How many of you watched the movie inside out?
What was the plot of that movie?
In that movie we see a girl (Riley) who has it all in her eyes, she is playing her favorite sport, her mom and dad are happy. Then something drastically changes in her life. Those you that seen the movie what was that?
Right she moves and has to basically start over, she tries to make the best of it but it doesn’t go right. So she gets depressed and withdrawals. But why does she withdrawal? She with draws because Joy and sadness disappear. So anger and disgust and Fear have to keep (Riley) moving and go about her day. Which is a disaster, to say the least. Now imagine our lives. Do you have a joy in your life? Do you have an activity or hobby you love to do? What if one day something happens all of sudden the joy or happiness goes away and you don’t want to do anything. You don’t want to do the hobby you love or the activity that you enjoy and brings you joy. That feeling could be depression. If it last long enough it could get really serious and you could very well need to get help. The problem with getting help is we don’t always know where to go your talk to. Because for some reason depression and anxiety is some kind of taboo in our society and that shouldn’t be true. I’ve had friends commit suicide because of depression and not feeling like they belong. Now I will say that the reason they got depressed is because they had a traumatic experience happen in their life. But what my friend and many others don’t do is go to the one person, that one being that sacrificed his life and his father that sacrificed his son. Jesus and God. I have some bible verses that I’m going to share with you that can help as it helped me get over depression and anxiety.
Psalm 9:9
When we feel oppressed and troubled we need to turn the lord because he is going to help us out of our mind set and situation we are in
Psalm 23:3
You know how we feel alone when we are suffering from depression or anxiety this verse tells us other wise. Jesus is always with us and he is the light in our darkest times.
Psalm 34:17-18
What do you think is the meaning of this verse?
Psalm 143:7-9
Sometimes when we get really depressed or have that anxiety attack we feel our most vulnerable and we don’t want God to look away from us even tho he wont we still feel like it could happen. These verses I feel is more of a prayer to say when we get into that stage of depression and anxiety because listen again to verse 8 Let the morning bring me word of your unfailing love for I have put my trust in you. I have put my trust in you!!!! You need to know that no matter what is going on in our life we have God and Jesus there to protect us and be with us at our loneliness. Now verse 9 speaks volumes Rescue us from our enemies. Again God is going to save us from our fears and this that could hurt us. Again we need to trust and listen to Jesus.
Isaiah 40:31
This verse here speaks volumes to me because this verse has gotten me thru so much in my life. This is my favorite verse in the whole bible If I wasn’t afraid of being repeatedly stabbed with a needle I would get a tattoo of this verse.
What does this verse mean to you?
For me it lets me know that with my love for the lord I am set up to essentially run a marathon and not get tired. No matter how much crap come my way in life. Here are some examples how this verse helped me. When I was getting my drivers license I had failed twice already and really depressed and didn’t know what I was doing wrong. I was essentially trying to get my license myself. That when my mom introduced me to this verse and told me to read it everyday when I got up and before bed and from this verse I realized that as long as I had Jesus in my life I will be fine. Another one is when Stephen was born. I think I said this a million times because I was tired I was watching my wife how she was in pain and I couldn’t really help her. The last story is happening right now. I’m starting a new job this Monday in a completely different field of what I know and I’m excited and nervous at the same time but by saying this verse over and over I know I’ll be fine and just let this next chapter of my life play out.