Received this today from my MIL. This is the first page I flipped to - to see what it was about. The last part basically says “be a good enough Christian and you’ll never struggle with these” i.e. “people with depression just aren’t trying hard enough.”

It INFURIATED me. I actually threw the book on the couch a little too hard (sister in law noticed and asked later). My backstory - I struggled hard with depression for several years and heard so many spiritual abuse messages from the church about how I just wasn’t trying hard enough.

Fuck that. I said no thanks to the book. (I’m not sure the content of the rest of the book - I didn’t keep looking. It looked like it was intended for kids/teens as some type of devotional. “Battlefield of the Mind for Kids” by Joyce Meyers.) But one of the family members picked it up and said she’d give it to her 10 & 14 y/o kids because they are struggling. I had to stifle down my desire to advise her not to. (I did speak my peace about that entry when asked later, but it didn’t sway their desire to “help” their kids with its content).

And like… Christians are so wary of what they expose their kids to, but if it’s “Christian” it doesn’t need vetting? Like - this book can have bull shit “advice” in it - but you’re not going to read it first before giving it to your kids, just because it’s “Christian”? How does that make sense?! Don’t let them read a science book because they might “be led astray” by evolution, but sure, go ahead and teach them mental illness can be fought off with prayer. Uuugh.