Depressed people spend too much time looking at distorted reflections in the mirrors of their mind. Distorted mirrors can only give distorted reflections, and to expect anything less would be foolish.
Depressed people are looking into the wrong mirrors. What they really need to do is to look into the mirror of God's love, a mirror that gives hope.
God has a mirror that gives undistorted reflections, and his mirror is special because it has two reflections. The first reflection lets you see yourself as you really are; you get to see yourself through God's eyes of love. The second reflection lets you see what you can become when the power of God's love rolls through your heart and mind and makes you into a new person.
When you stand in front of this mirror, you see the reflection of a child of God. You hear God say, "I love and accept you as you are, but I love you too much to let you stay this way. I love you from the top of your head to the tip of your toes, and it doesn't get any better than that. There is no limit to how good your life can become when you open your heart and mind to the power of my love."
When you look into the mirror of God's love, you have real hope. God's love tansforms your mind and heals your damaged emotions.
Nothing is too hard for God. No matter how sick you are or how hopeless you feel, God's love can make you better. The moment you open your heart and mind to his love, improvement begins.
God created you and He knows you better than you know yourself. He knows what ails you, and He knows the cure. No matter what therapies you have tried in the past, if you have not experienced God's love, you are missing out on the most powerful medicine in the universe
God's love always makes your life better. If you want to heal a broken heart and drive depression from your mind, a liberal application of God's love makes it happen faster. If you want to restore wholeness to your heart and mind, you need to max out on God's love.
Take a look in the mirror of God's love and see how good your life can become.
If you want to learn more about how to stop doing depression, read Zero Tolerance to Negative Thinking. And if you want to learn how positive spirituality can help you develop a healthy heart and mind, read Real Power: Maxing Out on God's Love.
If you want to have a mind free from depression, nobody can stop you.
Jesus said, "You shall know the truth, and the truth will set you free."
To the extent that spiritual belief helps unravel the twisted thinking and distorted emotions associated with depression, to that extent, spirituality has a place in the treatment of depressive illness. Only the truth can set you free from the cognitive distortions associated with depression. The truth really does set you free.
God designed your mind so that it would function best when it is under the influence of his love. When your mind is full of thoughts consistent with his love, your thoughts are healthy, and your mind is exactly the way God means for it to be.
God designed your heart so that it would experience healthy emotions when it is dominated by his love. When your heart is full of emotions that are consistent with his love, your emotions are healthy, and your heart is exactly the way God means for it to be.
A healthy heart and mind free from twisted thinking and distorted emotions are the holy grail in the treatment of depressive disorders.
It's impossible to be depressed when God's love controls your heart and mind. The reason is simple. Twisted thoughts and distorted emotions wither in the presence of God's love. They literally cannot survive when your heart and mind are full of God's love.
God designed your mind so that your thoughts create your emotions, and that's why cognitive therapy is so effective. When you striaghten out your twisted thinking, your distorted emotions naturally disappear.
Nothing is more powerful than God's love. When all else fails, when the hand of flesh falls limp, God's love remains unfettered and unstoppable. When his love comes in the front door, misery, despair, and depression head for the emergency exit.
God's love has enough power to heal your heart and transform your mind. Nothing can do what God's love can, and nothing can do it as well. Furthermore, the positive effects last for eternity. You have a new mind and healed emotions, and the cure lasts forever.
God's love isn't a pipedream that promises one thing and delivers another. The final test of all forms of treatment is whether it works. And it must work on the hard cases just as well as it does on the easy ones.
When all therapies have failed and fallen by the wayside, God's love endures. It never gives up and never surrenders to despair. Nothing is too hard for God. He created the human heart and mind, and He knows everything that can go wrong. He doesn't need to do research or ask anyone for advice. You don't have to wait for someone to discover the cure. God already has the cure for what ails you. He is the powerhouse of unconditional love and has an endless supply that will restore health to your heart and mind. Real power is available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. All you need to do is max out on his love.
When twisted thinking and distorted emotions threaten to take over your life, read Zero Tolerance to Negative Thinking and follow that up with Real Power: Maxing Out on God's Love. Those two books will point you in the right direction and give you the power to make the trip.
If you want to have a mind free from depression, nobody can stop you.
Dr. Dave
