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By taking today the short verse from 2 Corinthians 7 verse 6, it says,

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But God, who comforts the depressed, comforted us by becoming of tribus.

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God, I see you are a God who comforts the depressed.

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If there is comfort in God and depression, then why do some people go into depression

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and not find comfort? Is it because they are not looking for God?

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Is it because like pharaohs, their hearts are hardened and the solution is unthinkable,

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and they have remained there and not met God face to face?

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Is it because God has allowed an evil spirit to torment them, as he did Saul?

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These things, the reasons why, they are beyond my full knowledge.

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As we must proceed having not met God face to face, I can only imagine.

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I don't know what looking at all the things of this world questioning why they are the way they are

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can do to us when we are depressed without the comfort of God.

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I'm not of the mind to say that everybody gets depressed eventually or at some point.

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I'm also of the mind to think that this depression is something different than what doctors are

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calling clinical depression. This is a fact. God comforts the depressed.

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It's true that God is our way tough and out of every difficult situation.

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Even if we are taking medicine, attending counseling, or working a plan for depression,

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we should be going to God and consistently. Notice too that his methods are his own.

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Wrapped up in that little word by, in this verse, is the idea that he can do it by his chosen

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method, and in this case, becoming a part of the service. But in our lives, it might include

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the counseling through the medication, through our experiences, or by combining a pastor or a doctor.

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Find the help that God has prepared for you. If you're in depression,

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get the help you need and give God the glory.