No, everywhere I turn to.....no matter who I speak to..... EVERYONE is going through some form of craziness in their lives. It may be their job or perhaps their health or their kids or death of a loved one or family matters or depression or divorce or perhaps life in general! I tell you that something has got to give! Can we not see we are living proof of what 1 John 5:19 says: . . .We know we originate with God, but the whole world is lying in the [power of the] wicked one.
And the scripture at Rev. 12:7-12 where it talks about how Satan has great anger because he knows he has such a short period of time....don't we feel the effects of his anger today? All of us who are truly trying to serve Jehovah faithfully are truly being tested daily. So as I go through my trials in this world that we live in....I do know that I am not alone. I cope by drawing my strength from Jehovah first (and boy do we need to pray a lot!) and then I am trying to stay active and busy in his organization (despite my health issues) and I stay close to my friends who encourage me always with their smiles and their hugs and who let me know what they are going through so that I don't feel alone. We need to sometimes laugh at ourselves or our situation or just sing or put on good music (sometimes when we don't even feel like it). Or just look at a laughable picture like this one and it will make us smile. So when you see the friends smiling at the Kingdom Hall (because this is what we do) know that they are smiling because they are happy to be there with you but it doesn't mean that they are not going through trials of their own. Don't forget to give them that hug....they may need it that day. Lets continue to encourage one another especially in these last days.....
