Fly in my Coffee

Has this ever happen to you? Perfectly sunny, wonderful morning, cool breeze as you settle down on the Vernada(that's a porch at my house, but the Golden Girls had one). You prepare to greet the day with that first cup of weekend coffee. You lift the cup to your lips and what is floating around in there, but a Fly in my Coffee. That pesky fly then sets the whole day in motion, the dark clouds roll in and depressions sets in. Back to bed you go, because nothing good can come from the day now it is ruined by the tiny fly. I'd like to believe flies are Gods insects and a way of getting our attention. I'm going to ask him about this when I get to heaven.

Why am I talking about the fly this morning, because there was a time where it would have sent me back to bed. A time when depression and despair engulfed my life. Nothing, no one could free me from this, I didn't look depressed. I worked, I socialized, I smiled at you and took care of my son (or did he take care of me)but come the weekends, shut the curtains and leave me alone to hide from the world. I really began battling these depressions demons when I was young. I'm telling you this because we all battle depression in some way, some more than others. There is no crime, you are no less a human being, no less a woman or man, mother, sisters, brother, son....no less a child of God. I recall when I first dropped out of college, I was not prepared to handle being away from home (we should prepare our children better for this) I was hospitalized for a short time, a dear friend of mine was furious. He said " I thought you were stronger that this, you just have to snap out of it," we didn't speak for many years. One day he hit bottom himself and my experiences helped him. He learned for some depression is temporary...but for others it must be treated for a lifetime.

It's no news to you that there are various forms of depression, depression set off by events, death, divorce, weight gain. There are those who suffer from Clinical depression, it's a physical condition. Alot of Christians and non-Christan's differ on this clinical depression because it very often must be treated medically. Doesn't God give those abilities to doctors to minister to our health?

This brings me back to the Fly in my Coffee this morning,I am thankful first to God and to physicians gifted by God, and for friends and family that God places in our lives at times of despair and depression. I cannot deny that sometimes I want to crawl back into bed, close the curtains and shut the world out. But ...I now turn to the greatest Physician first and his word. The stripes on his back were for healing Gods people.1 Peter 2:24 Who His (Jesus Christ) own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness, BY WHOSE STRIPES YE WERE HEALED.
Being depressed is not a sin, but we are accountable to get help and ask for help in these times. When I am talking with others now about their worry or depression I share these passages, and I now read them daily for my life.


Have a great weekend.

Because He loves me,

Deb

Philippians 4:6-9 (New International Version)

⁶Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

⁸Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. ⁹Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.

Matthew 6:25-34 (New International Version)

Do Not Worry

²⁵"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? ²⁶Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? ²⁷Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life^a]">[a]?

²⁸"And why do you worry about clothes? See how the lilies of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. ²⁹Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. ³⁰If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? ³¹So do not worry, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' ³²For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. ³³But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. ³⁴Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.