Word 4U 2day/The way up when life gets y

[ladylovesJesus]

The way up when life gets you down (1)


'ELIJAH WAS...JUST LIKE US.' JAMES 5:17


We all get down in the dumps now and then. Even the best of us; take Elijah. Fresh from a day's work of calling down fire from Heaven and slaying 850 evil priests and prophets (come on, we've all been there) Elijah gets an award-winning case of the blues. All that adrenalin catches up with him, and whilst his defences are down he gets depressed.

Lesson one:

When we're tired we're prime candidates for feeling down. On top of that he starts to lose the plot. After taking on an army of evil, he ends up doing a bunk because of one lousy old crone: Jezebel.Fear makes him get things out of perspective.

Lesson two:

Fear + exhaustion = disillusion. Finally, he becomes a total misery guts, leaving his servant, and going it alone in the desert. When he most needs support, a friend, someone to pick him up, he chooses the worst company: his own! Listen to how he cheers himself up: 'I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me' (1 Kings 19:10, NIV). 'And the Oscar for best self pitying speech goes to...'

Lesson three:

What's that old saying, 'a problem shared is a problem halved'. No microwave meals for one; if the blues set in, get yourself some help from someone who really cares, get yourself hooked up with God, He's got the biggest shoulder to cry on.

written by Bob Gass

 

[Truehearts]

Fear + exhaustion = disillusion. Finally, he becomes a total misery guts, leaving his servant, and going it alone in the desert. When he most needs support, a friend, someone to pick him up, he chooses the worst company: his own! Listen to how he cheers himself up: 'I am the only one left, and now they are trying to kill me' (1 Kings 19:10, NIV). 'And the Oscar for best self pitying speech goes to...'

What's that old saying, 'a problem shared is a problem halved'. No microwave meals for one; if the blues set in, get yourself some help from someone who really cares, get yourself hooked up with God, He's got the biggest shoulder to cry on.

written by Bob Gass

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i was really moved to read this... thanks LLJ, one of my biggest enemy is 'self pitying'... maybe because i grew up differently.. iwas always insecure...physically. and i reason it out on why I want people out in my life. I often isolate myself when i have problems... 'Like 'leave me alone', 'im fine if ul just stop asking if 'im fine'' -drama, drama,drama...
Im also often extremes... they say Im really thoughtful and I really give all out sometimes-even when ive got nothing left for my self or even give the littlest that i have for myself.... but then when i stop caring, i just go stiff-numb, no hint of compassion or care. Ive been struggling with it for a long time now... if u saw my post at the counseling part, im still having hang overs, i grew careless in the ministry.:sad-animated: And i keep trying to fix my relationship with God... I want to be close to Him like before and even more... but I keep feeling that little shyness in drawing near to Him again.