From Anti-Christ To Lover Of Jesus Christ

 

Many of you already know part of the story of my experiences in foster care and in juvenile detention. You probably know about how I ended up in foster care because my mother called the police one day and asked them to give her and me a lethal injection. You know about how I even agreed to take the lethal injection to die with my mom. You may even know about how I landed myself in the juvenile detention system because I started my foster home on fire too. I did that because I thought if I could do something heroic, then people would love me. I assume that if you have been following this ministry for any length of time, you most likely know all of this about me and you probably think there is nothing new I can share about myself. However, there is something else that you probably do not know about me or that you do not know in-depth about my story. What you may not know about me is how I went through a phase in my life where I really did despise Jesus Christ. It's not that I was an atheist because I have always known that God exists. I always knew that God existed, but for a while, I grew such an intense hatred for Him. During this time, I would go out of my way to persecute His followers because I knew that I could not do anything to Him. It is for this reason that I identify with the Apostle Paul so much. Even though I was not killing Christians, I made it my ambition to make life hell for Christians. It bothered me to no end whenever I saw Christians who seemed to be at peace. I believe that we people on the Schizophrenia spectrum seem to either be hateful of God or very passionately in love with God, but rarely do see us in the middle. My story is the proof of someone who has schizophrenia who went from one extreme to the other. The period of my life that I am talking about began when I was 18 years old and lasted until I was 21 years old. I will document for you exactly what I went through during these years and my hope for this blog is that it will show you that no matter how bad you think you are, you are not beyond redemption. The Lord really does welcome you with open arms if you would just run to Him to receive the grace of Christ. He paid the penalty that we deserve when He went to the cross for our sins. Now, all we need to do is repent and believe in His name. I will separate this blog into three sections: Juvenile Detention Bible Study, Bisexuality, and Bullying. I hope that my story inspires you to either grow in your faith in Christ or that the Lord will draw you to Himself through my story. If one of those things happens, then the purpose of this blog will have been served. 

Juvenile Detention Bible Study 

As some of you may already know, I spent a good three years in juvenile detention (two months of that time was in an actual jail and the rest of that time was inside a residential treatment facility for teens). When I first arrived in juvenile detention, I identified myself as a Christian, but I was not really aware of what that truly meant. It was during this time that I was diagnosed with Bipolar Type 2 disorder. My initial reaction to this diagnosis was shock and anger. I was shocked because I would have never guessed that I was mentally ill. I've had the opportunity of witnessing my mother's instability and I would have never guessed that I was like her. I was angry because the fact that I was mentally ill meant that I was as unstable as my mother. When I learned that mental illness is genetic, I became even more angry with my mom. Eventually, I realized it was not my mom's fault for how she was born. She could not control that. The Person I began to blame for my mother's instability was God. After all, He was in control of everything, right? This realization caused me to grow in my hatred of Him. The way I figured was that He must hate me since He gave me a mentally ill mother and He also gave me a mental illness too. As a result of this, I ended up harassing professing Christians in my unit. I felt like since I could not do anything to Him, I may as well cause distress to His people. I even began attending the weekly Bible Studies every Wednesday for the sole purpose of harassing the Bible study teacher. Since he had poor theology (he was a Mennonite), I would ask him questions that I knew he could not answer. I would question him about the Trinity and Noah's flood with the sole intent of humiliating him. At one time I even decided to question him concerning the idea of whether or not he takes Jesus' words concerning "turning the other cheek" seriously. I asked him if his wife was being attacked and if he would defend her. His answer made me laugh at him. He said that he would stand in between her and the attacker and take the beating while she ran away. Immediately I imagined myself being the attacker. In retrospect, I actually admire his honest reply. I would also relish in the idea of blaspheming God because I believed that I was committing the "unpardonable sin". As a result, I would go out of my way to blaspheme Him every day. 

Bisexuality 

During this time I was looking for more ways to hurt God. I knew that homosexuality was considered an abomination to Him, so I decided to make myself bisexual. I was already experiencing the attractions, although thankfully I never had the opportunity to act on the attractions. I remember I used to dress in pink clothing and paint my nails too. I really thought that I was making God very angry and that is what kept me going along with this charade. I felt like God was really my enemy now that I was identifying as bisexual and that thought made me happy. During this time, my GAL (Guardian Ad Litum) asked me if I considered myself transgender and that was the first time I ever heard that term. I told her I never thought about that, but then since she planted the thought in my head, I began to consider it. After all, what better way to "stick it to God" than making myself a different gender than He originally created me? I began to fantasize about what it would be like to be a woman. 

Bullying

As I have said already during this time I would harass professing Christians. I hated how Christians always seemed to be at peace and I was not at peace. I felt like God must be showing favoritism toward them. As a result, I decided to make it my life's ambition to make their lives a living hell. One such Christian was this mentally disabled kid in my group home. I do not remember his name, but I remember exactly what I did to him. I thought it would be funny to crush up a bar of soap and then manipulate him into snorting the line. When he did this twice, I thought it was so hilarious that I decided to get him to snort a line of laundry detergent. I began laughing very hard when he did that too. However, later in the day, his right eye became very red. Jimmy, the group home director, noticed the kid's eye and found out what I did. He began to lecture me about how I could have killed him, but I honestly did not care. I was very hard-hearted and did not mind going to prison for murder. I think this is the moment Jimmy was truly afraid of what I was capable of. Another example of me bullying a Christian was when I harassed a staff member named Rick. Rick always carried a Bible in his back pocket. One day, I asked him to come into my room so I could see his Bible. As soon as his Bible was in my hands, a surge of rage ran through my body. I ended up tearing up his Bible, spitting in it, and 
throwing it back in his face. Then, I yelled at him to get out of my room. I even used an expletive. After that incident, Rick always avoided me. I think he was afraid to be around me. 

I hope my story helps you to understand that no one is too far gone from being saved by God's grace in Christ. If the Lord could save someone as hardened as I was, then God can save anyone. If you have not given your life to the Lord Jesus Christ, then right now is the time to consider it. Tomorrow is not promised to any of us, so today is the day of salvation. Please do not push off redemption til it is too late. God came down in the form of a man to take the punishment that we deserve on the cross. Then, three days later He rose from the dead. Now, God commands everyone everywhere to repent and trust in Jesus Christ. Thank you very much for reading my story and may the grace of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ richly bless you all! 

-David Lee Chu Sarchet
Christian Mental Health Advocate 

Check out the Christ-Centered Mental Health Ministry Website

Will God Hold Someone Accountable For Sins Committed While In A Psychotic State of Mind?

 

When it comes to the idea of sins committed during a period of psychosis, this topic is highly controversial. Some well-meaning Christians would like to eliminate all responsibility from the person in psychosis. Other Christians would like to lay full blame onto the person in psychosis. The former do what they do out of love and compassion for a mentally ill loved one, while the latter do what they do out of spite for the mentally ill person. Perhaps there will never be a consensus on this hotly debated topic, but in this blog, I shall do my best to tell you the conclusion I have drawn from my personal study of the Scriptures. However, I would like to say that this is a topic that Scripture is silent on. This means that anything I, or anyone else, say concerning this topic will be speculation. I believe my conclusion comes from the best exegesis of the Scriptures, but I could be wrong. The same could be said about anyone who disagrees with me too. None of us have perfect knowledge and so all we can do is strive to understand the Scriptures in the best way possible, while at the same time acknowledging our own human frailty. Another thing that I'd like to point out is that none of us, regardless of mental illness or not, are exempt from our guilt before the All-Wise and Holy God. As the Apostle Paul tells us in Romans 3:23. 

"...for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" 

This means that every single human being on this earth is clearly guilty of sinning against God. As a matter of fact, none of us can claim to be without fault. As a result, we are all subject to being judged by God for our wickedness apart from Jesus Christ. As the Writer to the Hebrews tells us in Hebrews 9:27, 

"And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment..." 

Every single one of us, mental illness or not, will one day face the judgment of God. None of us will have an excuse before Him (Romans 1:18-20). This means that we cannot use our mental illnesses as an excuse for living a sinful lifestyle in rebellion against our Great King. 

So, what does any of this have to do with those who are in states of severe psychosis? While I have established that there is no excuse for sin, I will attempt to explain how a mentally ill person will not be held accountable for what they do while in psychosis. However, this does not mean that they will never be held accountable for anything they say or do. I will make the case that while they are in a state of severe psychosis, they will not be held accountable for what they say and do because they are not aware of what they are saying and doing. I know this sounds like a strange, and possibly absurd argument, but please keep reading before you cast judgment on what I am saying. The Apostle Paul tells us in Romans 2:12-16, 

"For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified. For when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature, do what the law requires, they are a law to themselves, even though they do not have the law. They show that the work of the law is on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them on that day when, according to my gospel, God judges the secrets of men by Christ Jesus" 

Now, in this context, I understand that Paul is reiterating what he previously said in the first chapter of Romans that no man has an excuse before God. He is clearly telling us that all people have the Moral Law written on their hearts. I fully concur with this idea because it is evident. All people know right from wrong. As a matter of fact, the Moral Law argument is one of the strongest arguments for the existence of God because the Moral Law argument by necessity points to the Moral Law Giver (i.e. God). However, there is something concerning this text that I'd like you to notice. In the first couple of verses, notice how Paul says, "For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish without the law..."?  He, then, goes on to say, "For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but the doers of the law who will be justified". These verses are clearly talking about people who are cognizant of what they are doing. What I mean by this is that for one to be held accountable before God, one must be cognizant of the fact that they are violating the Moral Law that is written on their hearts. This is why the Apostle Paul tells us in this text "They show that the work of the law is on their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness, and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even excuse them on that day..." How can their thoughts accuse or excuse them unless they are cognizant of their actions? 

My point in all of this is to say that when someone is in a devastating psychosis, they are not always aware of what they are saying or doing. People in a psychotic state of mind say and do all manner of things that they are not even aware of consciously. For example, when I go full-blown manic, I may say things like "I am God" or that "Donald Trump is sending me messages in my head", but that does not mean that I truly believe those things. While I am in that state of psychosis, I am not aware of what I am doing or saying, even though I may appear to be conscious of my own actions. If we truly believe that God is compassionate and loving and that He understands us, then we must assume that He understands what the person in psychosis is going through. As the Psalmist tells us in Psalm 103:14, 

"For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust" 

God understands our frailties better than we do. This means that God even understands our mental illnesses better than we do. If we can show compassion and love toward those who are in psychosis, then how much more can the Everlasting Father show even more love and compassion toward those in severe psychosis? When we say that God will hold a mentally ill person accountable for what they do and say in a psychotic state of mind, then we are inevitably saying that God is not as loving and compassionate as we are and that is straight blasphemy. Again, this is not to say that God will never hold such a person accountable. Those of us with mental illnesses commit enough sins in our right minds for God to hold us accountable for, but when we are in Jesus Christ, we will never be condemned (Romans 8:1) because Christ has taken our condemnation upon Himself on the cross. 

I would like to thank you for taking the time to read my blog and I hope this helps you to better understand mental illness better. God is everlasting in His love, mercy, and justice. To say that He would condemn someone for what they do in a psychotic state would undermine His love, mercy, and justice. It would not be loving or merciful of God to condemn a man for sins he commits while he is unaware of what he is doing and it would equally be unjust of Him to condemn the man for the same reason too. I am not willing to accuse God of committing an unjust or unloving judgment and this is why I cannot say that God will ever condemn such a man or woman who is not aware of what they are doing in a psychotic state of mind. May the grace of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ richly bless you all! 

-David Lee Chu Sarchet
Christian Mental Health Advocate 

Check out the Christ-Centered Mental Health Ministry Website

How Forgiveness Affects Mental Health

 

Forgiveness is such a touchy subject in today's day and age. So many people prefer holding onto grudges instead of forgiving someone who wronged them. These people seem to think the person who wronged them does not deserve their forgiveness. As a result of this action, these people end up holding onto their pain for their entire lives. However, the Scriptures command us to forgive. This does not necessarily mean that we will forget the pain that another person has caused us nor does it mean that we should allow the person back into our lives. Forgiveness does not always mean reconciliation, as one such pastor has said. In this blog, I shall discuss what the Bible has to say about forgiveness and then I will list some benefits that forgiveness has on mental health. The purpose of this blog is to encourage you to forgive your transgressor as the Lord has forgiven you. I am fully aware that forgiveness does not come easy, but with the Holy Spirit's help, it is possible to forgive. 

The first passage of Scripture I'd like to draw your attention to is Matthew 18:21-22. There we read the following, 

"Then Peter came up and said to him, 'Lord how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?' Jesus said to him, 'I do not say to you seven times, but seventy times seven times'

Our Lord then follows up His answer with the Parable of the Unforgiving Servant. In that parable, Jesus tells us of a servant who owed his master a large sum of money that he could not pay. When the servant begged the master for mercy, the master graciously forgave his debt. However, when the servant saw another fellow servant who owed him a small sum of money, the servant had him sent to jail until he paid his debt in full. As a result, the other servants saw this, and they reported this event to their master. The master then brought the wicked servant before him and had him thrown into jail because he was unmerciful to his fellow servant. The point of this parable is that since we were forgiven much, we should forgive others since their offenses are not as large as our offenses before God. This may sound harsh but it is a truth that we need to accept. Our sins before God are infinitely greater than any sin that someone causes against us. The reason I say this is because our sins are against an infinitely holy God.

This leads us to a controversial question: Should we immediately forgive others or should we only forgive when the person asks us for forgiveness? I believe the Scriptures tell us to only forgive when the transgressor asks for forgiveness, but we should always be willing to forgive. The passage I use to support this teaching comes from Matthew 18:15-17. In that passage, Jesus tells us, 

"If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained your brother. But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, that every charge may be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector"

As you can see from this text, Jesus is giving us instructions concerning how to address someone who sins against us. In this passage, He tells us to go to the person one-on-one and confront him or her. When Jesus says, "If he listens to you, you have gained your brother", He means if the person asks for your forgiveness. Jesus is simply telling us that we should not forgive until the person asks for our forgiveness. If the person asks for our forgiveness, then we can have fellowship again, but if he refuses to ask for forgiveness, then we bring along one or two others to confront him. If he still refuses to ask for forgiveness, then we bring him to church. If he refuses to ask for forgiveness, then we excommunicate him from fellowship until he repents. Excommunication is something that has fallen out of favor in many churches, but the purpose of it is to lead the unrepentant sinner to repentance. It is supposed to be a good thing, even if some churches have abused it. 

Now, that I have discussed what the Bible says concerning forgiveness, I'd like to talk to discuss some benefits of forgiveness on mental health. As I contemplate this, I can see three mental health benefits concerning forgiveness: It Frees Up Your Mind, It Softens Your Heart, and It Changes The Way You See People. These are not the only benefits, but they are the main ones that I'd like to cover in this blog. If you can think of any more benefits, feel free to let me know. I will now elaborate on these points. 

It Frees Up Your Mind

When I say that it frees up your mind, what I mean is that when you truly forgive someone, you do not keep dwelling on what they did. In other words, that person will not keep renting space in your head. When you truly forgive someone for their transgression, you can finally let what they did go. I know how hard this is to do and you may need to go to therapy before you can do this, but when you are finally at a place where you can forgive, it will be worth it. If you are like me, then you tend to become hyper-focused on whatever it is someone has done to you. I can totally relate to that. When I had a nurse practitioner almost kill me with a certain medication, all I felt was animosity toward him, but when I decided to let it go, it really did free up my mind. Nowadays, I can focus on things that really matter instead of on that nurse practitioner. The truth is, when we refuse to forgive someone, they are not even aware of what they did to us. This means the only person that is affected is us. 

It Softens Your Heart

What I mean by this is when we refuse to forgive, it can really cause our hearts to become bitter and cold. Numerous studies out there show us how unforgiveness leads to bitterness. Everyone knows at least one person who is like this. However, when we choose to truly forgive someone for their transgression against us, it really melts our icy-cold hearts. It does not matter what the transgression is because we should be willing to let whatever it may go. I do not say this as a way to insinuate that it will be easy. As a matter of fact, this may be one of the hardest things you can do. But, if we do forgive, then our hearts will not become bitter. 

It Changes The Way You See People

This is one of the most important points I can make. When we refuse to forgive, we will tend to see the other person as someone not worthy of forgiveness. In other words, we see them as less than human. We may even adopt a "holier-than-thou" attitude because we will think of ourselves as better than they are. However, when we truly accept that we are just as much of a sinner undeserving of forgiveness as they are, then it will cause us to view them in a more positive light. We will see that they need the Savior just as much as we do. All people on this earth are wretched and broken sinners who need the grace of Christ. When we truly understand this fact, it should change the way we view other people. 

I hope that this blog helps you better understand why we should always be willing to forgive those who sin against us. As I have previously said, forgiveness does not mean forgetting nor does it mean reconciliation. It is also one of the hardest things we could do and it may require the help of a therapist and also the Holy Spirit. However, when we do truly forgive from our hearts, the benefits to our mental health are extraordinary. Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and may the grace of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ richly bless you all! 

-David Lee Chu Sarchet 
Christian Mental Health Advocate 

Check out the Christ-Centered Mental Health Ministry Website

Lessons I've Learned After 4 Years Of Marriage

 

As I have said in my previous blog titled 5 Ways Mental Illness Affects Marriage, marriage is a beautiful, yet complex thing. The marriage covenant is a representation of Christ's relationship with His church. For this reason alone, God hates divorce so very much. He hates it because Christ will never divorce His bride. Also, this is why marriage is supposed to be between one man and one woman because Jesus is not a homosexual. However, even though it is true that God hates divorce and gives barely any legitimate reasons for divorce, it does not change the fact that maintaining a marriage is hard work. Any time you get two sinfully depraved people living together there are bound to be problems in the relationship. My wife and I have been married for going on four years this month and we can both testify to the fact that maintaining this marriage has been rocky. I know not only has it been hard for me, but it is also been hard for her too. However, these four years have taught us a lot of valuable lessons concerning married life. In this blog, I shall discuss some of these lessons. First, I'd like to say that I am no marriage expert and neither am I saying that I know everything there is to know about marriage. I am not even saying that I now have the most perfect marriage. I will freely admit that there is still a lot that I can learn concerning marriage and I also know that my wife and I will always have issues until the day we die or Jesus returns. But, what I can say is that the more time goes by the more I grow in my love for Christ and my wife, and the more I desire to make our marriage work, no matter how hard it gets. So, please do not assume after reading this blog that I have everything figured out or that I am not a relationship expert because I most certainly am not. Also, these lessons I shall be discussing are just what I've learned in four years of marriage. I believe there are many more lessons I will learn as I continue living life with my wife. I will now discuss what these lessons are. 

Your Wife Does Not Have To Like Everything You Like 

This was probably one of the first lessons that I had to learn early on in our marriage. I used to believe that to make a marriage work both the husband and wife had to like all the same stuff. I believed this because of all the talk in Christian and secular societies about "compatibility". Basically, I believed that unless both husband and wife were on the same page about everything and even shared everything in common then that would be the only way the marriage would work. I now believe what Pastor Paul Washer once said about God leading a man to a woman who is strong in all the areas he is weak in and who is weak in all the areas he is strong in. This does not mean that the husband and wife will not share anything in common. The husband and wife can share some similarities, but there is no reason for them to like everything the other person likes. For example, I like watching DC Superheroes, but my wife does not enjoy that as much as I do. At the same time, my wife enjoys listening to boy band music and I couldn't care less about that. It is perfectly fine to accept that we do not like the same things. 

Husbands Are Meant To Lay Down Their Lives For Their Wives 

I admit that I am still learning this lesson because my mental illness does make me an incredibly selfish person. It is difficult for me to lay down my life for anyone, let alone my wife. I have gotten better over the years, however. At the beginning of our marriage, I wanted things to go my way or the highway. For example, I wanted my wife to watch everything on television that I decided we should watch and I never took her ideas seriously. As a result, she hardly ever got the chance to watch what she wanted to watch. However, over time I have become a lot more humble and these days I am more considerate of what she wants to watch. Another example where I had to learn this lesson was when it came to household chores. I used to believe that the man was supposed to be the one who did the outdoor chores while the wife did the indoor chores. As a result of this belief, my wife got stuck doing most of the chores while I just had to take out the garbage. These days I realize that I can do much more around the apartment, especially since I am the one who is not technically working. This is probably the hardest lesson for me to swallow. 

Husbands As Leaders 

This is another lesson that has taken me some time to learn and honestly, I am still learning it. I have always known that a Christian man is a leader of his household, but it was not until I actually had my own household to run that I truly understood what being a leader would be like. It has been especially difficult for me to learn this lesson as a man who is not working. However, over the years I have learned different ways that I can lead my wife. For example, I lead my wife in Family Worship times that we do at least once a week. I lead my wife in all the important decisions we make in our household. This does not mean I do not allow her to express her opinion, but it does mean that I have the last word on making decisions. I lead my wife on who our household votes for in elections and I lead her in deciding what church we attend too. I also lead my wife on the decision over whether or not we will baptize our babies if the Lord blesses us with children. 

God Is Sovereign Over The Marriage 

This lesson is something I have learned early on in our marriage. I used to believe that I had to manipulate things to go my way. I used to believe that if I did everything right, then God would bless my marriage. This all came to a head a few years ago when I ended up in the hospital for three months because of a medication that perforated my colon. During that time, I felt like God had abandoned me and I felt my old hatred for God rising up in me again. I did not even want to pray to Him during that time. However, the Lord kept reminding me of Romans 8:28, which says, 

"And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, who are called according to His purpose" 

At the time, I had no idea how the Lord would work that situation out for my good, but I decided to trust Him and my heart softened up. As a result of my hospital stay, my medication was reduced which led to me becoming quicker and more alert, my relationship with my wife became more intimate, and my relationship with God became more intimate too. God truly did work that situation out for my good. It is for this reason that I now believe that God is guiding my marriage and I trust Him to keep us in His hands on my marriage no matter what happens in this life. 

Love Does Not Always Mean Good Feelings

This is a lesson that I technically learned before marrying my wife, but after marriage, the lesson really hit home with me. Pastor Voddie Baucham once said, 

"Biblical love is action, accompanied by emotion, that is directed upon the object of its desire" 

Before marriage, I thought that I'd always have these "good feelings" toward my wife and that she would always have "good feelings" toward me. However, as time went on, I began to realize that true love does not mean that you two will always have "good feelings" toward one another. As a matter of fact, there will be times when the two of you really cannot stand to be in the presence of one another. This does not mean necessarily that you love your spouse any less than when you first married them. It is this whole idea of "love as an emotion" that has led to so many divorces today because so many people, Christians included, mistake true love for "gooey feelings". Love is primarily a choice before it is an emotion. 

Love Does Not Mean You Will Always Be Physically Attracted To Your Spouse 

This is another hard lesson that I had to learn and accept. I used to believe that once you are married, your spouse will always be attracted to you and you will always be attracted to your spouse. Since being married, I have learned that physical attractiveness comes and goes in waves. Some days you will be totally attracted to your spouse, while other days there will be no attraction. My wife is not always physically attracted to me and I am not always physically attracted to her. However, our love for one another has not changed. Our love for one another has only grown over the years because real love is not based on physical attraction. Another reason a lot of marriages do not last is because once the physical attraction disappears the couple is ready to break everything off. It should not be this way, however. Real love needs to be built on something deeper than physical attraction. 

If The Relationship Is Not Centered On Christ, It Will Fail 

This lesson is one I learned early on in marriage, but it took me a while to truly understand what it meant. I thought that as long as I marry another Christian then that would be good enough. However, I have since learned that both my wife and I need to make a constant effort to always put Christ first in our marriage. If we ever take our eyes off Christ to focus on ourselves, then that is when our marriage becomes rocky. But, as long as our eyes remain focused on Christ, then there is smooth sailing. This does not mean that everything will be easy for us, but it does mean that we will always have an anchor to hold us together. So many marriages fail because the couple takes their eyes off Jesus and they then focus on something or someone else. 

I hope that these lessons help you to truly understand what marriage is all about. As I have previously said, these lessons were difficult for me to learn, but I am glad that I did learn them. This does not mean that if you learn these lessons your marriage will become easy. Marriage is definitely hard work for everyone, but it is very rewarding for anyone willing to put in the work. Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and may the grace of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ richly bless you all. 

-David Lee Chu Sarchet 
Christian Mental Health Advocate 

Check out the Christ-Centered Mental Health Ministry Website