 By: Ethel Chadwick
bagelsandblessings.com I have a friend who is often sad. She knows Yeshua but sometimes doesn’t feel that He really loves her. I just try to gently reassure her that she is loved by many others and me and that God is always there for her. Sometimes it seems like this isn’t enough and I feel frustrated. All I can do is pray and try to show her love the best way I know how. What do you do when you are feeling sad? Do you push people away and hide under the bed covers? Sometimes when we least feel like being around people, that’s the time we need people the most. Perhaps like me, you have a friend who is often depressed. Remember to pray, and call or text often to remind them that you are thinking of them. If appropriate, stop over with a favorite bowl of chicken soup (Jewish penicillin!) or cookies. We really do need each other. People who are hugged often tend to live longer – I think there was a study somewhere that proved this. The moral of the story is, reach out and hug someone today! We all need each other, we need to feel God’s love. They will know we are believers by our love! Ethel
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 By: Ethel Chadwick
bagelsandblessings.com When you read the title I bet you thought I meant “fight with another person.” Wrong! I mean fight for your faith, for love, for strength, for your very soul! If you don’t fight the negative thoughts, the depression, the anxiety, etc., then Satan wins. And we can’t let him win! So how do we fight? We make ourselves recite scripture, even when we don’t feel like it. We listen to positive, encouraging music. We make ourselves get up, get dressed, walk around the block and maybe call a friend. I know it isn’t easy. I don’t profess to understand chronic depression. What I do know is that God loves you very much and He doesn’t want you to suffer. If you need to ask for help, please do so. Let others minister to you. You will get better, slowly, if you really want to. Yes, you have to want to. So please fight. It’s a matter of life and death! This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live – Deuteronomy 30:19 Ethel  By: Ethel Chadwick
bagelsandblessings.com Several of my friends have recently broken their bones – arms, wrists, kneecaps, etc. I have been fervently praying for healing and as I envisioned the cracks disappearing and the bones becoming whole, it occurred to me that there are also many fractures in relationships. It is sad to realize that even amongst believers there are siblings who haven’t spoken in years, people who no longer speak to their parents and marriages which are fractured seemingly beyond repair. Just as God can heal the fractures in my friends’ bones (in fact, the broken kneecap miraculously healed in just 2 weeks!), He most certainly can repair these relationship fractures! The key is to have faith! Remember that faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen (Hebrews 11:1). Begin to thank God for healing, trust that He will do it, and be expectant, even when there is no sign of change! I believe all your fractures will mend, sooner than you think! With God all things are possible!!! (Luke 18:24). Shalom, Ethel |
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