Grace unto you, and peace,
from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus --> Christ.
When I was sorely depressed, exhausted from much study,
the kind Eccl 12:12 says ends in weariness of the flesh,
I recalled "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee".
That, from Deuteronomy 4:31, and 31:8, and Hebrews 13:5,
is the one thing which got me 'through' my darkest time.
Like many, I got snared by a law I'd thought was grace,
namely "love thy neighbour", found in Matthew 22:36-40.
It also happened to Apostle Paul, calls it "another law"
in Romans 7, and also "another gospel" in Galatians 1.
It sounds good, but it is law, is "both good and evil".
So along with the good also came "evil concupiscence".
http://www.godshew.org/Concupiscence.htm
Paul notes such made him feel "wretched" (afflicted),
for what he'd thought was unto life, was unto death.
Depression (snare, afflicted) also happened to Timothy.
It took Paul two epistles to get Tim "set at liberty".
Such is allegory noted to the Hebrews in Hebrews 13:23.
For we are all delivered from the law, but only once.
If snared again, then it becomes recover yourself,
via awareness, study, the kind in 2Timothy 2:15.
I know recovery is possible, because I did it;
So I look forward--> to hearing you also did it.
I wish that I could just do it for you, Josh, but
if I did your home-work, then how would you learn.
It's just one of those things that you have to do.
I can, and I will gladly help you with awareness,
but the decision is only yours to make, not mine.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
