Words Of Hope For The Hopeless.

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future". Jeremiah 29:11. God has a plan for us and it's a great plan because He is a great God. Plans to give you prosperity. It could be monetary, but I really think it's mostly prosperity of your mind body and soul.  He will give you hope and a future, a reason to live if we just believe in Jesus and trust Him as our Lord and Savior. When I first heard this verse it was in 1987, when I had just started attending church, it was a Spanish bible believing church. It was given to me by a brother written on a track. My life at that time was a real mess. In the infancy of my Illness and in the process of divorce. But there was something else going on at that time which no one knew about. And it was happening not because of the divorce but there was a growing seed in my mind for some time already and I felt my life had no meaning, it was worthless and not worth living. I had been contemplating on the real possibility of suicide. I was determined and was going to go through it. It was just a matter of time before it was going to happened. But when I read that verse that day, it changed my life forever. Because for some reason, call it truth, I believed what the verse said and I said to myself, God has a plan for me? I am worthless despised by the world, I am crazy, I'm mentally Ill. How can God use me. But I still believed the verse and to this day I do. We are worthless in the eyes of Satan but by no means in the eyes of Jesus our Lord. And the Bible says, But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are, so that no man may boast before Him. 1Corinthians 1:27-29. We must believe His word, we are not worthless by no means. The doctors say some of us hear voices. But the voice or thought that tells you to kill yourself or others is most definitely not God Speaking to you. NEVER, NEVER follow that voice or thought. For starters we are not in our right mind if we have those thoughts and we must immediately seek professional help. God is the answer for everything in life. He knows especially how the human mind functions to it's best ability. He created the human being. And on top of it, He also created doctors and medicine. So trust in the Lord and listen to your doctor and/or counselor. May God bless you.  

What do we do at the end of our rope.

Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God; and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7. Sometimes we are overcome by situations that try to bring us down. Our heart beat increases and we begin to panic and sin begins to maybe be a reality in the near future. We try many ways to get out of the stressful situation and fix the problem ourselves. But in most cases like these, when we cannot do anything about the situation and arrive at the end of our rope, there is something we can do. I have been in these situations many a times. First I have to make sure my medication is right and maybe see my doctor if the situation is overwhelming. If the medication is right, what I do is I give my anxiety to God first, I tell Him exactly what is bothering me in detail. Sometimes though in doing this we give Him the anxiety and we take it back. You have to keep giving Him the anxiety until you see you have given it completely to Him. Then after that, just start to give Him thanks over and over. What will probably happen then is He will reveal to you why you should be thankful, He will give you an insight with incredible peace behind it. While you give thanks you will probably see He has been fixing something in you too. You will lose your pain in the mist of your genuine praise and you will lose sight of your selfish needs. Wait on the lord; Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your hearts; wait I say, on the Lord! Psalms 27:14. In all this we must remember that the Lord will answer us and save us from our anxieties. But sometimes we must wait. He will say yes, no or wait. but in all cases we must be strong and wait on the Lord. Wait, wait on the Lord!