Walk Away from Discouragement

Psalm One's sound advice for overcoming discouragement . . .

Recently I was discouraged. 

I pondered all the worst-case scenarios in my circumstances and became hopeless. 

Psalm 1:1 says: "Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers."

I'd done all three: 

• Concentrated on the negatives (walked in wicked 'counsel')
• Ignored the truth of God's love (stood with sinners)
• Refused God's comfort (sat in a mocker's seat).

I needed to get up and walk away from self-pity and hopelessness, so I turned to God's love notes (the Bible) and "re-informed my mind."

In her book Telling Yourself the Truth, Marie Chapian says the cause of depression, distress, and discouragement is the lies we tell ourselves. Reading and reciting Scripture doesn't change our circumstances, but it changes our hearts and gives us truth and peace in the midst of difficulty.

© copyright Gail Burton Purath
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