Anti-depressant

I generally do not post too personally on the internet; however, I thought this was a perfect post to share on Thessalonians511.org.

I tell people (normally on a need-to-know basis) about how my life was entirely wrong in the year 2009.  It was an accumulative lifelong unhappiness.  This is when I began to read my bible daily, journalizing what verses I read, their meaning and how it could impact my life.  I would think about it throughout the day to retain the information, and I spoke to God constantly.  I felt I had no one to talk to or that I trusted to talk to about my life.  I saw reading my bible as a cheap form of therapy.  It was life changing!

Before I post further, if anyone is interested in reading NIV Life Application Study Bible, send me a private message.  If you need a copy, I will forward one to you.  I truly believe everyone on the face of the earth needs to have a bible in their hands!  😊

For the last several weeks, I have not felt my usual peaceful self.  I justified why I felt the way I did by thinking of how people can be hurtful, controlling, nasty, and selfish (I will not disclose the where and who of the incident that caused this).  The constant focus on the negative brought my mood even lower, despite encouragement and support from close confidants. 

For the last several days while reading Romans (I suggest starting with Matthew, my favorite, if you begin reading the bible), the last several chapters have been “hitting home” a message I needed to read.  Then today, when I read, “Build others up for their good,” I thought of Thessalonians 5:11.  It is the same message.  It further states that we should accept others as God accepts us.  I realized that those that were being hurtful, controlling, nasty and selfish reflected them, not me.  I am not to judge their growth in faith in comparison to mine.  Instead, I am to be encouraging to them.  Lifting them up.  In doing so, I take the focus off me and put it on another.  It is a great anti-depressant!

I believe all of us are more alike than not.  We cannot allow anyone to pull us down.  I hope that this little piece of advice helps someone. 

Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”