Dealing with Depression from the Biblical perspective

Depression usually manifest itself when we do not live up to our OWN expectations or if we don't live up to "SOCIETY" or our Family's EXPECTATIONS..BUT IF YOU ARE A CHRISTIAN the only expectations that truly matter is CHRIST'S. One of the things that may start to happen is You start to FEEL bad, THUS begins the maddening cycle of depression. FIRST you just feel bad but don't really feel like doing your daily chores/work thinking, "I will just REST today and get to my work later"..And then LATER comes and more and more work is PILED up because you failed to do or finish the work from before so now you feel OVERWHELMED by your work load and so again "YOU FEEL TO BAD TO DO ANYTHING" and over time it gets worse and worse and it becomes easier to AVOID it then to DO IT. Next thing you know you are stuck in your bed not wanting to get out. And so they call this depression...

you may ask yourself WHAT CAN I DO TO STOP/ AVOID THIS MADNESS?

DO IT ANYWAY! No matter how you 'FEEL' do your work ANYWAY and then once you accomplish your work the tide will turn, a sense of accomplishment will come your way and you will feel better that you actually got it done. Because if you stay in bed, your still going to be depressed at the end of that day. However, if you do what you were suppose to do from the beginning at the end of the day you will be happier with a sense of accomplishment.

If you find it HARD to NOT follow your feelings and to get to work..PRAY TO JESUS for STRENGTH.....

HE WILL GET YOU THROUGH ANY SITUATION.....

Sometimes, Depression is because of un-confessed sins in our life (we are not living up to God's expectations) If you DO the things GOD asks of you God will see you out of your pits of depression. YES life is not guaranteed to be a piece of cake or Heaven on EARTH. But the moment we can truly PRAISE JESUS in the STORMS of our LIFE is the moment we start to come out of the pit. And God will give us TASTES of heaven which will help us through the tough times too.


And remember this quote...(Given to me by the Lord to share with all)

"DEPRESSION IS NOT AN EXCUSE TO BE WEAK; ITS A REASON TO BECOME STRONGER IN THE LORD"



references: What to do when your depressed by Jay E. Adams

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