Authors’s note: This award-winning post was originally published on March 4, 2018.
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” (1 Th 5:11)
The long, cold winter and gray skies were bringing me down. It seemed winter would never end, and this year my seasonal affective disorder (SAD-an apt acronym if ever there was one) has been triggered more often than in many recent years. The older I get, the more I hate cold weather, which is common of many of us who have SAD. The combination of cold, gray skies, and short days is enough to send me into a spiral of irritability and sadness. I try to keep those feelings to myself so that I won’t damage my relationships, but my friends and family who know me best are aware of how I feel and try to encourage me and talk me through it. Continue reading “Battling the Winter Blues”
“…train yourself to be godly” (1 Tim 4:7 NIV).
“But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded” (2 Chron 15:7).
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light” (Mt 11:28-30 NIV).