People with disabilities often struggle with depression. The best way I find to fight depression is with worship music. Depression is pretty clearly caused by the enemy, and the one thing the enemy can not stand is worshiping God. I have a Pandora.com play list that I listen to when I’m feeling down that is just filled with music praising God. There is a great song by a friend of mine Brian Fraaza called walk on that also reminds me I will not be alone through depression. I have posted the lyrics here for you:
Worshipping God
When my soul is tired and weary
When my eyes can’t cry no more
When I know my legs won’t carry me
I shall never walk aloneWalk on child, walk on
When your days are more then you can bare
When it feels like all you have ever known is gone
You shall never ever walk aloneWhen my heart is cold and broken
When lonely days are here for sure
When my friends are friends no longer
I shall never walk aloneWalk on child, walk on
When your days are more then you can bare
When it feels like all you’ve ever known is gone
You shall never, ever walk aloneWhen this dark old world surrounds me
When faith is all I’m hoping for
When I need someone to someone to rescue me
I shall never walk aloneWalk on child, walk on
When your days are more then you can bare
When it feels like all you’ve ever known is gone
You shall never, ever walk aloneWalk on child, walk on
When your days are more then you can bare
When it feels like all you’ve ever known is gone
You shall never, ever walk alone
What songs help you with depression?
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This is an awesome post. It makes me think of what I read on Nancy Leigh DeMoss’s devotional calendar for today: “Think of it! The eternal God and Creator of the universe, the One who measures the span of the universe with the width of His hand – that God has spoken to us, His finite, but infinitely loved creatures.” This is based on Acts 17: 26, 28 “He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place. ‘In him we live and move and have our being.’”
Regarding my favorite song that helps me snap out of self-focused despair (also known as depression) it is Jesus, Thank You by Sovereign Grace. The following link is how you can listen to it, get the guitar or piano music or buy it on MP3. http://www.sovereigngracestore.com/ProductInfo.aspx?productid=M4130-07-51
Hey, I don’t know if you accept other’s questions or how this all work as I just found your site. But, I was wondering what your thoughts are to my question. I would love to hear some feedback. I am newly Christian; I came from a family of athiests so I’m still trying to find answers.
Why was i born with such an “ugly” disability?
I was born with something very similar in concept to Cleft Palette; however, mine was far more severe and involved my entire face. I was born without a forehead and without basically the entire left side of my head including most of my nose, no left ear, and no left eye. I’ve gone through 60 surgeries in my lifetime, but none of that is what bothers me. What bothers me is that I am female and try as I might I feel like the ugliest girl on the planet. I feel cursed by my scars, misshapen Doctor-created left ear and prosthetic left eye. I feel condemned by every person who looks at me as everyone who looks at me automatically either thinks “ugly as sin” or “must be retarded.” The worst part about it is that God also made me very intelligent, introspective, caring, and passionate. I feel like God gave me this horrible curse to deal with while at the same time gave me the will and the mind to want nothing but to be a powerful person doing amazing things for this world. I want to change lives, share love, make changes for the best, but I can’t connect with people. People automatically dismiss me. I’m nearly 30 and I’ve never once had a guy talk to me like he was interested in me, I’ve never once been flirted with or kissed, I’ve never once been the one that people are drawn to.
So why did God give me this disability or ugliness when he also gave me this never-ending desire to be better than I’m capable of being? Why does he torture me like this? If God wanted to make me ugly why couldn’t he also make me stupid enough to not know any better and therefore not let it hurt so bad? Why did he have to make my disability so ugly?