When you are depressed you are often anxious as well. This can be soothed by listening to music or doing a handicraft. Something like knitting or crochet can be helpful partly because it is repetitive. This takes the mind off the worries and you also end up with something beautiful or useful and feel your day has not been altogether wasted.The brain is kept busy with the handicraft and is not able to worry as much as if you are doing nothing.Working on any project is good. For the men perhaps a little model making in the shed would be helpful. Anything is good if it requires a certain amount of brain work.Painting and calligraphy would also fit the bill. I like playing short mat bowls. The skill needed takes my mind off the worrying.
Every time I take a few days off from my blog my ratings slump. Very rarely do people go back into my old posts and read again. This is a typical attitude of the human heart, always wanting something different. At this time of year we should not be greedily wondering want new thing we will be getting for Christmas. Instead we should be looking at the old, old story, which is ever new of a baby who amazingly was God incarnate, God's gift to those who will put there trust in this one who was to grow up to give His life for His people. Set aside the controversy over whether December 25th is the actual date of His birth.(Shepherds do not keep their sheep out at night in Israel in December.) and set aside time to think about the fact that He did come and ponder if He came to set you free and if your answer is ,"Yes," He will make you free indeed.
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