Tag: depression

How We Know When We’re Done

For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life; indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves –… Read More

Feeling Done For?

Definition of done for 1: sunk in defeat : BEATEN 2: mortally stricken : DOOMED Yeah, the Holy Spirit really chaffed at me when I read this one. Wow. Had I really just days ago given myself this label? Done for? Really?? Sometimes depression takes… Read More

A Bumpy Year and a Return to Writing

He who gives attention to the word will find good, And blessed is he who trusts in the Lord. – Proverbs 16:20 This year has been a bumpy one! I would bet it has been for you, too…. Read More

Top 5 Questions Asked by People Who Are Hurting

If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. – Jeremiah 29:13 I hear them every day. Heck, most days I’m asking these questions myself! Yes, you read that right… most days. I’m sure you’ve realized by… Read More

When You Feel Like Giving Up

Always remember that Jesus Christ, a descendant of King David, was raised from the dead. This is the Good News I preach. And because I preach this Good News, I am suffering and have been chained like a… Read More

Stuck on Friday (Part 2)

(If you didn’t read Part 1 of Stuck on Friday, please click here to do that before reading today’s post!) The angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for… Read More

Stuck on Friday (Part 1)

And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance… Read More

Why We Have to Keep Fighting

Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price…. Read More

Erasing Hopelessness, Strengthening Hope

You were tired out by the length of your road, Yet you did not say, ‘It is hopeless.’ You found renewed strength, Therefore you did not faint. – Isaiah 57:10 Depression, despair, discouragement. All of these difficult emotions… Read More

Resting on the Ledge

Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will… Read More