Hello, and welcome to the Resilience & Other Things podcast with Chris Morris. On this podcast, Chris shares the wisdom he’s learned as a lifelong sufferer of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideations. Together, we’ll explore how we as Christians can navigate the difficulties of life without avoiding the hard questions about God, life, and mental illness.

In this episode, I riff on Ephesians 2:10 and what it means for those of us in the mental health community who call ourselves Christians. Too often, we disqualify ourselves or feel like God disqualifies us because of our struggles, but actually the opposite is true. God calls us his masterpiece, and he says that knowing all our battles and all our scars. We are called to good works based on who we currently are, not based on some future perfected version of ourselves.