tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post8673542017254726760..comments2024-03-14T05:11:06.565-04:00Comments on The Knight Shift: BEING BIPOLAR, Part 5: God and Mental IllnessChris Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07772661137673181295noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-7476730365480626282013-09-28T12:47:42.634-04:002013-09-28T12:47:42.634-04:00Hi Chris, I found your blog because I was googling...Hi Chris, I found your blog because I was googling "why did God create me with bi-polar disorder?" I can relate with much of what you said. I am struggling with a love/hate relationship with God, massive amounts of self-hate for how I have hurt others tremendously, rage at why am I in this situation; all while trying to maintain some sort of sick level of decent behavior toward others. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-23641394247712935942012-12-01T08:04:33.124-05:002012-12-01T08:04:33.124-05:00Dear Brother Chris,
If there ever was a testimony...Dear Brother Chris,<br /><br />If there ever was a testimony given by a man who loves God.. here it is. You really do remind me of Job who persisted in the love of God despite all that happened to him. I think you are amazingly strong and gentle at the same time - characteristics which are Christ like. You will always have a special place in my prayers from henceforward.<br /> Your sister in Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-86919685007073622992012-06-29T20:02:06.285-04:002012-06-29T20:02:06.285-04:00As a Catholic for the last 17 years, I've come...As a Catholic for the last 17 years, I've come to the conclusion that these things, and I also talking about my own sexual experiences with clergy, as well as in knowing the homeless and poor, that these things make us more Christ-like. We begin to see the world as He does. We are all faulty, sinners, but he loves everyone of us, with all our faults and failings. Through prayer, insight, I Anne Kensingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06896299154331291440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-22631444784454262822011-04-05T09:50:12.022-04:002011-04-05T09:50:12.022-04:00"We are afflicted in every way, but not crush..."We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed." - 2 Corinthians 4:8-9Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-51081400301509007822011-04-02T00:43:36.921-04:002011-04-02T00:43:36.921-04:00Chris, I just got around to reading this post (and...Chris, I just got around to reading this post (and shame on me for it), but... my heart goes out to you.<br /><br />As one that has suffered a similar fate, I know how traumatizing such an event is. I know of the pain and uncertainty as to whether you should let people know or not. But don't EVER be ashamed of it. It's part of your past, but that's the end of it: the PAST. IT may haveNever Alonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05634886597365571398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-52127305937262750612011-03-08T10:37:17.957-05:002011-03-08T10:37:17.957-05:00Chris, my heart goes out to you for all you have w...Chris, my heart goes out to you for all you have went through. But God has helped you through it that's why you are here sharing your story with others. You inspired me! I am a female that was molested by a family member under age 10yrs. I was so young i cant remember the exact age. It started when I was about 7yrs or so. But it affected me all my life and didnt realize it until about a yr Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-41249884597874668032011-02-25T22:51:08.651-05:002011-02-25T22:51:08.651-05:00Dear Chris,
When you feel your mind is too unquiet...Dear Chris,<br />When you feel your mind is too unquiet to pray please remember that the Holy Spirit is praying for you - as promised in Romans 8:26,27 -<br />"In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-1433462383660734362011-02-22T17:14:43.683-05:002011-02-22T17:14:43.683-05:00To go from closeness with God to sexual abuse and ...To go from closeness with God to sexual abuse and being driven away from God, and anyone could understand why. To finding God again and committing your life to Christ. Then to having mental illness and everything bad that comes with it.<br /><br />Chris I think you are downing your own testimony. Because that's one heck of a powerful testimony that you have!<br /><br />I praise our awesome Lannienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-83664922510663259482011-02-21T20:22:36.478-05:002011-02-21T20:22:36.478-05:00I am only what I am, what God would have me to be....I am only what I am, what God would have me to be. Nothing more. Nothing less.<br /><br />And, I have come to understand that the life best lived is merely that. What God has made each of us to be.Chris Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772661137673181295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-87693301558136046012011-02-21T17:43:53.794-05:002011-02-21T17:43:53.794-05:00You have to be the most courageous blogger that I ...You have to be the most courageous blogger that I know. I don't know of anyone else who would let themself be that vulnerable and self critical and humble. Chris you are a bright burning light for God's kingdom. Praying for you dear fellow servant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-11896453612380577262011-02-21T01:27:22.687-05:002011-02-21T01:27:22.687-05:00This, what I am about to write, may never be read ...This, what I am about to write, may never be read by the one that I wish might read it. There are so many things that I would love to speak, that will probably never get to be spoken.<br /><br />To whom I write this now to...<br /><br />You have been, and always will be, the very best and most wonderful thing that ever happened to me, only after my finding Christ.<br /><br />I am eternally Chris Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772661137673181295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-27380264497932636762011-02-20T19:54:34.703-05:002011-02-20T19:54:34.703-05:00Dan: Feel free to use it. I am honored that you o...Dan: Feel free to use it. I am honored that you or anyone would think that. I thank you for your kind words.<br /><br />But I don't know if I have lived the life of a "true Christian". As I said, I have failed many more times than I have succeeded.<br /><br />If I am at all a good Christian, it is only because God <b>did</b> and still continues to bless my life with better Chris Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07772661137673181295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-9601242819819831212011-02-20T17:30:48.257-05:002011-02-20T17:30:48.257-05:00Chris, I am the pastor of a Baptist church in Kans...Chris, I am the pastor of a Baptist church in Kansas. Could I quote you from this for a sermon? You have lived the life of a True Christian and you have a BEAUTIFUL style of writing! I'll even make the address for your blog appear in our Sunday bulletin (:Dan the preachernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-91406455189466856992011-02-19T22:50:14.093-05:002011-02-19T22:50:14.093-05:00Chris this is the first biog i have read that you ...Chris this is the first biog i have read that you wrote about yourself. i couldn't stop reading it. just to let you know I love you . Aunt Billiebillie0429https://www.blogger.com/profile/11895837621551014610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5115278.post-88047653018263635342011-02-19T13:33:53.852-05:002011-02-19T13:33:53.852-05:00Chris
My heart breaks for you to read this post. I...Chris<br />My heart breaks for you to read this post. I am appalled at what you have endured as a child, and think that much of what you have endured is related to it. I do have a question - have you ever filed charges against this pedophile who was posing as a teacher? If not, yours is not the first case where an alleged Christian was not prosecuted for evil committed against a child. I would Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com