New Beginnings

Hey Warriors,

Its Melissa here!

First off let me apologize for us not putting out a post last week. We were out of town and then under the weather and exhausted. Thank you for your understanding!!

Today I want to talk about new beginnings. That topic has been on my mind a lot the last few days. Easter is right around the corner and with that comes the biggest new beginning in history with the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. He gave us an eternal new beginning by dying for us on the cross and saving us all from our sins. What I want to talk to you about though is how new beginnings can happen from day to day.

My ultimate goal in life is to just be better tomorrow than I was today. Seems simple right! In reality it is not. When you are dealing with things like depression and PTSD, finding a new beginning can be extremely hard. Day to day life with PTSD can be difficult and things can go wrong a lot. Those to deep into the depression or PTSD may not be able to see that tomorrow is a new day.

This past week depression hit me pretty bad along with feeling under the weather. This caused me to feel sad all the time, snappy with Lawrence and our boys, sleeping a lot, and not doing basic tasks each day. I knew I was depressed but was struggling to pull out of it. My trigger is periods of time like the anniversary of deaths and birthdays. My mom’s birthday is coming up and so is the birthday of our twin boys that we lost. The depressing feelings is my bodies way of reminding me that the grief is still here and that I have to deal and manage it as best I can.

One of the first things I tell myself is that tomorrow is a new day. I can always start over tomorrow and make it better than the day before. This might just mean I get a shower or cook dinner in that day. It means that even if I slip up and get angry or cry, that I do not have to do that same thing the next day. I can make that next day better by giving myself some grace and knowing that I do not have to live in that depression for long periods of time. I make the conscious choice to make the next day better.

Sometimes one day at a time is all we can do. We can take it one hour at a time or minute at a time if we have to. Its okay also if that next day does not go as planned because you still have another chance and day to make things better. Its all about the choice you make. Jesus chose to die for us to give us a new beginning. He gave us that choice and we should do all we can to make sure we make the best choices possible.

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John 3:16-17 ESV “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Melissa McGuire ( Relentless)