Depression fighting....

[risen_sweet_angel]

Hi. I guess I'm in this forum because I've recently been struggling with depressions a lot. I don't really understand. I've got a history of bipolar disorder and this really aggrevates things for me. Lately it seems as if everything is just balling up and avalanching upon me or something. Out of 3 days, I've had a crying breakdown for two in a row and in one of them I was trying to simply trying to figure out what life was all about and that if crying and being sad is what life was all about, I didn't care to be a part of it. I wasn't really suicidal, I was just sick of this world spinning around without me as a part. I was sick of everything going past me. It's been a lot of cicumstancial things. I'm not sure why I'm posting this. Maybe God has a reason. Maybe I'm looking for understanding and support. Maybe answers. I don't know. God will show me at some point I'm hoping. Thank you for reading this.

 

[GodOwnsMe]

Father's Love Letter Devotional Series 22 of 53


“My plan for your future
has always been filled with hope.”

Jeremiah 29:11
11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (NIV Bible)

We live in a world that sometimes seems void of hope. Wars, famine, pollution, recessions, etc. can cause us to become easily discouraged when we look at the prospects of our future. Discouragement can lead to depression, and depression can lead to hopelessness.

When we are feeling hopeless, we see our circumstances and surroundings through a filtered lens that can cause us to continue to spiral downwards in our emotions and our attitudes. In this week’s devotional scripture, God says that He has a plan for you, a plan that will prosper you and not to harm you, a plan that will give you hope and a future.

While the economy may be saying one thing to us, God is saying another. While your circumstances may cry out hopelessness, God is saying that He has a plan to prosper and not to harm you. While we don’t know what the future does hold, we know who holds the future. We can trust in the goodness of God to care for us in the midst of situations that seem hopeless.

Our hope is not in our circumstances, but in God our Father. That does not necessarily mean that life will always turn out the way we expected, but it does mean that we can always trust in our Father to love us and watch over us. If we commit our lives into His care, we are guaranteed from an everlasting perspective, that we will have an incredible future filled with hope awaiting us, that will last forever.

PRAYER

Father, I thank You that You have a plan for me that is filled with hope and a future. I know that You have plans to prosper me and not to harm me. I need not fear and I need not despair for you are in control of my life. Help me to commit my life to You, trusting in Your faithfulness to accomplish all that You have promised to do. In the name of Your beloved Son, Jesus, I pray. AMEN.

*hugs* hope this helped a lil bit !!!
a bit of what I often have to get again is that God's bigger than absolutely everything & despite all obstacles & circumstances .. no fear or pain or heaven, hell, angels... (Romans 8/31....)can divide You from His love through Jesus

read this in someone's sig sometime ago: Don't tell God how big the storm is (I mean sure ask Him for help & everything & tell Him how you feel ),
tell the storm how big God is

God Bless you sista

 

[Blessed-one]

amen. God has never left you, risen_sweet_angel. You can overcome it with God's strength. He loves you enough to die for you.

God's strength is shown in our weaknesses.

You're in my prayer.

 

[Blade]

Jesus LOVES you so much Read the word it builds faith.

risen_sweet_angel, something great is about to happen.

 

[Mr.Cheese]

I'm clinically depressed and am on Meds.
One thing that helepd me through the rough parts is Psalm 119:81

It gave me something to hang on to.
*hug*

 

[Loki]

Depression is a terrible, hateful thing. I wouldn't wish it upon anyone. Go talk to someone qualified to handle it if you're not already, and in the meantime, take it one step at a time.

Wish I could give more advice.

 

[DaveKerwin]

spend lots of time in God's word, and with fellow christians, allow the truth of his word to penetrate your heart and mind.