14. Catastrophic Cleansing

The furious mental pain of mental illness is God's way of giving a catastrophic cleansing to the mind. It removes the useless dead end thinking processes.  It gets rid of any ineffective belief structures.

 This cleansing makes room for the formation of Christ's mind in us. For it is Christ's mind that works right for the mentally ill. Christ's mind is sound, so a mind formed in the likeness of His prospers in life in all things. 

Old ways of thinking must be burnt away by pain.  This process may go on for years.  When the mental pain has done it's work our mind is ready to be re-structured with a new thought process.  It's open to new beliefs. 

When you come into your new mind you will look back at your mental illness and see what a gift it was.  You'll see how it made this wonderful transformation possible. The fire of pain that burned so strong, and hurt so much, cools into calm.  You can think accurately now.  This will become the greatest asset in your life.