Untangling

Sadness erases everything good that you know….

When your mind is focused on the negative….

When the tears keep coming back….

When you allow the world to get you down….

You can easily be sad….
It’s probably one of the easiest things to do if….

You don’t know where to find real joy…
Or you have forgotten where your true joy used to come from…

And so you give in to some strange voice that tells you to be miserable….

“You should hate yourself….You are not good enough….You should not have done that…You made bad grades…You should just never talk….You cannot be happy…You made a bad decision….You don’t deserve love….Your personality is ugly….You expect too much…You ruin everything….”

You listen to your thoughts and you become more sad…You forget everything good and allow those tears to flow….Always remembering….never forgetting….Consumed…rotting on your own mind…
Your life’s forecast becomes overcast.
You wake up in the morning, tied down by the troubles of this world.

You are constantly awake to the sadness in your life.

Jesus offered rest in the restless life we have.

“Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.”

When you have Jesus to turn to, you can give your sorrows to him and he will be your resting place….

A comfort in a time of weakness. He blesses the weak; he goes for the lowly…

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the earth.
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be filled.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called sons of God.
Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven”…

When you realize Jesus cares for you, loves you, wants to take care of you, does take care of you….

The possibilities for joy is ENDLESS

But maybe you consider yourself a follower of Jesus…or maybe you consider yourself religious, or spiritual, or dedicated to the church, or a gospel genius, or a preacher of perfection…..

…..And you are still SAD….

You are still wrapped up in your sorrows.

You still have troubles in the world.

You wonder why you feel this way, why you still have troubles….

Satan does not want believers to be joyful and will do everything to ruin that peace…

But we must fight against him, and we must not forget about Jesus.

It does not matter how much you have sinned, how much your life is messed up….Jesus is willing to forgive (he already has) and he is ready to help you….

When sadness gets us down, we forget we have a savior.

Perhaps we all just need to remember to sleep once in a while, to find our rest in him…

Initiate the joy and go to God.

Here is a blog about turning tears into joy.

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