{"id":5436,"date":"2007-10-01T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-01T11:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/god-bipolar-disorder-and-tools\/"},"modified":"2007-10-01T07:14:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-01T11:14:00","slug":"god-bipolar-disorder-and-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/god-bipolar-disorder-and-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"God, Bipolar Disorder And Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>==>>Help with ALL aspects of bipolar disorder<<==<br \/>Check out all my resources, programs and information<br \/>for all aspects of bipolar disorder by visiting:<br \/>http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/catalog.asp<\/p>\n<p>Hi,<\/p>\n<p>How\u2019s it going?<\/p>\n<p>Hope you had a good weekend. Well I wanted<br \/>to follow up on an email that I sent last week<br \/>concerning faith and bipolar disorder.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want to make this a religious forum.<br \/>But I had a lot of people writing me about<br \/>my email the other day about faith and bipolar<br \/>disorder.<\/p>\n<p>In my opinion, God puts Tools on the earth.<br \/>One tool is something called a job. Jobs are for<br \/>making a living.<\/p>\n<p>God has another tool called medication.<br \/>Medication helps people become stable.<br \/>In other words, If you don&#8217;t take your <br \/>medication you can&#8217;t blame God.<\/p>\n<p>God also gives us doctors, who have the<br \/>ability to diagnose our loved ones with<br \/>bipolar disorder.  A diagnosis is another<br \/>tool.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m not saying faith is not good.  Faith<br \/>is still a good thing.  But it can\u2019t be the<br \/>ONLY thing.<\/p>\n<p>Some of you even brought up that point.<br \/>Here\u2019s what some of you said:<\/p>\n<p>One person said:<br \/>\u201cFaith is very good, but if a diabetic <br \/>had a very high blood sugar, prayer or<br \/>positive thinking probably wouldn&#8217;t bring<br \/>the elevated blood sugar down without <br \/>proper medication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another person said:<br \/>\u201cMy family can have all the faith in the<br \/>world, and pray for me, but if I do <br \/>not use the tools that God gave me <br \/>(through the therapist) then I will not <br \/>get any better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See?  This person even refers to the<br \/>tools like I\u2019m talking about!  She says<br \/>that her therapist is one of her tools.<\/p>\n<p>In my courses and systems below, many people who I<br \/>interview as major success stories share this exact<br \/>view on God and Tools on earth:<\/p>\n<p>SUPPORTING AN ADULT WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>Visit:<br \/>http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/report11<\/p>\n<p>SUPPORTING A CHILD\/TEEN WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>Visit:<br \/>http:\/\/www.bipolarparenting.com<\/p>\n<p>HAVE BIPOLAR DISORDER?<br \/>Visit:<br \/>http:\/\/www.survivebipolar.net<\/p>\n<p>Actually come to think about it,<\/p>\n<p>I have an email from someone that<br \/>said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot will or pray the bipolar<br \/> sufferer OUT of an episode, whether<br \/> manic or depressive. But you CAN <br \/>pray that God will give you the<br \/>WISDOM to know how to deal with <br \/>your loved one, and to help YOU <br \/>during a crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>See, that backs up what I\u2019m saying,<br \/>like the old expression, you don\u2019t throw<br \/>the baby out with the bathwater.  I\u2019m not<br \/>saying to NOT have faith \u2013 I think faith<br \/>is a GREAT thing to have in your tool<br \/>box.<\/p>\n<p>And I do believe that God can give you<br \/>(as well as the doctor) wisdom.  But I<br \/>also believe that without medication<br \/>and therapy (and other tools in your<br \/>tool box), your loved one will NOT<br \/>get better.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I have to go.<\/p>\n<p>Again I am not going to make this like a religious<br \/>forum but there are thousands of people sitting<br \/>at home not taking any action and waiting for<br \/>a miracle. It\u2019s the same type of thinking when<br \/>you wait at home for your bills to get paid<br \/>but you don\u2019t do anything to make any m.oney.<\/p>\n<p>What would you tell a person that seriously<br \/>sat inside his\/her house and was perfectly<br \/>able to work but didn\u2019t and simply wanted<br \/>his\/her bills paid some how and then<br \/>got mad when they were not.<\/p>\n<p>Know what I mean? Well that\u2019s it for the religious<br \/>emails for a while and on to other topics.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great day!<\/p>\n<p>Your friend,<\/p>\n<p>Dave<br \/>&#8211;<br \/>P.S. Don&#8217;t forget to take a look through the <br \/>different programs I&#8217;ve put together&#8230; each one is designed <br \/>to help you with a different area of bipolar disorder whether<br \/>you have it or you are supporting someone with it. <br \/>You can see them all and get the details by visiting:<br \/>http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/catalog.asp<\/p>\n<p>P.P.S. Check out my F.ree blog with copies of emails <br \/>that I have sent in the past and lots of great <br \/>information for you:<br \/>http:\/\/www.bipolarcentral.com\/supporterblog\/<\/p>\n<p>P.P.P.S Check out my F.ree podcast. Hear me give <br \/>mini seminars designed to teach you information <br \/>you can&#8217;t learn anywhere else.<br \/>http:\/\/bipolarcentral.libsyn.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>==Help with ALL aspects of bipolar disorder<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/god-bipolar-disorder-and-tools\/\" class=\"more-link pull-right\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>God, Bipolar Disorder And Tools - Bipolar Supporter Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/god-bipolar-disorder-and-tools\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"God, Bipolar Disorder And Tools - Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"==Help with ALL aspects of bipolar disorder Continue Reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/god-bipolar-disorder-and-tools\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bipolar Supporter Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2007-10-01T11:14:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"David Oliver\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"David Oliver\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/god-bipolar-disorder-and-tools\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/god-bipolar-disorder-and-tools\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"David Oliver\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/#\/schema\/person\/bdb1948c35c678d8a189cbe999dcad75\"},\"headline\":\"God, Bipolar Disorder And Tools\",\"datePublished\":\"2007-10-01T11:14:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-10-01T11:14:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/god-bipolar-disorder-and-tools\/\"},\"wordCount\":12,\"commentCount\":25,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/#\/schema\/person\/bdb1948c35c678d8a189cbe999dcad75\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/god-bipolar-disorder-and-tools\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/god-bipolar-disorder-and-tools\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/god-bipolar-disorder-and-tools\/\",\"name\":\"God, Bipolar Disorder And Tools - Bipolar Supporter Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2007-10-01T11:14:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2007-10-01T11:14:00+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/god-bipolar-disorder-and-tools\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/god-bipolar-disorder-and-tools\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/god-bipolar-disorder-and-tools\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"God, Bipolar Disorder And Tools\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.bipolarsupporter.com\/bipolarsupporterblog\/\",\"name\":\"Bipolar Supporter Blog\",\"description\":\"With this blog, I want to keep all of you updated on important information about bipolar disorder and how it affects families. 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