Have you ever felt depressed? Many teenage girls have at some point expressed that they have felt depressed. By depressed I mean, great sadness, feeling like no one cares about them, feeling as if they are not important. Well, I have good news for you today! You do not have to be depressed anymore! You may be thinking: “easy for you to say”, you do not realize what is happening in my life! I may not know exactly what is happening in your life but I do know that God loves you. IF God is for you, then no weapon formed against you can hurt you. Depression can only take hold of you if YOU allow it to. You can change your thoughts, you can change your attitude, and you will start to feel better. If you stay focused on what God says about you, and not the circumstances surrounding you, depression will run far from you. Pay attention to the words that you are speaking during the day, and the thoughts you are allowing yourself to think about. Words and thoughts are powerful; they can tear you down or encourage you. Now, I know probably none of you reading this article will admit that you “talk to yourself”, but let’s assume you do: might it sound like this: I am ugly, I am too fat, I am too skinny, no one likes me, I am dumb, my family is weird? Sound familiar to anyone? Thoughts and words like that would depress anyone. Now try to replace those thoughts and words with statements God says about you: You are fearfully and wonderfully made, you are loved, you are forgiven, you belong to the family of God, and you are blessed and highly favored! What a difference words and thoughts can make in how you feel. Choose to agree with what God says about you and watch your life change.
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Serving In God’s Love,
Lucy Ann
Tags: attitude, depress, depressed, Depression, girls, teenage, teenagers, thoughts
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This article is great, as a leader of middle school girls, I would love to see articles like this but with the addition of bible verses that back up the statements written, so the readers have a reference to confirm the statements as truth.
Thanks
at school i have a bunch of haters and people who just want to beat me up or show they are bigger and tougher than me but i never took the time to think about the people who love and care about me and im constantly thinking why do they hate me? why am i so stupid that people just dont like me? why am i so ugly? why do people pick them not me? why do i have the life i have? but i have that life cause god knew i will have hard time (like anyone else) and good times but i will have to think possitive and keep my spirit high and bright and in the hands of the lord.