SAD

Being sad is a natural reaction to disappointment and loss in some way, our human nature in the realm of hurt. A broken spirit. There have been many times in my life that I felt profound sadness.

I know the old saying that misery loves company. It is very true, but it doesn't have to be that way. Why is it that many people are so jealous of someone that is happy. They automatically think, that person is faking it or isn't "real". Sometimes that is true, but you aren't seeing their yesterday. So....the sad person turns that sadness they feel into bitterness toward someone else. There it is, the turn. Sadness can turn to jealousy and then bitterness shows up. How could they be happy all the time? I know they have issues in their life. The truth is that every person on the face of this earth has an oppressor. It is not the many afflictions or situations we face in life it is the way we handle those. If bitterness is allowed to creep in, we and the people around us suffer.

Have you every been around a person going through cancer treatment and they are happy and positive. Or maybe you have gone to Africa, and seen the children that have no food or parents or even clean water, yet they are smiling all the time. These people inspire me. They don't allow their circumstances to dictate happiness. Being happy is a choice. We can choose to hold our head up for help, or focus on the trouble and wallow. I know it is so hard when you feel like someone else is responsible for your pain. I know it looks like someone else has it better than you. You and I have to choose correctly. I admit that I don't always do a good job of this either but it is the goal and I often evaluate myself in this way. Our very soul depends on the outcome. Bitterness and unforgiveness can damn our soul to hell.

So if you are sad today, it is OK to grieve and assess. We don't want this : Psalm 10:6 -He says to himself, "Nothing will shake me; I'll always be happy and never have trouble." But we must lay our losses down, careful to not look around us and compare our lives. Take a look inward and if all the fingers you have point back at "you" & "how you feel", walk away from concern for yourself, reach out (as feeble as it may seem) to forgive, and happiness will follow. If you do, I promise you will not be sorry... or sad.