The feeling of being so overwhelmed is suffocating, its like drowning without water. This world at times seems like a hopeless place, but it is what we make it to be. Fear of the unknown, worry about finances, and anxiety of living up to others standards, at times rule our lives. It distracts us from finding the beauty in things.
The great depression had to be one of the most tragic events in history to live through. Depression has aspects of fear, anxiety, and worry all rolled together onto one. To name an event that covered an entire nation, The Great Depression...that's some heavy stuff.
This thought Process all started with me wanting to "Fix" people or have the right words to make someone feel better. Sometimes its better to say nothing at all and just... Be. Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. (Romans 12:15)
If there are two things I've learned in this life so far its #1 I cannot "fix" people, I can Be. #2 God is greater, and that is my only escape.
“For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.
(Matthew 6: 25-34)
True, you can't fix people; but you can provide the seed that helps promote new growth.
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-Dan Zadra