{"id":1120,"date":"2017-03-30T08:07:16","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T14:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.draherin.com\/?p=1120"},"modified":"2017-03-30T08:09:30","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T14:09:30","slug":"why-did-g-d-give-me-depression-chassidic-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.draherin.com\/2017\/03\/30\/why-did-g-d-give-me-depression-chassidic-thought\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Did G-d Give Me Depression? &#8211; Chassidic Thought"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/article_cdo\/aid\/1472060\/jewish\/Why-Did-G-d-Give-Me-Depression.htm\"><img class=\"size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/UIUk5212784.jpg?w=1140\" alt=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Depression argues that you\u2019re a worthless, hopeless scum in whom nobody would ever take interest. So agree with it. Tell it back, \u201cYou\u2019re absolutely right. I\u2019m even less than that. I was created with a purpose that I have not lived up to. I\u2019ve messed up again and again. And yet, nevertheless, I have a G\u2011d who has put up with me despite all my failures, who continues to ask me to be His agent in His world, eagerly awaiting my mitzvahs, looking forward to me sharing my concerns with Him three times a day. My purpose still lies before me, and whatever of it I can fulfill, even for a moment, is worth more than all the pleasures of the Garden of Eden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chabad.org\/library\/article_cdo\/aid\/1472060\/jewish\/Why-Did-G-d-Give-Me-Depression.htm\">More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Depression argues that you\u2019re a worthless, hopeless scum in whom nobody would ever take interest. So agree with it. Tell it back, \u201cYou\u2019re absolutely right. I\u2019m even less than that. I was created with a purpose that I have not lived up to. I\u2019ve messed up again and again. And yet, nevertheless, I have a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.draherin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/UIUk5212784.jpg?fit=299%2C200&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5MjSO-i4","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":854,"url":"https:\/\/www.draherin.com\/2016\/03\/17\/a-tattoo-marks-a-gay-mans-paradoxical-connection-to-orthodox-judaism\/","url_meta":{"origin":1120,"position":0},"title":"A Tattoo Marks a Gay Man\u2019s Paradoxical Connection to Orthodox Judaism","date":"2016-03-17","format":false,"excerpt":"I chose what I call my T-spot, the place on my left bicep where I place my tefillin box when I pray every morning. 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