Yesterday I woke up not feeling too great, but not bad enough to miss church. I hate missing church! It screws up my whole week! Anyway, Dad suggested that I stay home since he was sick too, but I decided to still go. I am so glad I did! The Morning Service was good as always, but something that Pastor taught on in the Evening Service really impacted me.
He has been going through Ecclesiastes (I'm going to see how well I remember it without looking it up) and it said something about letting your sorrows go. Pastor said that being sad and depressed all the time isn't Christian-like because it means we are not thankful for what we have, we're just focusing on what we don't have or what we lost. He said it's ok to mourn/grieve when something sad happens, but that wallowing in it is very selfish. It's just feeling sorry for yourself. Ok, I'm looking it up. BRB.
Ecclesiastes 11:10: Therefore remove sorrow from your heart
That helped me a lot. I feel like I didn't do this thought justice but I just wanted to remember it because it's helping my outlook greatly today. Love you sweet boy!
Also, we sang a new hymn last night called Farther Along and one of the lines was:
When death has come and taken our loved ones
It leaves our home so lonely and drear
(Two more lines that don't relate to this)
Chorus:
Farther along we'll know all about it
Farther along we'll understand why
Cheer up my brother and live in the sunshine
We'll understand it all by and by
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