Tag Archives: depression

The Power of Surrender

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Doc Arnett

A pastor’s example of humility and confession leads others to a place of blessing. Continue reading →

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The Wind

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Doc Arnett

Those are the days that scare me,
the days when I rely most
on knowing the Hand I cannot feel, Continue reading →

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Come, O Come, Thou Storm of Blessing

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Doc Arnett

I’ve even heard it said that depression is the exaggerated distance between how you perceive things to be and how you wish they were. Continue reading →

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The Sum of Years

Posted on January 18, 2013 by Doc Arnett

In the long hours of darkness,
when the tender tends to harden in me,
I find myself closing off the path to closeness,
consoling myself with the ghosts of loneliness. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Metaphysical Reflection, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged depression, discouragement, faith, greater, Holy Spirit, power, strength | 1 Comment

Now folks, doing a hundred sit-ups the day after hernia repair is not proper therapy. Running several wind sprints isn’t the best way to treat a pulled hamstring. Soaking in a hundred-and-ten degree hot tub isn’t the greatest idea for someone who has sunburned eighty percent of his or her skin surface. Continue reading →

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Confession

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Doc Arnett

The feeling I got then was probably akin to what folks with significant stock holdings have felt like the last few days, especially the ones whose stock value dropped by eighty percent in two minutes.
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Warm Front

Posted on February 12, 2010 by Doc Arnett

If a single day of sunshine can be such a welcome thing and bring such a fine change to hearts and spirits, consider how refreshing kind words and thoughtful actions must be to those lives lost in winter’s long shadow.
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Contrition & Exultation

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Doc Arnett

How fine to see the mercy that lifts me, spares me, eases me through the deepest darkness and finds me standing in the vapor of a lifting fog, safe, anchored to Him who does not change! Continue reading →

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Traffic Jam

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Doc Arnett

Family controversy, car trouble, traffic aggravations, chronic illness, holiday disappointments, budget challenges, arguments, etc. are just parts of life when spread out with some intervening respite between. Continue reading →

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