Mental first aid course - Day 1

Today Vincent, the course instructor, told us how to observe the symptoms of depression. In the process of talking to a depressed friend, we need to listen non-judgmentally. He pointed out that we usually speak and respond judgmentally to our family members and close friends. This point reminds me of the conversation between Job and his three friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar (Job 2:11). The friends' judgments on Job provide no comfort to Job, but add more pain to his suffering.

Lord, please help me to be one who can comfort others with your love and kindness.

Hello World!

Eventually, I open a blog for myself. Thanks Nick for introducing many interesting web tools for us. And I hope these tools will be eventually benefical to my students (if I really will be a teacher).