude any who wrestle with these very real and present battles.
You are not alone on this journey.
The highs and lows of achievement and progress are perfectly normal.
And above all, you are loved.
“The thief comes to steal, kill, and destroy, but I have come to give you life, and a life that is much more abundant.” – Jesus, Gospel of John 10:10
We as believers are not exempt from the struggle and it is perfectly normal to struggle with depression and anxiety. Yet, we can know that the intention of God for us as we have a process and work through it and progress, is to find abundant life on our journey.
Prayer
Heavenly Father, You know our needs. You have divinely wired us to create and to creatively inspire space for others to find hope and to grow. Your promise to us is that if we will seek You with all our heart, that indeed we will find You. And along the way, and on our journey, may we find abundant life and have us and help us to share that with others. Amen.
CJ Kuseler
As a copywriter, speaker, spoken word artist, poet, performer, musician, and author, CJ is a passionate wordsmith with a desire to impact the world in a positive way through written and verbally expressed language. CJ’s heart for those struggling with depression and anxiety and battling thoughts of suicide is to seek and find a progressively whole and abundant life.
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