"Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad." Proverbs 12:24
Life is funny. You never quite know how things are going to work out, and if you're not careful, you can really let negative things affect you more than they should. If you are wound a little too tight and things don't go exactly your way, then you can succumb to having anxiety. We so want things to work out how we envisioned them that when our plans fall short (and they do a lot for some reason) then we tend to get all nervous, anxious, and depressed. Nervous and anxious over what could have been and over the new direction that life seems to be taking us in. Depressed again saying to ourselves, "why can't anything ever work out for me?!" Isn't that just the way it is?
That's why I like talking things over with seasoned saints. You know, people that have been there - done that, who can give me a good perspective on life. I consult older people who have experience in the things of the Lord. They usually give great advice and allow me to see things from a different point of view. "But a good word makes it glad". I've learned to not be embarrassed to talk to people that I trust about stuff because we are all in this thing together.
Not only that, but we have our Lord Jesus who knows exactly what's going on in our lives. Twists and turns are nothing new to the Lord, in fact, he allows them. He knows about things before they happen and then allows stuff to enter our life. "Well that's not fair! God is just toying with me, He doesn't really love me!" we protest. But remember, God is not so much worried how comfortable we are, but what character is being established in us. Difficulties are there in our lives to get us to rely on the Lord more and to grow deeper in the things of God. Get used to it, that is how God works.
The other thing to think about in this verse is this, maybe you can be the one who is giving a good word to someone else. For those of you who have been Christians for a while now, you know how to give a good word to a friend who is down. I see you do this all the time in youth group and it just makes me smile. We are here for each other, and that's the way things ought to be.
Anxiety in the heart causes depression, but a good word makes it glad.
Jeremy
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