Posted by finelinebob on August 17, 2006, at 19:37:48
In reply to feeling unsure of medication and God, posted by nickguy on August 17, 2006, at 18:23:44
Short quote from a song not everyone may appreciate, but anyway:
"And if they were not meant to be
Well, don't you think they wouldn't be?"I don't think God wants us all to be martyrs or to suffer needlessly. There are so many joyful and wondrous ways to become a better person. There are so many other challenges you can take on if you want to show your devotion or better yourself. If taking a medication removes the pain and allows for possiblities that are out of reach when you're mired in that pain, then is that medication enabling you or disabling you?
If you think the struggle to return to "normal" without medication will give you some strength of character you cannot get otherwise, then what words can we say? If taking the medication would give you the freedom from pain that would allow you to "build character" by interacting with and helping others, which path would you choose?
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