Faith, Pain, God, and Answers

I've always struggled with this particular topic. The times when all these things come together is usually when im feeling down and depressed, because then i start searching for answers as to why i am depressed and how i got there in the first place. Whenever i get down and am in pain and searching for answers, i always find it really hard. Because every time i look somewhere, it always seems to be a dead end! I also find it really hard to get myself out of the dark whole i've put myself in because i just seem to go round and round in circles going further and further down. The positive thing about it though, is that there always seems to be a bottom - no matter how far down.

Once i hit the bottom i always seem to get a reality check. Thats where god comes in. He shows me that there really isnt much of a reason for me being depressed and that, with a little faith, i'll be as good as gold in no time! I guess the real problem is the faith, its something i definitly need to work on. And the easiest way to work on that is constantly reminding yourself that God is there and that he loves you! "Sure" you might say to yourself, "but life sucks, and theres nothing to be happy about." (I say that to myself rather often.) Well thats the biggest load of smelly stuff i've ever heard! I mean, God's very own son DIED for you!! The only reason that you have a chance to have eternal life is because of him! Thats the biggest reason to be happy there is!

I guess i could go on for a very long time talking about this, but the truth of it all is that it's always going to come back to faith. If you have faith that there is a lot to be happy about (even though you may not know it at the time) then God is going to show you all this stuff that you can be happy about. And if you have faith that God IS going to show you a way out of your sadness or depression, then he will!
Matthew 9:29 -Jesus: "According to your faith will it be done to you"