This is a great topic Donnell. It is one of those pink elephants in the church. LoL. Most people dont admit to it or want to deal with it because as believers we are supposed to be filled with so much joy. And if we are leaders we are supposed to be strong. The truth is that i have been struggling with depression for years. Up and down with my weight and at times i am so drained it feels like i am carrying boulders around. I was a functioning leader of the church laying hands on the sick and seeing them recover. Mentoring and ministering watching the captives being set free and still in bondage to depression. I would try to go to the pastor only to be given pep talk and a scripture and brushed off. Giving and giving till i couldnt give anymore! So i left the church. I went into seclusion 4 about 2 yrs. Its like a neverending tiredness. Everything was at a standstill! And the whole gets dug deeper and deeper. It is real. Im just rejoining the world trying not to fall back. My mistake was thinking that giving and staying busy was the solution when it was actually the problem. Also seclusion because of hurt and lack of trust. This is the first i have heard of getting to the root instead of diagnosing the problem and medicating or just treating the symptoms.

Amen Nina. I didn't acknowledge the issue until I fully understood it from the article posted on our website. Depression is real and we have to respond to it.