Clear the Clouds

We sink deeper into the black cloud of depression and stress when we feel that everything is against us and nothing goes our way. We can‘t clear the way until we realize that a change needs to be made. We can continue to sulk and just allow ourselves to fall deeper and deeper in to the bottomless abyss that is self loathing, or we can decide that we don’t want to live in a hole and make something of ourselves by staring despair in the face and saying "enough." If nothing changes, nothing changes.

We have a variety of options to help us put things back into perspective. Therapy can be helpful, but not everyone wants to poor out their darkest secrets to a total stranger, regardless of how much training they may possess. We can confide in a friend, but they don‘t always understand the personal suffering we are going through. When all else seems to be unhelpful, going to church could possibly be a surprising alternative. Attending church allows one to give up all their pains to God, and they can do this anonymously if they choose. When they feel comfortable enough, and they feel that maybe God is trying to help, they can pray to Him and ask for guidance and strength to make it through the hard times that currently lay over their head.

When we don‘t know how else to change, we might try turning to God. Though He does not always answer prayers the day we ask them, and He does not answer all the prayers we may send to him, like please God make me rich, He always seems to come in the form of great coincidences, like the times we need the most help or in times we are most likely to see and hear what is being done for us. There is no harm in attending a church service. The worst that could happen is that you don’t open your mind or heart and may miss what is happening right in front of you. Through faith in God and the self, we can pull ourselves out of any darkness that may take us over.



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