Hi guys,
I thought I’d share with you a testimony that I have from yesterday.
I was feeling extremely low and I didn’t know why or how I got myself into the situation.
I didn’t know if it was to do with the nightmares or voices I was hearing. It also could have been due to the events that took place throughout the day. All I knew was that I was feeling depressed.
When I got back from home, I ate and decided to go on my phone to YouTube to look for a video to lift up my spirits. I had the idea of watching a secular video that was quite shallow but at least it would improve my mood… but for how long?
I went onto YouTube and the first thing i saw was a video with the title “How to fight the spirit of sadness”.
When I saw this, I thought “Could it be? Is this the answer to my hearts desire?” Because deep down, I knew I was searching for happiness, for contentment.
So I put on the video and it exceeded my expectations.
In the video, Samona Watts was discussing the topic of sadness and she mentioned how it’s a spirit. She said that the enemy studies us and knows after we go through certain circumstances, then he decides to attack us with spirit of sadness, doom and gloom.
One thing that stood out to me is that she said her husband had a wound on his leg and when she saw it, she told him that she wished his wound wasn’t so big. Then he told her that he’s glad that he still has a leg. So it made me think that I shouldn’t look at the glass as half empty but I should at it as half full.
She also gave 3 practical tips on how to fight the spirit of sadness. The first one is the principle “what you look for, you will find”. If you look for sadness then you will only find things to be sad about but if you look for happiness then you’ll find it.
I can relate to this because sometimes it feels like all I can think of is things to be upset about. It’s as if I’m searching for the smallest reason to be sad and I chose to magnify the problem. This is called a mental filter and it is one of the unhealthy thinking habits that we discussed in one of the previous blogs.
In the blog we said that we could overcome this negative thought pattern by thinking of things that are positive (Philippians 4:8).
Another tip was to get a reality check. She advised us to write down the reasons you are unhappy and then write down all the things to be grateful for. I conducted this exercise and after I did it, I felt so refreshed and like I was looking at things from a different perspective.
If you’d like to find out the last tip, then I encourage you to watch the video yourself as I think it will be best if you watch it and take in as much as possible and I’m sure it will be a big blessing to you as it was to me.
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