Thank you very much everybody for your replies. I appreciate the care and thought went into your comments. By God's grace I am fine. I decided to read that book and while I do agree with you, reading a book about someone's thoughts doesn't really make sense when I can read the person's thoughts themselves, but when I say thoughts I mean messages and talks and sermons. So yes, totally, but believe it or not there is actually a great part in the book where this book references to many different things Spurgeon says things I may never pick up an read. Or even have found. So I feel that this book is good, but also with your comments earlier, I went to read what Spurgeon actually wrote, and there is a sermon from the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Volume 47. The sermon is called "Elijah's Fainting". It was actually a very powerful message and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. It ministered greatly to my soul. So I took everything on board that you guys have said and I will speak to my pastor. I have mildly or slightly spoken to a friend. But I do want to try many things for it, like exercise, diet, sleeping, all these kinds of things which this book suggests. But most of all prayer and godly counsel, and also from God's Word itself. Thanks everybody for your real concern. God bless you all.
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Metropolitan tabernacle vol 47.
Elijah's fainting
Last section of the sermon I felt I'd like to share
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And, lastly, there is one more practical lesson for us to learn that is, you and I have not the slightest idea of what is in store for us on earth. “Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him” up yonder; and you do not know what he has prepared for you even here. Elijah says, “Let me die.” But, Elijah, would you not like to live to veil your face in the presence of God on Horeb? “Oh, yes!” he would say, “let me live till then.” And, Elijah, would you not like to live to rebuke Ahab for his sin against Naboth? “Oh, yes! I should like to live till then” Would you not like to live till you have cast your mantle over that blessed servant of God, Elisha, who is to succeed you? “Oh, yes!” he would say, “let me live till then.” And would you not like to live, Elijah, till you have seen the schools of the prophets, raised by your influence, which shall live, after both you and Elisha are gone, to keep alive the work of God? I think I hear the old man say, “Oh, yes! let me live till then. Happy shall I be if I can see schools instituted for the training of ministers who shall go and preach in God’s name. Yes, let me live till then.” And you do not know, brother, how much there is for you yet to live for; and you, my sister, do not talk about dying, for you also have a great deal more to do before you get to heaven, service for your Savior that will make heaven all the better when you get there.
God has such blessings in store for some of you that, when they come to you, you will be like men that dream; and your mouth shall be filled with laughter, and your tongue with singing, and you will say, “The Lord hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.” Wherefore, be of good courage, and strengthen your hearts, and wait still upon the Lord until he cometh; and may his blessing be with you forever! Amen.
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