What God thinks of mental illness and neurodivergence
A big topic today, but one which has been on my mind for some time. As an autistic woman who grew up undiagnosed, has battled depression and anxiety since my teens, and over the years added PTSD and Post-Natal depression to my list of diagnoses, I have pondered over many years about how God sees those of us whose mental health or neurotype does not match the majority of the population. Do not Worry "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?" (Matthew 6: 27-27) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My teenage years, ...