Author	Thread: Beating the Blues
nepb47 View Profile History	Beating the Blues Posted : 19 May, 2011 08:50 PM What do you do to overcome feeling sorry for yourself, feeling sad or depressed, etc? That is after you pray and read the Bible?? NB Post Reply
Tulip89 View Profile History	Beating the Blues Posted : 19 May, 2011 08:53 PM I recommend downloading "When The Darkness Will Not Lift" by John Piper. Just google the title, and it's the first option that comes up (at least for me). The PDF is available for free download, and it's John Piper, so you know it's spectacular. Post Reply
View Profile History	Beating the Blues Posted : 19 May, 2011 09:13 PM I would like to say I do something awesome, like I go out on the boat stare out into the infinite sea until I realize my own insignificance in the world, relax and find a new hope for my own life. Or maybe I throw caution to the wind, go to a dance club and take home a hot Chinese girl. Or maybe I go to the gym and bleed out my hopeless anguish through lacerated knuckles against that sandpaper fabric of a punching bag. What I really do is I order a pizza and chicken wings, eat it all, and then sprawl on the couch and watch my roommate kill zombies on the Xbox until I fall asleep. If Papa Johns is closed, I will try to manipulate my position on the couch until I'm as upside-down as possible, and it makes me groggier faster. Post Reply
View Profile History	Beating the Blues Posted : 19 May, 2011 09:16 PM @:ribbit::ROFL: Post Reply
bcpianogal View Profile History	Beating the Blues Posted : 19 May, 2011 09:39 PM I think I like Tinyfrog's idea... Post Reply
NPX7 View Profile History	Beating the Blues Posted : 19 May, 2011 09:58 PM :ROFL::ROFL::ROFL::ROFL: Post Reply
View Profile History	Beating the Blues Posted : 20 May, 2011 01:08 PM Various things; but the thing that works the best for me is to make someone else laugh. Not easy to do when you are busy throwing a pity party! The balloons and steamers and kazoos and cake really get in the way. :goofball: Post Reply
View Profile History	Beating the Blues Posted : 20 May, 2011 05:43 PM nep quote: "What do you do to overcome feeling sorry for yourself, feeling sad or depressed, etc? That is after you pray and read the Bible??" The worst for me has past I hope, I was once actually blind for about 15 years, also deaf and paralyzed from the neck down. My pity party was huge and I did spend about 6 hours a day either reading when I was able or listening to the bible on tape. To those who much has been given much will be expected, I've been ever grateful since I've been healed. Until you have lost everything precious to you very few people understand the magnitude of the gift of a body that does work. To this day I am estatic when I wipe my butt from deficating, something so simple was something I couldn't do and yes I realized I took so many things for granted before the paralysis and blindness. The sound of a small child breathing, the whirl of a humming bird, the sirens to help someone in need are all gifts that can not be measured. When I lost my sight I was able to find out what your brain has to do to be able to read what you see, the colors, shapes, the texture and then put what you see into a format so you understand what you are seeing. The amount of neurons used are in the billions and all is done simutaneously in sinc to what it is that is before you. To see is truely a miracle every millisecond of every day...then when you see the irony of what the devil wants you to focus on so he can steal your joy is incredible, don't agree with what is wrong focus on what Christ has done for you and everything should pale in comparison to what you are going through. Post Reply