Peace in Pieces

I saw on facebook yesterday how someone was mourning the death of his friend who took his life for no reason at all. He concluded his post by stating 'depression is real'. For a fact, that guy would have been going through some pains and depressed thoughts that he hid behind the smiles and the laughters; and his escape route to him, was to hang himself. I am pained.

Whatever you concentrate your thoughts and action to when negative things hit you hard, harsh and tense become your god.

The human mind has a limit to appreciate things and limitless space to whine over negative things. A person can use a day to celebrate the arrival of a child, but can talk about the death of a loved one for ages. They can complain about a job they lost, the person who disappointed them, the promises that were not kept to them, the debts they are in, the situation they are going through AND will fail to appreciate the job they already have (no matter the size), the people that God is blessing them through daily, the Faithfulness of God, the peace that they have and the opportunity to be alive to go through the situation they are going through.

The best thing to do in a time when things are falling out of place is to seek the face of God and His peace in that situation. God’s Peace does not require that you have the understanding of everything that is happening around you, it ‘surpasses’ understanding, Phil.4:7. We are encouraged to be careful for nothing (Phil 4:6). No matter what life throws at us, with prayer and supplication and with thanksgiving we should tell the Lord (Phil 4:6). Is it easy to thank God when you have lost a spouse, child when you are still alive; NO. Sometimes ever when you have lost a job, it is difficult to be thankful BUT this is just the best point to be.

The peace of God does not mean that you will not see troubles; it means that you have God present in the trouble with you. Remember, the peace of God does NOT require your understanding.

Say NO to Depression;
Say NO to Suicide! There is more to life than the situation you are facing now.

It is with Love!
I am @outhori5ed