WHEN YOU FEEL DEPRESSED

HAS ANYONE OUT THERE EVER BEEN DEPRESSED? I MEAN A REAL DEPRESSION WHERE YOU FEEL YOU HAVE NO REASON TO GO ON? YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE UP AND DIE?WELL, I HAVE BEEN FEELING THAT WAY FOR THE LAST FEW WEEKS. I HAD SOMETHING HAPPEN IN MY FAMILY THAT JUST BLEW ME AWAY. I THOUGHT THAT MY WORLD WAS OVER. I CRIED, I SCREAMED, I CRIED SOME MORE, AND I PRAYED FOR DEATH TO TAKE ME. I WANTED TO BE GONE FROM THIS EARTH AND I WANTED TO NOT FEEL ANYMORE. THEN, AS I WAS CRYING, SOMETHING TOLD ME THAT IT'S NOT MY TIME TO GO AND THAT THE PERSON I'M GRIEVING FOR NEEDS ME NOW MORE THAN THEY EVER DID. THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED THAT BY PRAYING FOR DEATH, I WAS ACTUALLY BEING VERY SELFISH.  I WAS ASKING FOR THE COWARDS WAY OUT. SO INSTEAD OF CRYING, I BEGAN TO PRAY. INSTEAD OF HAVING A HEAVY HEART, I BEGAN TO GIVE PRAISE. INSTEAD OF WANTING TO DIE, I HAD THE URGE TO LIVE AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT GOD AND HIS UNDYING LOVE. I HAD THE STRONGEST DESIRE TO SHOUT OUT IN GREAT PRAISE FOR THE ONE THAT WAS GOING TO BRING ME AND MY LOVED ONE BACK FROM OUR DARKEST HOUR. AMEN! I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT THERE IS NO DEPRESSION SO BLEAK THAT GOD CANNOT BRING YOU OUT. NONE. (ISAIAH 40:31) SAYS: " BUT THE PEOPLE WHO TRUST THE LORD WILL BECOME STRONG AGAIN. THEY WILL RISE UP AS AN EAGLE IN THE SKY; THEY WILL RUN AND NOT NEED REST; THEY WILL WALK AND NOT BECOME TIRED."  WHAT GLORIOUS WORDS.  THE SCRIPTURE TELL US THAT WE WILL BECOME STRONG IF WE TRUST IN THE LORD. TRUST. THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT. TRUSTING HIM TO KNOW WHAT WE NEED. TRUSTING THAT THOSE NEEDS WILL BE MET. (ISAIAH 41:10) GOES ON TO SAY, " SO DON'T WORRY, BECAUSE I AM WITH YOU. DON'T BE AFRAID, BECAUSE I AM YOUR GOD. I WILL MAKE YOU STRONG AND I WILL HELP YOU; I WILL SUPPORT YOU WITH MY RIGHT HAND THAT SAVES YOU." GOD WILL BE THERE FOR US WHEN WE FEEL THAT WE HAVE NO ONE THERE AT ALL. HE TELLS US, DON'T BE AFRAID. PRAISE HIS NAME. WE HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED IN HIM. (1 PETER 5:6-70 READS: " BE HUMBLE UNDER GOD'S POWERFUL HAND SO HE WILL LIFT YOU UP WHEN THE RIGHT TIME COMES. GIVE ALL YOUR WORRIES TO HIM, BECAUSE HE CARES ABOUT YOU." HE WANTS TO TAKE ALL YOUR WORRIES FROM YOU. HE'S TELLING US TO GIVE THEM ALL TO HIM, NO MATTER WHAT THEY MAY BE. LET THEM GO. THEY BELONG TO HIM. AMEN. (PSALM 43:5) SAYS, " WHY AM I SO SAD? WHY AM I SO UPSET? I SHOULD PUT MY HOPE IN GOD AND KEEP PRAISING HIM, MY SAVIOR AND MY GOD." CAN IT BE ANY EASIER TO UNDERSTAND? WE HAVE NO CAUSE TO BE SAD OR DEPRESSED WHEN WE HAVE THE LOVE OF OUR HEAVENLY FATHER WITH US. I WANT TO END THIS POST WITH ONE LAST SCRIPTURE THAT SUMS IT ALL UP FRIENDS AND FAMILY... (2 THESSALONIANS 2:16-17) MAY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF AND GOD OUR FATHER ENCOURAGE YOU AND STRENGTHEN YOU IN EVERY GOOD THING YOU DO AND SAY. GOD LOVED US, AND THROUGH HIS GRACE HE GAVE US A GOOD HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT THAT CONTINUES FOREVER.