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4- Steps that Help Out of the Funk

Dear Debs,

Podcasting is awesome! Never was one to listen to a Podcast and now I'm HOOKED.

While listening to a Podcast I heard a Christian author/speaker/leader figure saying, "Readers follow blogs and they start to believe the bloggers experience has to become theirs"... to my readers I propose to not limit yourself and think that my life experience will be your life experience. When I share my journey it is so that you are encouraged. It is for you to know that you are not alone. As Christian women from a new generation we tend to gravitate towards the simplicity of an online community. This is okay, but I can't stress enough to never stop congregating Hebrews 10:25-27

Having said that, today I want to write about the journey of getting out of a funk (or a few funks).

The daily mundane brings mental road blocks that can snowball and turn into an emotional torture-wheel. This emotional/mental torture-wheel then turns into depression followed by sadness and at it's worse it can make us feel as if we are living a double life.

This emotional/mental torture-wheel then turns into depression 


Personally, inside of me there she is- the depressed and sad girl who can't seem to grasp a glimpse of how blessed I am ... ...and the "outside me", that others see, is faking it till she makes it.

Sound familiar?

Most of this funk (lately) was due to my past. I was settling some business with regret, loss, hurt, brokenness, change and disappointment. It has been a roller coaster, but God's timing is perfect!

There are so many testimonies where God's love pursued us during these very dark moments. Surely in the past God had tried reaching us, but time and time again we preferred the blind journey in which we kept crashing and burning. For some odd reason we rather live with the consequences of our crash and burn choices of stress, anger, misery and resentment with no outlook to a better tomorrow or a shift of a brighter perspective for today. Because the truth is that if we opt to sit down and write down our blessings we will FIND THEM!

Because the truth is that if we opt to sit down and write down our blessings we will FIND THEM!


As Christians trying to change old habits we need to be careful when we are repenting and rewiring. If the situation is more of facing a challenging season of life my advice will be the same. Changes and challenges can place us in mental ruts that can make us feel guilty, defeated and that we lack accomplishments in our lives. These feelings can make us believe "we are not enough".

I want to share a 4-step method that has pulled me from some deep, dark feelings of depression:

Invite. Examine. Analyze. Find the way back. Psalm 139: 23-24

Search me, God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.
24 See if there is any offensive way in me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting.

  1. Invite the Lord through prayer. Intimacy and fellowship with God at these moments are essential. The balance is fragile during these phases. Thoughts of "would of-could of" -I SEE MYSELF IN DESPERATE NEED OF COUNCIL - The Lord is willing to instruct, teach and council me with love! Psalm 32:8 
  2. Examine. The word of God has taught me a lot about myself. It brings a psychological perspective into the picture. I'm the type that needs to rationalize the situation. The word of God is all encompassing wisdom and knowledge. The word of God never ceases to amaze me. As I read it during fellowship with God my spirit understands and teaches me the areas where God is at work. (see my last Blog on studying the bible) - Proverbs 9:10
  3. Analyze the thoughts and accept the revelation you receive when you are applying the steps above. Ephesians 1:17 1 Corinthians 2:10 The Holy Spirit of God will read us in depth. It is the same spirit that rose Jesus from among the dead that lives inside of us! It's a spirit that searches all things. It is the spirit that resurrects dead hopes and dreams. Prayer opens a spiritual realm that will allow you to invite the spirit of the Most High Holy God to search you and TO TEACH  AND INSTRUCT YOU.
  4. Find the way back! The 3-steps above are a challenge. Taking these steps over and over again left my eyes dried out, but they always lead me back to a resting place that brings me peace that surpasses all understanding. 

Jesus won it all on the cross. He stood up to death and He conquered it... I haven't done that yet! Jesus prayed and invited the Father's fellowship at all times and instructed us to do the same Luke 18:1, Jesus quoted and publicly examined the word of God in many of His teachings- which in turn helps us to analyze ourselves and our lives through His teachings and parables. Jesus had revelation that helped always find His way back to the strength of our Heavenly Father. This strength is reflected right before He is arrested to be wrongfully persecuted and killed. Jesus asked the Father if possible to pass the cup, but at the end of the day YOUR WILL FATHER AND NOT MINE. Matthew 26:42 

If you don't know Jesus as a personal friend, Lord and savior I invite you to accept Him into your life and allow His life to be an example to follow... 

Right where you are speak up and verbalize, "Jesus I invite you into my heart. I recognize you, as my Lord and my savior and I wish to fellowship with you. I believe you are God's son and I believe that you died for me and rose on the 3rd day."

Find a church. Find a community of believers that can help you through the journey you have decided to take with God. 

God bless you!  

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