Opposite Action

When we feel down. When we want to act out. It's a dangerous place to be.

We've all been there. We're sad and we want to go drink. Or go eat. Or go shop. Or call that person we know we are better off not calling. Whatever it is. We want to engage in unhealthy behaviors--because we're hurting. If you think about it, most of us are just broken people walking around trying to figure out how to become whole. Perhaps this is the counselor in me, but i'm learning to do just the opposite of what i feel like doing when the world seems to be closing in. When the veil of sadness wants to cast itself over my heart. Sometimes, as strange as it sounds, it's easier to stay in the sadness--it's what we know--it's comfortable. We are familiar with this place.

But this is when we must step out of our ________ ________ (can you fill in the blank?) You guessed it! Step out of our comfort zones. Step out of the familiar. Get out of the boat, grow some GUMPTION and swim. Do something different.

I'm learning to praise through the sadness...the times of doubt...through the discouragement. I'm certainly a work in progress. It's all a learning process--this journey called life. I'm learning to be still when my mind wants to race and i feel unsteady, when i feel like i've had the wind knocked out of me. I'm learning to journal. I'm learning to take care of myself when i feel like doing something unhealthy. Bubble baths, read, get a massage, take a road trip, do something adventurous. Do something different. Keep doing the same thing, and you're gonna get what you've always got. ;) (thank you, Dr Phil).

Be still and know that i am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. Psalm 46:10.

He is faithful and follows through on His promises. Great is Thy faithfulness....