January - who needs it?

I've found myself less than cheerful of late. Normally - I'm a half-full kind of gal, but for the last few weeks, I'm feeling a little blue.
Maybe it's because, for the last few weeks, we've had really cold and wet weather here in the Land O' Sugar and I really miss the sun.
Maybe it's because my mom fell and broke her kneecap, one of my friends was hit and killed, and this week another dear friend almost choked to death and 2 other friends were almost killed eating in a local restaurant when a car came crashing thru the wall, narrowly missing them.
Maybe it's because my birthday approaches and I'm not sure I like this number. Maybe it's because the greatest tragedy I ever experienced in my life - the failure of my first marriage - happened in January.
Maybe...it's none of these things. It's just January that is making me sad.

Psychologists say if you're feeling down at the moment it's not your fault because January is the most depressing month of the year. In fact - they've developed a complicated formula to work it out. And Monday January 25 was called "Blue Monday." The formula includes things like how bad the weather is, how much you spent over Christmas and when you're next likely to have some money coming in.
Hmmmm.........I'm not sure I buy it.

I feel guilty being sad. I feel that God is saying "Are you kidding me? You are among those most blessed of all my children? How dare you be depressed?" After some time spent in prayer, I realize that this isn't God at all. This is the work of the Evil One.

Discouragement (that's what we Christians like to call Depression) will inevitably come and when it does, Satan will seek to exacerbate the situation and to make darker the images of the mind. When it comes, the psychologists, Christian or otherwise, aren't going to dispel the darkness. They may be helpful in dealing with some of the symptoms, but some things cannot be solved with man's understanding, man's reasoning and man's wisdom. It is the wisdom of God, the understandings that God places deep in our soul that sustain us. The Light of God can bring us an escape in a way that a sunny day cannot.

There may come a sadness into your life one day that may shake your foundations, but if you are a child of God, there are some things cannot be swept or blown away. God's Word is forever. God is the anchor of our soul. God's promises which are embedded into the depths of our soul will withstand the most severe winds that ever come into your life. But even if that were not true, God is unmovable. And I belong to God. I am His property. He loves me and I can rely upon Him. He said He would provide for my every need. I can, by faith, expect God to provide and care for my soul. Everything boils down to one thing: faith. "We walk by faith, not by sight."
- 2 Corinthians 5:7.

Hey - I think I see the sun!

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness
I dare not trust the sweetest frame
But wholly lean on Jesus' name

On Christ the solid rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand
All other ground is sinking sand

When darkness veils his loving face
I rest on His unchanging grace
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil

When He shall come with trumpet sound
Oh may I then in Him be found
Dressed in His righteousness alone
Faultless to stand before the throne