This is one of those days… it’s cold, gray, rainy, and my mental health index is slipping. This is the kind of day in which I get overwhelmed by all there is to do, all that’s been left undone. If I don’t get a handle on it right away,
then I get pulled in to a hole that takes two or three weeks to get out of.
Here are my tips for dealing with this kind of day-
1. Admit it. Don’t say things are ‘fine’. Lying- even to yourself- makes it worse.
2. Tell a few of your best friends- those people who go their knees for you- let them know this is a shaky day.
3. Go to “the notebook”. I’ve got an ongoing notebook of verses and comments for days like this. Something in there will stick. It always does. God’s word always fulfills its purpose.
4. Go out to eat- or at least for ice cream.
Here’s what jumps out of my notebook on this ‘one of those days’- Psalm 94:19. “When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul.” (NAS) or “When doubts filled my mind, Your comfort gave me renewed hope and cheer.” (NLT)
Renewed hope… it was there all along. I just lose sight of it.