A new way to look at Depression

This is a very enlightening way to look at depression. It's not just a physiological issue, or a social problem, or a spiritually-derived flaw. Those domains are woven together in people.

http://jdgreear.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/12/ask-anything-friday-depression-and-mental-illness.html

I'm going to quote here...

"Depression is smoke from the fire of the altar at which you worship. Anger, depression, jealousy, etc can be helpful messengers pointing you to where idolatry exists in your life. Don't simply wave away the smoke by medicating yourself. Use depression to get to the root of the issue and correct what is dysfunctional in your relationship to God."

So true. And I'm glad that someone else agrees that sometimes these things can actually help. Not that I like depression at all, but when it arises, I know that there's a "heart" problem I need to trust God more with. Not work on. Cause I can't work my way out of this pit.