Anti-depression
pills are a high-paying profit for pharmaceutical companies. The Rolling
Stones called them “Mother’s Little Helper.” I can understand why people
go on anti-depressants, and there are some advantages for us with spousal loss,
as far as they curve the sex drive. I watched this very carnal
movie recently and helped me understand this culture that pushes for us to take
drugs so that the pharmaceutical companies and physicians can make their
profits.
I’m not against
taking medicine, it really depends on the person. Some people need
medication, when they won’t take it. I worked 7 l/2 years at Methodist
Hospital and one department I worked for was pediatrics. There was a free
clinic for children, but then the parent’s would not give the medicine to their
children. I don’t know if their children were anything like my grandson,
but I had to force anti-biotics down him since he had a gag reflex.
Being a healthy
person emotionally, physical, mentally, spiritually is not always easy.
When Jesus talked about being overcomers, sometimes that is dealing with
our past with our parents. One of the ministries of John the Baptist was
to turn the hearts of the children to the fathers and the hearts of the fathers
to the children. This is the same ministry for those ushering in the
second coming of Jesus Christ.
And he will go
on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of
the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the
righteous--to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." Luke 1:17 and
Malachi 4:6
My friends
encouraged me not to go on anti-depressants since it was situational grief, and
I’ve not had depression problems since high school when I was 16 years old and
a few times when I was pregnant (hormonal). We know God’s will is:
Beloved, I wish
above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul
prospereth. 3 John 1:2
I prayed about
my eyesight for forty years. I prayed about that scripture how Moses eyes
never went dim. My eyesight went bad 2nd or 3rd
grade where I needed glasses. About four years ago I prayed about getting
Lasik surgery, the quality of my life greatly increased with not using glasses
or contacts. I’m not stumbling around at times until I get my contacts in
or forget where I laid my glasses. I starting getting eye infections when
I fell asleep reading and forget to take them out. I used to have my
husband wake me up if I did that.
I remember when
my father passed away. My sister told me the quality of my mother’s life went
down. I could not understand why my mother could not be content that she
still had me and the grandchildren, but we were not enough. My parents
were married over fifty years. Five years later, my mother was ready when
she passed away of gall bladder cancer to go be with Jesus. Since then,
recently I have had two dreams about my mother. My mother-in-law
telephoned me and told me she has had several dreams recently about her
deceased relatives. We believe it may be soon that she is going to pass
over to other side. She is 82 years old.
We tend to see
this life as a permanent home rather than being pilgrims. Since I lost my
husband, I see life as a very temporary thing. I realized I was pretty
chained/shackled to investing my time and energy into this life and not laying
up treasures in heaven. When my husband died that was another precious
treasure along with my parents and sister and a few friends that I have lost
now.
Dear friends, I
warn you as "temporary residents and foreigners" to keep away from
worldly desires that wage war against your very souls. 2 Peter 2:11
Do not store up
for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where
thieves break in and steal. Matthew 6:19
There is this
sense of being robbed in life. It’s hard for me to go out in public at
all anymore. I thought it would get better over a period of almost five
years, but for some reason the sense of being robbed has increased. For a
while I focused on losing weight (lost at least 30 lbs.), leading singles in
worship for three years, one-on-one with widows and other single women
encouraging them, having fun (sponsoring 16 socials at my house and then
boating events), attending socials, writing blogs, going to many Bible studies,
spending my evenings and some weekends in God’s word and prayer, and cutting off
television in life.
It just got to
the point that nothing works. The only thing I would consider that works
in my life is standing on God’s word. Saying
God’s word out of my mouth on a “regular” basis. The Lord is my comfort,
he is my refuge, a mighty help in times of trouble. The Lord is the strength of
my life.
“Let the weak
say I am strong.” Joel 3:10
When they sing that song, “The heart of worship” is all about you, I know that is true.
It’s focusing on
the God inside of me. He is the greater one. Greater than
anything that can come against me. It’s focusing on the greater
one.
When you have
been robbed in life, you are vulnerable. You have concerns that the thief
will come back to your house. Maybe this time you will be home when the
thief comes. I had a thief come into my house a few months ago when I was
home sick with pneumonia. Same thing in the natural world, the same thing
in the spiritual world. Attack when you are vulnerable. Same
way in sudden death. You feel vulnerable.
It’s Christ in
me the hope of glory. (Colossians 1:27) That is what gets me through my
day now when the quality of life decreased.
Jesus said,
“"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may
have life, and have it abundantly.” John 10:10
The abundant
life is not based on our circumstances, Paul proved that in the Bible. Paul
said he would “glory” in his sufferings so the power of Christ would rest upon
him.
But he said to
me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in
weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses,
so that Christ's power may rest on me. 2 Cor. 12:9
Paul saw
something that helped him endure sufferings in this life. He saw an
eternal crown. An eternal weight of glory. Jesus endured the cross
because of the joy of reconciling us to Christ set before him.
Let us fix our
eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set
before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right
hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:2
For our light
and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs
them all. 2 Cor. 4:17
The life
abundantly is inside of us, waiting to be tapped into. It’s like tapping
into the main water line for fresh water.
The kingdom of
God is within us. (Luke 17:21)
The Heart of
Worship
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1X_ev2OILA
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