Marja Bergen

author, mental health advocate, follower of Christ

Month: August 2017

Such as we are

  Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s sons. …and he was crippled in both feet.  Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should notice a dead dog like me?”                                                                              2 Samuel 9:11,13, 8 I see such beauty in this story’s portrayal of King David’s acceptance and […]

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Have you ever…?

I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise […]

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Bring the sun out

For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. Romans 14:7  Have you ever felt there was no point to anything? Maybe you felt bored? Miserable? No longer fully alive? You might be thinking, “Is this all there is?” Maybe some of you are feeling this way today. […]

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