Why Counseling is for Everyone
Perhaps you've experienced this phenomenon. You are out with a group of friends and the conversation "gets real." One of the group members begins to share about some relationship problems with their significant other. "He finally agreed to go to counseling with me." "Mmm," the others shake their heads in a knowing condolence. What they're saying in their heads might be: "Wow, that bad, huh?" or "I guess you gotta reach the bottom before you're willing to change" or "Geez, I wonder what is ACTUALLY happening that they need to discuss with a counselor." Hopefully, this a foreign concept to you. Hopefully, you believe that God has created us in a wonderful and irreducibly complex way. Hopefully, you have safe places to struggle. Hopefully, your view of health is much more holistic. But, I do not hope in humanity. I hope in God. If you have read any of my previous blogs, you know that I have strugg...