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I love this song-I feel that it has such a wonderful message, especially for anyone that deals with any kind of mental health issues such as depression, bipolar, or suicidal thoughts.
I was 30, divorced from my second husband who was the love of my life-and had recently recovered nicely from open heart surgery. I talked to God every day, said prayers and I was at church every time the doors opened. I taught Sunday School for the 1-5 year olds and led the singing during services.
I just wanted to sleep all the time and not wake up, because as long as I was asleep, I did not have to deal with my emotional pain-I did not have to deal with being so sad and wanting to cry. The therapist that I had been taking my daughter to, to help her deal with the divorce, got me in with a phych that diagnosed me with clinical depression and got me on meds.
Looking back, I know that even as a child growing up, and even though I had a wonderful family and a wonderful childhood, I had periods of depression. That is typical of people that have this. One of my friends at church, a 70 year old deacon, told me that I just didn't pray enough. That hurt, esp. since I knew that wasn't true. My pastor, who I still think the world of to this day, encouraged me, telling me something I already knew....MENTAL ILLNESS IS TO BE COMPARED WITH OTHER PHYSICAL ILLNESSES-LIKE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO-DIABETES, HEART DISEASE, KIDNEY DISEASE, ETC-IT IS A BRAIN DISORDER, LIKE THOSE ARE TO DIFFERENT ORGANS AND MUSCLES, AND IT REQUIRES TREATMENT, MEDICATION, AND MONITERING JUST LIKE THEY DO.
Thank God for those that understand and have compassion.
If you know someone that deals with ANY kind of mental illness, no matter how mild it appears on the outside, know that it is very real to them, and very serious. Love them, encourage them, remind them that the God on the mountain is still God in the valley. The God of the good times, is still God of the bad times, the God of the day, is still God of the night.
Just as we have to endure the rain for a season, the sun will eventually come back out.
You'd NEVER say "It's just cancer-get over it!"
Except for the Grace of God, there go I.
I can almost see it
That dream I’m dreaming but
There’s a voice inside my head sayin,
You’ll never reach it,
Every step I’m taking,
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking but I
Got to keep trying
Got to keep my head held high
There’s always going to be another mountain
I’m always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes I'm going to have to lose,
Ain’t about how fast I get there,
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb
The struggles I’m facing,
The chances I’m taking
Sometimes they might knock me down but
No I’m not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I’m going to remember most yeah
Just got to keep going
And I,
I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on,
cause
There’s always going to be another mountain
I’m always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes I'm going to have to lose,
Ain’t about how fast I get there,
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb
There’s always going to be another mountain
I’m always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Somebody's you're going to have to lose,
Ain’t about how fast I get there,
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb
Keep on moving
Keep climbing
Keep the faith baby
It’s all about
It’s all about
The climb
Keep the faith
Keep your faith
Whoaaa Ohwaoooh
I was 30, divorced from my second husband who was the love of my life-and had recently recovered nicely from open heart surgery. I talked to God every day, said prayers and I was at church every time the doors opened. I taught Sunday School for the 1-5 year olds and led the singing during services.
I just wanted to sleep all the time and not wake up, because as long as I was asleep, I did not have to deal with my emotional pain-I did not have to deal with being so sad and wanting to cry. The therapist that I had been taking my daughter to, to help her deal with the divorce, got me in with a phych that diagnosed me with clinical depression and got me on meds.
Looking back, I know that even as a child growing up, and even though I had a wonderful family and a wonderful childhood, I had periods of depression. That is typical of people that have this. One of my friends at church, a 70 year old deacon, told me that I just didn't pray enough. That hurt, esp. since I knew that wasn't true. My pastor, who I still think the world of to this day, encouraged me, telling me something I already knew....MENTAL ILLNESS IS TO BE COMPARED WITH OTHER PHYSICAL ILLNESSES-LIKE, BUT NOT LIMITED TO-DIABETES, HEART DISEASE, KIDNEY DISEASE, ETC-IT IS A BRAIN DISORDER, LIKE THOSE ARE TO DIFFERENT ORGANS AND MUSCLES, AND IT REQUIRES TREATMENT, MEDICATION, AND MONITERING JUST LIKE THEY DO.
Thank God for those that understand and have compassion.
If you know someone that deals with ANY kind of mental illness, no matter how mild it appears on the outside, know that it is very real to them, and very serious. Love them, encourage them, remind them that the God on the mountain is still God in the valley. The God of the good times, is still God of the bad times, the God of the day, is still God of the night.
Just as we have to endure the rain for a season, the sun will eventually come back out.
You'd NEVER say "It's just cancer-get over it!"
Except for the Grace of God, there go I.
I can almost see it
That dream I’m dreaming but
There’s a voice inside my head sayin,
You’ll never reach it,
Every step I’m taking,
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking but I
Got to keep trying
Got to keep my head held high
There’s always going to be another mountain
I’m always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes I'm going to have to lose,
Ain’t about how fast I get there,
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb
The struggles I’m facing,
The chances I’m taking
Sometimes they might knock me down but
No I’m not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I’m going to remember most yeah
Just got to keep going
And I,
I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on,
cause
There’s always going to be another mountain
I’m always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Sometimes I'm going to have to lose,
Ain’t about how fast I get there,
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb
There’s always going to be another mountain
I’m always going to want to make it move
Always going to be an uphill battle,
Somebody's you're going to have to lose,
Ain’t about how fast I get there,
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb
Keep on moving
Keep climbing
Keep the faith baby
It’s all about
It’s all about
The climb
Keep the faith
Keep your faith
Whoaaa Ohwaoooh
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