Chapter 28. Famous People Who Suffered
Loneliness And Depression
A Depressing and Tormenting Illness Is Overcome By Faith
In The Great Physician
Don’t you like to daydream, Christian singles, about what your new
immortal body will be like? Will we be young again, and have abilities we do
not have now? The Bible describes us eating and drinking at the Marriage
Supper of the Lamb. Will we all drink a toast to our glorious Bridegroom?
For those of us who don’t drink alcohol, (like Grandma) will our
Bridegroom have something special for us, too? Maybe a heavenly Smoothie? I
vaguely remember a country song that I think was about heaven The chorus
went something like this: “We’ll all be drinkin’ that sweet Bubble-up,
and eatin’ that Rainbow Stew.” Frankly, I’d rather have lobster tail.
How about you? Well, I like another song better, one that describes the
glories and grandeur of heaven, but sums it up by saying, (despite all the
other wonders and beauty,) “Jesus will be, what makes it heaven to me.”
It’s hard to find examples of people in the New Testament who were
lonely or depressed after Jesus arose from the dead, and his followers
spread the good news, but we know that believers can fall victim to
loneliness and depression, too. Martin Luther and John Wesley both had
compassion for those suffering these sorrowful maladies. It must have
afflicted the early Christians, too, especially seeing so many brothers and
sisters being persecuted and killed for the faith. However, this is not how
secular historians reported the early Christians. These non-believing
historians thought of faith in Christ as a “great mischief,” a
superstition; and Christ as a false messiah. Nevertheless, they unwittingly
have provided us with factual information without any preconceived agenda, a
charge that skeptics and unbelieving “Christian” scholars would have
used to discredit information from a believer.
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