Depressed?
Talked about depression last time... do you know anyone that's depressed... are you depressed today? Pretty normal this time of year. I think it really has a lot more to do with something other than the weather.... we need more than some anti-depressant pill... more than even springtime and the sunshine that comes with it... more than anything else I believe depression comes from not fulfilling our goals... (or worse... not having any goals)...
We have this purpose we see for our lives... and then it just doesn't happen... or maybe worse... that purpose we have seen and worked towards... has just been blown away ... forever.... pretty depressing... circumstances don't really matter... however it happens... my purpose as I have seen it...is suddenly just gone...
When we are charging ahead... full steam... towards our goals... things coming together... towards our purpose in life... we're just never depressed... it's just not gonna happen because life is so full of purpose and meaning... then the explosion comes... then it happens... like I said the circumstances... the how... doesn't really matter... but life suddenly happens... accidents happen... businesses fail... marriages fail... sickness comes... or kids run off... do drugs... get arrested... it is called life... and life just happens.
No one was more depressed than I was in 1999... Not only had several things failed that I thought were my meaning and purpose in life... but now... I was what failed... it was me... it was Philip...me... I was a failure... total failure... and when we get there... that's when the enemy plays his trump card... sounds like this... why don't you just end it all, Philip... you have totally failed both God and man... just kill yourself...
That's a good description of depression... that's where it goes.... and it's a total lie... along with a whole bunch of other things we have been taught about what life here on planet earth is all about... doesn't matter who taught us... or what system taught us... it's all a lie.
Actually it is so simple... the answer to this whole thing... really simple... the systems here really make it all very complicated... one system tells us it's all about you... you were told... the same thing I was told... it's all up to you big guy... it all depends on you... you don't need anyone else... don't trust anyone but yourself...tell me... has it worked for you? Hmmmm. Didn't work for me... :)
The religious system tells us it's all about God... just trust Him and He will give you the desires of your heart... here is your purpose... just go for it... do great things for me... believe it and it will happen... "build it and they will come"... because you can do all things in Me.... and then all of it ... all those great things... just blow up... all of it... and Philip ends up very, very confused.... and depressed...
Obviously that one didn't work either... has it worked for you? I'll try to get to that one tomorrow.... complete with illustrations... and the... way out of it all... hey... come on.... it only took me 40 years... :)
40 years....that's not too bad... it took Israel... 40 years... of wandering around in the wilderness ... with a few ups and downs too...
:)
We have this purpose we see for our lives... and then it just doesn't happen... or maybe worse... that purpose we have seen and worked towards... has just been blown away ... forever.... pretty depressing... circumstances don't really matter... however it happens... my purpose as I have seen it...is suddenly just gone...
When we are charging ahead... full steam... towards our goals... things coming together... towards our purpose in life... we're just never depressed... it's just not gonna happen because life is so full of purpose and meaning... then the explosion comes... then it happens... like I said the circumstances... the how... doesn't really matter... but life suddenly happens... accidents happen... businesses fail... marriages fail... sickness comes... or kids run off... do drugs... get arrested... it is called life... and life just happens.
No one was more depressed than I was in 1999... Not only had several things failed that I thought were my meaning and purpose in life... but now... I was what failed... it was me... it was Philip...me... I was a failure... total failure... and when we get there... that's when the enemy plays his trump card... sounds like this... why don't you just end it all, Philip... you have totally failed both God and man... just kill yourself...
That's a good description of depression... that's where it goes.... and it's a total lie... along with a whole bunch of other things we have been taught about what life here on planet earth is all about... doesn't matter who taught us... or what system taught us... it's all a lie.
Actually it is so simple... the answer to this whole thing... really simple... the systems here really make it all very complicated... one system tells us it's all about you... you were told... the same thing I was told... it's all up to you big guy... it all depends on you... you don't need anyone else... don't trust anyone but yourself...tell me... has it worked for you? Hmmmm. Didn't work for me... :)
The religious system tells us it's all about God... just trust Him and He will give you the desires of your heart... here is your purpose... just go for it... do great things for me... believe it and it will happen... "build it and they will come"... because you can do all things in Me.... and then all of it ... all those great things... just blow up... all of it... and Philip ends up very, very confused.... and depressed...
Obviously that one didn't work either... has it worked for you? I'll try to get to that one tomorrow.... complete with illustrations... and the... way out of it all... hey... come on.... it only took me 40 years... :)
40 years....that's not too bad... it took Israel... 40 years... of wandering around in the wilderness ... with a few ups and downs too...
:)
