Journaling the Coronavirus (COVID19) Pandemic, Reflection #45
Sunday
April 25, 2020
Helping someone else.
The very best cures for depression, ennui, and just that anxious lousy feeling of worry is to get out there and find somebody else to HELP. In ‘normal’ times it can be pretty hard to find such people, even if you are one yourself. But now, these people in terrible need are having to come out of wherever they might be and seek assistance. There are going to be so many more who are running out of food for their families and with no place to go. The food banks are becoming empty and the government programs do not reach these kinds of people.
Only you can.
The New Testament covers this and your reward will not just be in heaven. You will feel better about your own situation if you follow this advice. You will feel better, not out of contrast, but because it will reaffirm to you that you are important, vital and a caring wonderful person inside, even if that is not apparent to you when you look in the mirror in the morning, or when you judge yourself in watching the expressions of others you may perceive to be judging you.
Go out there and help. I am going out there right now. This is called an expression of love, even if you don’t find anyone. As Snoop Dogg once said to me: “One love brother.”
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What are you doing to HELP others?
Aye James you are 100 percent correct!!! Been there,so far down,could only go up,but,how? Help some one else,helps them,but,helps you also!
Thanks for your contribution to reality, James
Semper fi
Jim
Romans 12:9
Abhor evil, Hold on to the good
Proverbs 3:5 is well known to many “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.” And the following verse 3:6 is probably just the opposite -read over and forgotten. “In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make straight your paths.” Ever try to acknowledge the Lord in ALL your ways? Tough to do but so very worth it. Simple example – When I go to the grocery store and I’m acknowledging/ thinking of the Lord in all that I do, I will notice the elderly woman trying to reach something up on a high shelf and help her. When I’m in a rush and thinking only of myself and what I need to do and not thinking of the Lord at all I would never notice the same situation. Proverbs 3:6 is a powerful verse when applied to your life.
God bless you my friend, and brother. I shall read this passage, from your recommendation, tonight…
Semper fi, and God bless you….
Jim