Have you ever wanted to know what the future looks like in your life?
When I am depressed is usually when I want to know what’s going to happen in the future. The reason being is I want to know when all this pain and struggle is going to end. It seems like time crawls at a turtle’s pace, and sometimes it feels like I am trying to walk through quicksand during my depressive episodes.
The questions I ask myself are:
* When will this depression stop?
* Will I ever be happy or in a good mood?
* When will I ever feel like doing activities again?
* Are there good things in the future for me?
Something came across my mind the other day about movies and how they relate to our lives. Think about this for a minute. When you are watching a movie with different stories going on at the same time, you, as the person watching, knows what is happening in each story. You can see all story lines at the same time and know what is about to happen. Obviously, the person in the story, however, does not. I find myself saying “no don’t do that” or “no don’t say yes to the marriage proposal, he’s been cheating on you”, etc. Or maybe the person doesn’t want to take a risk and you can see all the good things that would come from it if they just said yes. But, as you know, the person in the movie has no idea what is about to happen.
I think this is kind of what our lives are like and God is watching us in the movie. God knows what is about to happen, good or bad. God has given us a choice. He is not a puppet master. He lets us make our own choices in every area of our lives. He’s the one saying “no don’t say yes to that marriage proposal” or “say yes there are such good things ahead for you”.
My point is to keep moving. But because God knows what is going to happen in the “movie” called our life, we should ask Him which way to go. Trust God in that direction. Ask trusted people in your life to help you, as sometimes when we are in a depressed state we cannot see outside our circumstances. God talks to us through others.
Just know there are good things coming in your life; DON’T GIVE UP, PLEASE!!! You wouldn’t want to miss out. Keep hanging on. Keep telling yourself I can make it. BECAUSE YOU CAN!!! IT IS WORTH IT AND SO ARE YOU!!!!!
