Marcus Smith II is Helping Athletes with Mental Health
His own personal struggles are fueling his desire to help others.
By Faith on the Field Staff, November 7, 2022
Marcus Smith II played football at the highest levels. And yet, he was as human as the next person, having to fight against trials and struggles, including anxiety and depression. In this week's episode, he spoke to Rob Maaddi about some of these struggles. Smith believes that the Christian has to live an active faith, where you know what God says, but then you have to live it out.
“Man, I would always say faith without works is dead and I know being a Christian and that's one of the things that I always tell myself. Because God, he always puts people in front of you to be able to give you the help that you need.”
Like many of us, Marcus struggled with knowing who was there to understand what was going on inside him. But His Heavenly Father knew exactly what was happening.
“(There) was a lot of times where I thought someone wasn't there, but God was there the whole time. He placed the people in the right place so I wouldn't do what I wanted to do as far as killing myself and not being here on this earth.”
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“So being a Christian and having my faith now I know what my purpose is and how I can continue to move this forward because I know that athletes are gonna need me.”
Smith is taking it one step further in providing help to athletes in need. He’s getting professionally trained.
“I'm gonna actually go back to school and get my therapist license to be able to combat somebody’s mental health issues to be able to help the athletes when they're going through some of the things that they're going through.”
