July 16 devotional

Posted on July 16, 2013 by drscott

Dear Beloved,


Depression is a serious disease that affects over 15 million Americans every day.  Research has found that 1 in 10 suffer from some form of depression.  Aside from the disease though, many of us, at one time or another, engage in self-pity and the “poor me” syndrome that so easily traps us in a web of narcissism that’s hard to break.  For me personally, I call it “the funk”.  I can get into a “funk” every now and then.  Fortunately, it doesn’t last long.  Maybe a day or two.  But I hate it when I’m in it!  One of the best ways to get out of self-pity and self-absorption is to help others.  You’d be surprised how a simple act of helping or giving to others makes you feel better.  And remember, Christ is always there to pull you up, dust you off and make you whole again.  Peace and Love, Scott


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Self-Pity Is A Slimy, Bottomless Pit.  Once you fall in, you tend to go deeper and deeper into the mire.  As you slide down those slippery walls, you are well on your way to depression, and the darkness is profound.

Your only hope is to look up and see the Light of My Presence shining down on you.  Though the Light looks dim from your perspective, deep in the pit, those rays of hope can reach you at any depth.  While you focus on Me in trust, you rise ever so slowly out of the abyss of despair.  Finally, you can reach up and grasp My hand.  I will pull you out into the Light again.  I will gently cleanse you, washing off the clinging mire.  I will cover you with My righteousness and walk with you down the path of Life.

Psalm 42:5  5 Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior.

Psalm 147:11  11 the LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love.

Daily Devotional is from “Jesus Calling” by Sarah Young


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