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Greetings! I would like to share for a few weeks on the topic of depression and how we can help each other with this challenging mental health disease. Many of us have either suffered from depression or have known someone who has. <\/span><\/p>

Depression can present many difficulties in our relationships and also cause us to ask difficult questions of God. Where is He when I am struggling? Why does He allow this to happen to me? Hopefully, the next few weeks will answer these and other questions you may have. <\/span><\/p>

Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God <\/span> . \u2013 Psalm 43:5 (NIV) <\/span><\/p>

The depression rates in America are on the rise. Of course, all of us experience times of sadness and mood change. Sometimes these times are tied to life’s challenges, losses, or other kinds of grief. This is normal and part of the human experience. God even uses depression in us to add “color and texture” to our world. Many song writers, artists, and actors have a melancholic personality and with the ability to access to their inner life, create beauty we all enjoy. <\/span><\/p>

But, depression may overflow in our lives and social world and create havoc. We can become a shell of our former life due to depression. It can lead to dangerous results in our lives and must be taken seriously. <\/span><\/p>

Here are a few stats on depression: <\/span><\/span><\/p>