"Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise Him again- my Savior and my God! Now I am deeply discouraged, but I will remember you- even from distant Mount Hermon, the source of the Jordan, from the land of Mount Mizar." Psalm 42:5-6
Depression is a raging problem in our world and seems to worsen as the crisis of life's storms beat and batter many of us. I found myself relieved to find the gloomy problem is not new. The Psalmist suffered deeply, yet he found his hope in God.
"I will put my hope in God!" The psalmist chose to put his hope in God, knowing his LORD was the only answer to his deepest need. I, too have shared the psalmist crisis and praise God I share his solution.
Focus on the hope only God can provide! Listed below you will find helps for journeying through the depression battle:
1)Keep a journal of God's blessings in your life and the lives of those you love.
2)Praise God for each blessing!
3)Spend time in prayer, surrendering those things you can not change!
4)Spend time in God's word!
5)Leave those things you can not change at the foot of Jesus!
6)Most importantly, DO NOT allow satan to rob you of God's perfect peace. Keep your focus firmly planted on your Heavenly Father.
Praising GOD for victory over depression,
Andrea
