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To the Depressed Christian

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I close my eyes, turn toward the back of the couch and curl my knees up to my chest. “Don’t hang up,” I cry softly into the phone. “I’m afraid to be alone.” My Brother’s coming home early. Today’s one of the bad days. If I admit my thoughts to someone, they’ll think I’m crazy. Am I going crazy? No, you’re not. For me, depression came with the winter, though warning signs could be felt and seen much sooner. I was tired. Really tired. I was edgy and emotional and anxious. I began noticing that I felt exactly like it looked outside — gray and miserable. Numb. I sank further and further until finally breaking down one day at a work conference. I just couldn’t go through the motions anymore. I felt like I was dying inside. If you’re in the thick of the dark and lonely hell that is depression, I wish I could wrap my arms around you and cry with you because I know how badly you hurt. Come take my virtual hand and know you’re not alone. I am a...

He Chose us

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   Eph 1:4 KJV According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:   Minsan mga kapatid makakaranas tayo na hindi tayo pipiliin , sa school man sa mga awards , sa trabaho yung promotion o sa iba pang mga bagay .   There will always come a time na makakaramdam tayo ng lungkot dahil hindi tayo pinili , kahit pa minsan ginagawa mo na ang lahat pero parang di pa rin sapat . But sabi sa verse nato mga kapatid na , PINILI KA NI LORD , BEFORE PA NG FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD . Kaya wag tayong masyadong malungkot , if sometimes hindi tayo mapili sa isang bagay , wag natin kakalimutan na pinili tayo at sa sobrang halaga natin , bago pa itinatag ang sanlibutan ay pinili na tayo mga kapatid .  Kaya mga kapatid , hindi mo tlga pedeng sabihin din na hindi ka mahalaga eh dahil kaya ka nga andito sa mundo kasi mahalaga ka , kasi pinili ka ni LORD before pa ng fou...