Fight.

So I was sitting here thinking..."Man, I haven't posted on my blog in forever...I should post, what should I write?" and here's what I decided...today's encouragement will come in the form of "knock it off, just do it." If you don't understand what that means, you will by the time you're done reading.

Sometimes, encouragment needs to be less "sweet" and more "here's how to get it done." Are you ready for this?

Let me be a open with you all for a moment, so that you don't judge me and say "yeah, but you don't understand..." yes, okay? I do. I have been clinically diagnosed with moderate-severe depression. If you didn't know that, now you do. I've never been really open about this, and don't like people to know, but right now, I'm feeling like sharing, and yes, I take medication for it. I've been at further down than the bottom of the pit...
Now...you feel like you're

unworthy. insecure. not-good-enough. hopeless. without-purpose. unloved.

You know what?? THAT IS NOT WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS.
Period, I could end there. Done.


But I won't.
Get yourself into the word of God, get some truth into your brain, your mind, your heart.
Remember that you CANNOT DEPEND ON FEELINGS - why do we think we can depend on something that changes from minute to minute, especially if you're a girl (can I get an amen??)
There is not some magical answer I can give you to make you all of a sudden believe in yourself, the only answer I have for you...starts with a
J and (can you guess it?) ends with esus.
Here's my encouragement for you today. The Bible, the word of God, the truth...says that you are

WORTHY, SECURE, GOOD-ENOUGH, HOPEFUL, HAVE-PURPOSE, LOVED.

 And that my friends, that truth, is the only thing I can give you.

Get up. Get out of the pit. Seek God. Pray. Worship. Trust. Believe. Know. Stand. Fight.

In my experience, when you're feeling down, you're in the perfect place to look up.