Throughout life, we find ourselves creating an alternate universe. When the world around us seems like it's all messed up and wrong because it doesn't go along with that alternate universe that we have thought up, we wish we could go into our minds and Escape in the perfect Paradise we create. A lot of times when things can't seem to go in a good way, we blame God for not doing enough or not being a good God and Father. Truthfully we're the ones that aren't good sons and daughters. If everything in our life looks perfect and everything was just peachy then why would we need a God. The hard times in our lives show us that we need someone that is above it all and is more powerful than anything and everything . When we are at our lowest point we look to the one who is at the highest point. God doesn't give us hard times but he will allow them to happen because we will grow closer to God through it and learn to not depend on ourselves but to depend on the creator of everything. This week has reminded me about how my life is nothing like I thought it would be. I also realized that good has come out of the life I didn't expect. Because I have to deal with anxiety I was encouraged to write this devotion, because of trials I have grown stronger with God, and I have gotten to go and share the gospel because I realized that it is sad to be broken and I want to help people find the creator who can make us new. Never forget, there is a God that loves you through every high and every low and he will always be there to help you along the way through any trial.
James 1:2-4
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your fae produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish it's work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
1 Peter 1:6
In all this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief and all kinds of trials.
Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
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Hey everybody! First off I would like to apologize for the very late post. I have been in the process of moving and to be honest have been trying to figure out things for myself. My depression has escalated in a way that I am still trying to figure out how to handle. Throughout all of it I am trying to find where my personality went after my anxiety stole it. One thing about depression, at least for me, is that everytime I start to understand it, it changes. It's really draining to be hit with the same thing over and over and yet everytime not know how to cope with it. That is why I haven't posted. I am trying to learn to cope with the depression that is all rooted within my own mind. I get confused on why I cant seem to catch a break in this and so I didnt know how to write about what I learned when I dont even know what to learn yet. It's hard to see the bright side or the knowledge that is to be learned when you are hit head on with all of the trials that come with o...
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