“为了这事，我曾经三次求主，使这根刺离开我。 他却对我说：‘我的恩典是够你用的，因为我的能力在人的软弱上显得完全。’所以，我更喜欢夸自己的软弱，好让基督的能力临到我的身上。 因此，我为基督的缘故，就以软弱、凌辱、艰难、迫害、困苦为喜乐，因为我甚么时候软弱，甚么时候就刚强了。” - 哥林多后书 12:8-10 我们软弱的时候又怎么会是刚强的呢？这似乎讲不通，不是吗？如果不是从圣经的角度来看这个问题，的确很难理解。但是，在神的国度，基督已来纠正一切，将这世界的事情“颠倒”过来了，所以，当我们理解了神对我们的恩典，以及在创造我们的主面前谦卑地生活意味着什么时，这是完全讲得通的。
"...a thorn was given me in the flesh...Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong." - 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 How can we be strong when we are weak? It doesn't seem to make sense, does it? Without a biblical perspective, it would be hard to understand this. However, in God's kingdom, Christ has come to make things right, to turn things upside down, so it does make perfect sense when we understand God's grace toward us and what it means to live humbly before our Creator God.
“精神崩溃”（或“心理崩溃”）描述的是逐渐或突然出现的，并持续一段时期的强烈的心理痛苦。在此期间，你会暂时无法处理日常生活事务。 “精神崩溃”不是一个医学术语，也不是精神健康诊断，因为它描述的不是一个特定的情况。这个词没有统一的定义，但许多人常用它来描述强烈的痛苦症状和无法应对生活中的挑战。 精神崩溃的症状因人而异，深层的原因也可能会影响你所经历的症状类型。以下是精神崩溃的一些常见症状，能帮助你评估自己或所爱之人当前的经历：
A “nervous breakdown” (or “mental breakdown”) is a term used to describe a period of intense mental distress that occurs progressively or suddenly. During this period, you’re temporarily unable to function in your everyday life. “Nervous breakdown” is not a medical term or a mental health diagnosis, since it does not describe a specific condition. It doesn’t have one agreed-upon definition but is instead used by many people to describe intense symptoms of stress and an inability to cope with life’s challenges. The signs of a nervous breakdown vary from person to person. The underlying cause can also affect the types of symptoms you experience. Here are some common signs of a nervous breakdown that can help you evaluate what you or a loved one is experiencing:
当我们感到生活艰难、压力很大的时候，当我们感到对人失望、被压迫的时候，当我们感到日子很黑暗、生活苍白无色的时候，当我们感觉喜乐如此遥远，似乎已无踪迹可循的时候，我们能在哪里找到希望，并保有在主里的盼望呢？ 使徒保罗在罗马书 15:4 中给了我们一个很好的提醒：“从前经上所写的，都是为教训我们而写的，好使我们借着忍耐和圣经中的安慰得着盼望。”
When life feels very hard and pressures are high, when we feel let down and pressed down, when days feel dark and life pale, when joy feels far gone with no trace to hold on to, how do we find hope and remain hopeful in God? The Apostle Paul gives us a great reminder in Romans 15:4, where he says, "For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope."
another woman. When I found out, he said he would repent and cut off all communication with her. I am in so much pain, can I really trust him again?”
读者来信：“我和丈夫都是基督徒，但是我的丈夫出轨了，和别的女人有了婚外情，被我发现之后，他说要悔改并会断绝与她的联系。我很痛苦，我真的还能相信他吗？”
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被诊断有精神障碍（例如躁郁症、精神分裂症）对当事人来说，是一件非常痛苦的事情。对于其配偶来说，听到自己所爱的人有这类诊断，并且要与配偶一起每日面对该精神障碍带来的许多困难也是很艰难的经历。在这种情况下，你如何才能很好地爱你的配偶呢？在面对这种特殊困难的婚姻中，你如何才能荣耀上帝呢？以下几个重要的方面值得我们思考：
First, let’s review the definition of domestic abuse. Domestic abuse is a pattern of coercive, controlling, or abusive behavior in an intimate relationship, where one person uses such behaviors to gain or maintain manipulation, control and domination over another person. It is a type of oppression, including physical, sexual, emotional, mental, spiritual, psychological, financial abuse/oppression.
生活里会有很多的苦难，这已经是不足为奇的了。但是，有时候我们会遇到一些基督徒在经历苦难或生活的不如意时对神充满愤怒，有时候我们自己也可能会对神抱怨或生气，指责神不公、不义、不爱我们。
It’s not surprising that there are many sufferings in life, but sometimes we would meet Christians who are full of anger toward God when they are going through sufferings or unpleasant things in life. Sometimes, we ourselves might complain about God or be angry toward him, accusing him of being unjust, unrighteous, and unloving towards us.
通过几个主要的问题，测试自己是否有抑郁的症状。有这些症状，以及症状的轻重程度并不代表你就有抑郁症，因为它们可能是由多个不同原因引起的（例如其它疾病或药物副作用）。但是，测试结果能让你对自己的情况有更好的了解，并在适当或必要时与朋友沟通或寻求专业人士的咨询和/或帮助。
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