tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432720162925670776.post8491781810620426563..comments2023-07-04T08:12:29.752-05:00Comments on Medical Matins: Mental illness: Why?mmatinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09904567527345152766noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432720162925670776.post-78605946201726353062013-07-20T20:23:18.339-05:002013-07-20T20:23:18.339-05:00Many years ago I worked in a state residential fac...Many years ago I worked in a state residential facility for the profoundly mentally retarded (adults). They had all manner of co-morbid psychiatric issues (but it was so long ago I've lost the vocabulary to describe it all). I chose that job straight out of grad school because I felt God SO strongly there. I don't understand it, but He was truly there present in a big way with these people. That experience leads me to believe they don't need intellect as we understand it to behold God. Perhaps they are simple like the children to whom Jesus was referring when He said the Kingdom of God belonged to such as these. Maybe people with higher intelligence but still mental ill are similar in that regard...of course I don't know what is in the mind of God, but I can hope. <br /><br />That doesn't answer for me the question of why God would allow it on earth (I have a big problem with suffering, LOL) but it helps give me hope for their eternal future.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750119018720696852noreply@blogger.com