I am a mother of two daughters that are 20, and 22. My 20 year old daughter has several mental conditions, one is severe panic attacks, and was told that she needs to go to a psychiatrist to get on medication. She also has ADHD, (attention deficit disorder) and when she was in kindergarden was told by many of her teachers she had zero attention span so I had her put on medication; in fact several different ones due to the side effects she was having, (pulling her hair out of her head, etc..) I don't believe, (naturally being a Christian and loving the Lord and trying to live according to The Word), in psychiatry and through experience am afraid to put her on any more drugs, yet I'm told without them she will not be able to work or live a productive life.
I pray and pray for the Lord to help her, but she only seems to get worse. Her being only 20 doesn't help her considering that she is the one who has to institute getting the help from doctors. I'm told she needs to apply for Social Security, that's how bad she is.
If I heard it right over Frances and Friends yesterday when this HEALTH CARE BILL was first brought to our attention, I thought I heard mention, and correct me if I'm wrong, that if passed it would give the government the right to euthinize people in her age bracket, who are mentally challenged?
I prayed and cried all day yesterday, and rightly so, for our country, and for the strength to keep focused on the Lord in these trying times. Yet my question is, (and please excuse me for not being bible literate, I'm a work in progress,) but is having this kind of fear wrong for the children of God at this time? As we are suppost to keep our faith and eyes on the Lord knowing he will provide for his children. How are Believers to deal with the fear this Bill instills upon us?
I'm also totally disabled and many of the issues brought out yesterday hits home very seriously for me. I can't work, and on SSI to which I may not have one day soon; and I'm also on housing, section 8, which is another down fall for me, another tie to the gov't that I may find myself and daughter out in the streets one day, and unable to pay for all the medications that I need on a daily basis. Not to mention if this bill is passed I could be put down like an unwanted dog in a kennel, because I'm a drain on the economy.
My daughters have no other family, their father was very evil and deserted us when my eldest was 3 years old. Both of my daughters panic to think I may die soon, who would care for them? They are emotionally a wreck, even though I have given them both the Expositors Bible, they can't sit still, or focus long enough to read it. It terrifies me that they may very well be on their own; and shut me off when ever I try to talk to them about the Lord. They need to go to a Camp meeting, yet can not afford the cost to get them their or for the cost of the meeting. Yet that's anther issue for another prayer.
Is it wrong to fear? While I pray for God's help, is my fear wrong in the eyes of the Lord? Could you help me understand how I am to feel? I'm sure I speek for many in asking this question, who only have some knowledge of the Word.
I am a mother of two daughters that are 20, and 22. My 20 year old daughter has several mental conditions, one is severe panic attacks, and was told that she needs to go to a psychiatrist to get on medication. She also has ADHD, (attention deficit disorder) and when she was in kindergarden was told by many of her teachers she had zero attention span so I had her put on medication; in fact several different ones due to the side effects she was having, (pulling her hair out of her head, etc..) I don't believe, (naturally being a Christian and loving the Lord and trying to live according to The Word), in psychiatry and through experience am afraid to put her on any more drugs, yet I'm told without them she will not be able to work or live a productive life.
I pray and pray for the Lord to help her, but she only seems to get worse. Her being only 20 doesn't help her considering that she is the one who has to institute getting the help from doctors. I'm told she needs to apply for Social Security, that's how bad she is.
If I heard it right over Frances and Friends yesterday when this HEALTH CARE BILL was first brought to our attention, I thought I heard mention, and correct me if I'm wrong, that if passed it would give the government the right to euthinize people in her age bracket, who are mentally challenged?
I prayed and cried all day yesterday, and rightly so, for our country, and for the strength to keep focused on the Lord in these trying times. Yet my question is, (and please excuse me for not being bible literate, I'm a work in progress,) but is having this kind of fear wrong for the children of God at this time? As we are suppost to keep our faith and eyes on the Lord knowing he will provide for his children. How are Believers to deal with the fear this Bill instills upon us?
I'm also totally disabled and many of the issues brought out yesterday hits home very seriously for me. I can't work, and on SSI to which I may not have one day soon; and I'm also on housing, section 8, which is another down fall for me, another tie to the gov't that I may find myself and daughter out in the streets one day, and unable to pay for all the medications that I need on a daily basis. Not to mention if this bill is passed I could be put down like an unwanted dog in a kennel, because I'm a drain on the economy.
My daughters have no other family, their father was very evil and deserted us when my eldest was 3 years old. Both of my daughters panic to think I may die soon, who would care for them? They are emotionally a wreck, even though I have given them both the Expositors Bible, they can't sit still, or focus long enough to read it. It terrifies me that they may very well be on their own; and shut me off when ever I try to talk to them about the Lord. They need to go to a Camp meeting, yet can not afford the cost to get them their or for the cost of the meeting. Yet that's anther issue for another prayer.
Is it wrong to fear? While I pray for God's help, is my fear wrong in the eyes of the Lord? Could you help me understand how I am to feel? I'm sure I speek for many in asking this question, who only have some knowledge of the Word.
Would you please pray for me and my daughters?
God Bless us all! You're in my prayers everyday!
Linda
Cathedral City, CA