Prayer for those Battling Bipolar Disorder
O God, I need your help. Please give me the knowledge to know I am sick, the desire to get well, the determination to achieve good health, and to be kind to myself in the process.
Let me accept, admit, and embrace that I have bipolar disorder, and to not try to hide it. Grant my medical team the wisdom and skill to treat me successfully, and may I get well by taking my prescribed medications, engaging with my medical professionals regularly, staying vigilant, and striving to be healthy – mind, body and spirit.
May our efforts, combined with Your Will, bring me healing. Please give my family and those around me an attitude of love, compassionate hearts, a commitment of support, an abundance of patience, perseverance, understanding, and may I love them back.
Help them not to blame me for being ill and requiring treatment, and grant me a forgiving heart for those who do cast blame, because I know that it’s not my fault, nor is it due to weakness, lack of willpower, or a lack of character. Heal me and give me new life.
May I be thankful, and have an attitude of gratitude, in every situation I face while confronting the diagnosis and treatment of bipolar disorder. Please enable me to use it, in your Name, to help, bless and serve others. Let my journey toward better health provide an open message of my experience that helps others and helps stop the stigma.
Mold me to be a grateful and joyful bipolar survivor, who is an example of Your love for others who battle mental health disorders. With You, all things are possible. Thank you Lord. Amen.”
-Prayer is by Gregg F. Martin, PhD, Major General, US Army (Retired)- Gregg Martin is a 36-year Army combat veteran, retired 2-star general, and bipolar survivor. A former president of the National Defense University, he is a qualified Airborne-Ranger-Engineer and Strategist. A graduate of West Point and MIT, he is a father, author, speaker and mental health advocate who lives with his wife in Cocoa Beach, Florida. His forthcoming book is entitled “Battling bipolar — a general’s ‘forever war’ with mental illness.”
For more information, visit www.generalgreggmartin.com Gregg’s charity of choice is the International Bipolar Foundation (IBPF). View his blog on the IBPF website.
The national Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255 (TALK).
This prayer represents the views of the author. It does not necessarily represent the official views of the US Government or Department of Defense.
