Currently I am in a Diagnostics class for the Counseling
Program I am in. My eyes have been
opened to the reality of mental disorders that are out there! I see diagnoses in many people, including
myself. There is a problem that I see
with diagnosing someone with a mild case of anything. I have seen it happen and I have watched a diagnosis given to
someone, take over his or her life. A
diagnosis is an explanation or a generalization so that other medical or
counseling professionals are able to assist that individual, they are not given
to be an excuse.
“It isn’t
my fault I went out and got drunk, I have Alcohol Use Disorder”
“It isn’t my fault that I do poorly
in school, I have Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder”
“Depression runs in my family, so
that explains why I am sad all the time.”
It is easy to give into a Diagnosis, to agree with it, to
see what you have in common with that diagnosis; it is easy to then identify
with that “disorder” and to use it to define who you are and what you do.
The disorder can define you, destroy you or develop you into
a different person. The hardest part is
letting it develop you.
That is where my struggle is right now- I don’t have a
particular diagnosis, but I am struggling with some things in life that need to
be changed and I could let that destroy me or define who I am going to be,
however, I am trying to choose to let it develop me. I know that god has a person in mind that He wants me to be, I
just have to let it happen and work through it. It is not fun going through a fire, but how does the silversmith
know that the silver is refined enough?
He can see His reflection in it.
I am trying to go through the fires of this year, I have not
gone through with grace or with comfort or with peace, but I am definitely going
through them. I know that if I don’t
let the bad stuff come out, the silver won’t be ready for much longer than it
is taking now.
For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver.
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