A Platter of Darkness

How are you doing this holiday season? Be honest … does Christmas this year seem like a platter of darkness served to you instead of turkey or ham? Wars in the streets. Youngsters are confused. Ugliness is everywhere.

 

But there’s more

Maybe your life was touched by a medical or relational trial. All can be daunting, especially when folks are singing about goodwill toward men.  Depression can be magnified.

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I know these struggles … and I bet you do too.  Maybe someone you love had a stroke and is learning to walk again. Or maybe you’ve lost someone–a spouse, friend, or even child–to a medical issue. How can you celebrate when all you feel is anger, resentment, or even worse–that void? You come across well-wishers with their cast-off platitudes:

“God won’t give you anything you can’t handle.”

“That which doesn’t kill us will make us stronger.”

“You’re better off than you think.”

Really?

These next few days may be strewn with land mines for depression. Walk through this season cautiously.

These next few days may be strewn with land mines for depression. Walk through this season cautiously.

With the proper planning and a support team around you, you can make it through.

Tell your closest friends you need their strength to get through the next few days.

Have them check on you a bit more than usual.

Write words that have power on note cards and put the cards in your pocket. When you find yourself slipping into a funk, pull out the card and give yourself a lifeline.

Holidays come, but they also go. Healing will continue. Pain will lessen. Live in the moment as much as you can, because really … that’s all we ever have.

What say you?

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