The thing about life is... that it's different for everyone. I have this weird theory that life is actually mostly all in your mind. Ok so I know that God is good, and God created the universe and then sin came along. So I know the world is evil and all that, but I think it's still possible to live a good and happy life.
Ok God has given me bundles of awesomeness. I mean I have the greatest family ever, the best friends ever and just loads of fun in general. So I know maybe I have it better than someone who is in total depression and who hates life, and that makes sense that it's easier for me to be happy, but I think God's joy can be obtained by anyone.
I think it takes some time and effort, but once anyone can grasp that the fact that there is an ancient, yet living, legendary God who created, and still controls this world... (and every other world for that matter). And do be honest, I forget this sometimes.
A long time ago I told myself that I hated depression and I would do my best to never be depressed. I think there is a big difference in being depressed and being sad. I think sadness comes to everyone, I mean I face it all the time but I look at it under a different light:
Ok this is kinda weird but follow me, so God is in control right? and God is a good and just God right? So everyone always says "why does God allow all this terrible stuff to happen!!" and I think it's simple. We did it. It's our fault. We blame Adam for everything, but I think if I were the first man, I probably would have blown it before God even got the words "Thou shall not eat..." out of his mouth. So ok we have sin everywhere, yet God died so we can live with him. I think if we have to endure some hardships every once in a while, that is a fair trade.
I know it doesn't make it any easier to rely on God but I think if we try to think of life from God's perspective then life seems much simpler. God cares about every tiny detail in our lives, but at the same time he knows that in the grand scheme, it's really not a big deal. I bet sometimes God wants to cover his face with his hands (so to speak) and think... man they have no CLUE why I created them, do they?
So I guess my point is that life is what you make of it. I know some people have better "luck" (not really) than others, and some are more fortunate or whatever, but I think as humans we have it all wrong- what do we want? Happiness. Why do people make every decision of every day, because we want somehow to be happy... I think happiness is based on happenings. Things that we see and things that just, well... happen. I think Christians have the advantage because no matter if we are happy or not, we still have the Joy of the Lord inside us that still can make us smile in the hard times and say, hey God is in control.
You think Job was "happy" when his entire life was demolished before his eyes? Of course not. But he still (somehow) managed to get on his face and worship God. Man that takes some serious joy.
So maybe this pointless rant might not stop global depression, but I kinda wish that we Christians were able to wrap our minds around the bigger picture. And sure I get sad, but I think that being sad is different than being so depressed that we blame everyone on God and hate life. I think as Christians, we have no excuse for that one.
So I'm not really sure where that came from haha... I guess it's been on my mind for a few years.. I probably have blogged about this on some old forgotten webpage years ago, but it's good to get it out sometimes. Because hey, the only way I can fight depression is to keep telling myself this stuff.
What can I say? God is good. All the time.
I think that covers it all.
