Florida is a beautiful tropical climate to reside in the United States; however, it is infamous for mental illness. I grew up in the State of Florida and have seen countless of stories across the news of many crazy people doing lots of embarrassing things and it sucks that this state is tainted with so much crime and crazy stories that hurt our community.
Disclaimer: I am not a scholar or theologian I am just a repentant sinner who has a personal relationship with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
My mom was greatly affected by mental illness and was a powerful Woman of God. After she miscarried twins she felt guilty for their loss and entered a severe state of depression. She became violent and belligerent with manic mood swings that would confuse our family. She let evil spirits into her mind through passive meditation and allowed bipolorism and schizophrenia to ruin her mental state.
As she strayed from God her behavior became worse. The last words I ever spoke to her gave me hope though at 19 years old, in a letter, I wrote to her how I wanted to reconnect with her in a daughter-to-mother relationship but that I recommend that she accept Jesus back into her heart again. She wrote me back and accepted saying that she did receive Jesus in her heart again to be closer to me and my brother.
However, months later she disappeared while I was on a mission trip with my father and when we got back we got the police report about her disappearance. I hired countless private investigators to search for her but they all said the same— she has completely fallen off the face of the earth. We never heard from her again.
This uncertainty hurt me mentally and emotionally. It made me feel really lonely and isolated from the community. I had a few mental setbacks but recovered to graduate with my bachelor’s degree in mass communication and journalism.
Through prayer, it has been revealed to me and confirmed by my father that he caught my grandmother performing witchcraft against her children and grandchildren. It is said that my grandmother dedicated my mother’s family line to be hereditary witches that would carry out the legacy passed down through generations. When my grandmother died she gave my mom a necklace as an heirloom and all the evil spirits that worked in my grandmother were unfortunately transformed to my mom causing her downfall.
I myself have taken precautions to live a life of peace in Jesus. I realize that excessive displays of anger can be a weakness and it is not something that any functioning home needs to thrive in a united family.
I believe that my mom is now with the Lord. I received a vision from God in June 2022, that she is in the third heaven in Paradise with Jesus and she rests in peace. This makes me happy because she is no longer suffering from her manic episodes and I have faith that we will see her again one day in heaven when the Lord comes back (1 Thessalonians 4:14).
With that said, it has been revealed to me in prayer that the same hereditary spirits through the dedication from the generation of the line of witches that run from my grandmother’s side of the family want to pass from me after the death of my grandmother or mother.
Sometimes I get bouts of anxiety or loss of consciousness. Like my thoughts want to go far away and I have to pause whatever I’m doing in the moment to regather my thoughts to even focus on my tasks at hand. I feel that whatever wanted to bother my mom wants to come and bother me but I begin to pray and peace washes over me in Jesus’ name.
I have done my research in the Bible about craziness and mental health and find that craziness is not of God. It is an evil spirit of witchcraft.
Disclaimer: I am not a scholar or theologian I am just a repentant sinner who has a personal relationship with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
The Bible says,
Jesus is our Prince of Peace - Isaiah 9:6
We have the mind of Christ- 1 Corinthians 2:16 B
We are not given the spirit of fear but of power love and a sound mind 2 Timothy 1:7
We have the Helmet of Salvation as part of the Armour of God Ephesians 6:10-12
God also fights for us we only need to hold our Peace Exodus 14:14
The Wicked Flea when no one pursues but the righteous are as bold as a lion Proverbs 28:1 -
Be Still and know that He is God - Psalm 46:10
I found this second to the last scripture relevant as it speaks against the spirit of paranoia as there are people who feel they may be chasing them when no one is really there.
I understand that mental health is a topic that not many like to talk about, especially in the Christian community. It is seen as taboo to even mention the thought of seeking therapy or taking medication to aid the recovery of someone who has experienced a mental trauma as I have at the loss of a loved one or other traumatic events causing PTSD as I have experiened. As a result of my mother’s loss and other life events that I would cover in another story— I realized it is not a sin to reach out for professional help as well. I was even assigned a Christian counselor in our secular mental health office who encouraged me to find comfort in God’s love (Romans 8:35-39). He loves us like a father loves his kids and that unconditional love is something that I think we all crave to even thrive in a perishing world.
With that said. Seeking a therapist isn’t sinful it is good for your health to talk to a professional or a Christian professional as I have encountered also to help you talk things out and let go of certain things to help you move on in life. It can be used as a tool together with medication that I am now weaning myself off of now together with a prayer to give me the miraculous peace I need to continue an abundant life in Christ while I am walking through this world (John 10:10).
Life is hard and we are all going through something. Jesus even said, I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33)
However, that doesn’t mean we should let life’s trials drive us crazy. That is just a tatic of the enemy. We have the mind of Christ. :)