Received some insight from W Sunday night. She was asking me if God would punish her for her sins. We've been sporadically reading the Bible as a family, and reading the old testament, and how God punished the different leaders of Isreal for worshiping idols.
I did my best to reasure her that Jesus Christ paid the punishment for our sins, and she only had to ask Jesus for forgiveness. She said she had, but she was still worried. I found a few references for her, but she said they didn't address what she was obsessing about.
At work Monday, I checked the daily bible verse for Sunday - which spoke directly to W's issue
Quote: Psalm 32:1-5 1 Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered. 2 Blessed is the man whose sin the LORD does not count against him and in whose spirit is no deceit.
3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer. Selah 5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD "- and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
W has been feeling very self conscious about her actions, and said she felt "justified" for a long time, but she doesn't anymore. She is attributing a lot of her actions and poor decisions on being over medicated. She is learning that some of the drugs she was taking can actually produce symptoms of Bi-polar / Manic Depression if they are taken but not needed. She weaned herself off all mental health drugs - been off since June or July, with no ill effects.
