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Despondent?
`Despondent
feelings are frequently the result of too much leisure. The hands
and mind should be occupied in useful labor, lightening the burdens
of others; and those who are thus employed will benefit themselves
also. Idleness gives time to brood over imaginary sorrows; and
frequently those who do not have real hardships and trials, will
borrow them from the future.’ (CH629)
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`If
set to work, the despondent would soon forget their despondency, the
weak would become strong, the ignorant intelligent.’ (PH120-27) |
`The
mind should be drawn away from self; its powers should be exercised
in devising means to make others happier and better. "Pure
religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit
the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself
unspotted from the world." James 1:27. (CH629)
`If
these persons would seek to lighten the burdens of others, they
would forget their own. Energetic labor that would call into action
both the mental and physical powers would prove an inestimable
blessing to mind and body.’ (2MCP603)
`Some
look always at the objectionable and discouraging features, and
therefore discouragement overtakes them. They forget that the
heavenly universe is waiting to make them agencies of blessing to
the world; and that the Lord Jesus is a never-failing storehouse
from which human beings may draw strength and courage. There is no
need for despondency and apprehension.’ (FLB156)
`Go
right forward as if every prayer offered was lodged in the throne of
God and responded to by the One whose promises never fail. Go right
along, singing and making melody to God in your hearts, even when
depressed by a sense of weight and sadness . . .
light will come, joy will be yours, and the mists and clouds will be
rolled back.’ (2SM242-3)
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