Coping with Depression . . . The Power of Surrender Part II

Loved ones, this is difficult. I know that is rough going when few or no one knows what is going on inside you; when you have a heart full of hurts and no answers as to why. You are not alone. Everyone faces trials and tribulations, in fact, Paul wrote that there isn't a single testing or trial that isn't common to all men, and the beautiful end to that verse is that God is faithful. He won't let you be tested past your breaking point, but that doesn't mean the test won't get close to it. Listen, the all powerful God who is sovereign over everything, with every trial makes a way for you and I to bear it.

So how do we bear the seemingly unbearable? Surrender to God. You may think that this sounds way too simple, but trust me: the only time you will have peace is when you are surrendered to God. So, what does that mean in "real life" terms; it means you have to throw out the he did this to me, she said that or I can never forgive them for what they did to me. Why? Because God's word says get rid of it, and you won't experience peace until you do. I know that I say that unable to know all of the circumstances of those who read this, but consider for a moment the crucifixion; has there ever been a time when so many deserved what they had coming to them? Pilate, Herod, the chief priests and the scribes or the soldiers who beat Him and nailed Him to the cross; all of them deserved exactly what they had coming, and Christ stepped in and took all of their sins on Himself, and not only that He prayed for the soldiers while they were nailing Him to the cross, saying, "Forgive them, because they do not know what they are doing." Loved one, can you visit that scene and hold anything against anyone? If you have not started praying for those who have hurt you, by all means start, so that you can see them the way the Father sees them.

Let me just say, that your shoulders are not big enough for some problems. You have, however, a loving Father and a caring Savior who will bear what you are not able, and give you peace that passes all understanding. How else can you make it through the "unbearable?" It is only through the peace that is given by God, and it is only given when you surrender your will to His. No contracts, no conditions: just surrender. More soon, dear ones.