Comments on: Uninspired…

By: JustANavyWife

JustANavyWife — Sat, 11 Aug 2018 00:26:29 +0000

“I would love to hear how you get yourself out of a funk and what inspires you when you are feeling stuck.”

I’ll keep it short. Here’s my go-to:
1) PRAY!
2) If I can’t pray, I call a Christian friend or tell someone at my church who isn’t in a funk, so that they can pray with me & for me.
3) Read the Bible – at least 5 days/week (I’ve been doing this for 2 years using the First5 App, part of Lysa TerKeurst and Proverbs 31 Ministries. It’s called First 5, because the idea is to devote the first 5 minutes of your day to Bible Study. There’s a link in the app to read the chapter for the day, and then commentary and options to journal and post publicly, or keep it to yourself. In this last year I’ve journaled almost daily. You can do the current live study, or any previous ones. It goes through entire books of the Bible, so you learn a lot.
4) Listen to Christian Worship music – happy music too, like Mandisa’s “Good Morning” puts pep in my step.
5) Make a mental or written gratitude list – and pray prayers of thanks to God, with no requests.
6) Find an encouraging Christian sermon on YouTube – preferably someone who believes in the inerrancy of God’s Word, like John Piper, Paul Washer, John MacArthur, Charles Spurgeon, etc.
7) Go to church.
8) Go for a walk in the sunshine.
9) Go for a walk in the rain.
10) Take a nap

By: Brandy

Brandy — Sat, 14 Jul 2018 04:35:15 +0000

Amy, what can I possibly say that you haven’t already? The only thing I can contribute is we ALL go through negative times of thinking some more than others. Its apart of life. Without the negative we couldn’t appreciate the positive. It is extremely hard to get past one of life’s failures once your sucked into the negative vortex. Right now I’m in that vortex myself. The last 3 years seem like I’ve actually lived 30 in that time frame. Yet I think back and can’t believe 3 years have passed already. My major negative began the afternoon of Oct 31st 2014. The day began like any other but it would end in a unthinkable tragedy. My father passed away from a brain aneurysm that burst. He passed away in my arms in the kitchen floor in a matter of minutes and I was completely helpless to do anything except try CPR to save him. To this day a part of me thinks I should have tried harder. A year and a half after he past my body started shutting down. I have chrons disease and it was out of control. I ended up in ICU for a week. My muscles had given out I had to relearn to walk to brush my teeth the whole nine yards. I’m still here for some reason life will never be as it was. I’m not at 100 percent I’ll never get back there. I’ve got a lot facing me medically and financially but in all that chaos I know I’m here for a reason. I’m optimistic and happy and hopeful to think of the reasons why. P.S. thanks for telling me to write on Instagram. Love,Brandy @brandylee79

By: Jenny Cunningham

Jenny Cunningham — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 02:34:55 +0000

Hi Amy
Glad to hear you’ve found a way past the negative thinking pattern. I suffer with OCD and depression, and I know it’s extremely hard to break the cycle of negative thinking.
I think everything you have already said though is the best way forward. I have a two year old son, he is my absolute world and we have another one on the way. I sit and think about everything I already have that enriches my life. My loving family, our house, although we struggle for money, we are happy. Thinking about others who are so less fortunate and even babies who are not loved by their families makes it all the more important not to dwell on the negative side and appreciate what you already have as I know you do.
You have a beautiful family, enjoy them, as in the blink of an eye this time will have passed and we will regret the time we spent worrying. Cliche I know, but true all the same.
Take care
Jenny and Joseph