October 18, 2024

Yesterday, I found myself starting to spiral and feeling a little depressed. It has been creeping up on me over the past week, and I didn’t notice. With all the sad stories and tragedies from the devastating hurricanes, fires, and flooding, it’s easy to fall into dismay. I have nothing to be sad about in my life; God has blessed me beyond measure, but seeing others suffering or missing loved ones makes me hurt for them. However, to see others pitching in and helping their fellow man gives me hope that the American people aren’t as bad as the news portrays us to be. This is also a time of year when evil abounds; those who are caught up in the practices of the occult dance around in plain sight, taunting us and scaring the children. I used to love the month of October and all the fall activities, but I’m starting to despise it because it has become the month of the devil. If you are a bit out of sorts as I have been, the word of God is your source. This morning, I could hear the Holy Spirit pointing me to the words of Isaiah 41:10:

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 

We have so much to be thankful for; think of those things when you start feeling down. God’s word will lift you out of the barren wasteland of depression and raise you in the glory of His hands.