Show Love.

I don't know why, but I am so passionate about wanting to help people who are struggling with suicide and depression. It's like a part of me that I cannot ignore. So many people struggle with it. Maybe it's because I've been there myself. However, I didn't get as far as most. I didn't even have a set out plan for suicide, I just thought about it a lot. Maybe that's part of the reason I'm so passionate about it and want to reach out so much. And maybe that's why I want to become a Counseling Psychologist. I hate seeing people in pain. I want so much to show them love.
But... shouldn't we all be doing this? Showing love. Jesus Christ became flesh and died on a cross to show us love. He died so we could live. He reached out.
I can't even begin to tell you how many times that I could have shown love to someone on the street or someone in school and didn't do it. I can't tell you how much I regret it. But I can tell you how it felt when I needed someone to reach out to ME.
In my previous blog, I wrote about what I went through in 2009-10. I went through all that alone. I didn't reach out. I now regret that I didn't seek help. My parents didn't even find out I was struggling with depression/suicide until I told them just literally a few weeks ago. They were upset that I didn't want to reach out to them. There really was no particular reason... I just didn't.
I felt so alone. I felt like a stranger to all the people in my life. I was so set apart. I even felt this way at church, of all places! The very place that I should have felt love. But partly because of my own doing, I didn't feel it at all. I'd walk in, paste on a smile, use a cheery voice, go through all the 'protocol' of church, all the while wondering why I'm still here. Never once did anyone ask me how I was doing personally. Sure when they asked me how I was I'd answer, "I'm doing good. You?" But I wanted so badly for someone to ask me how I was REALLY doing. I wanted someone to reach deeper. But no one did.
Like me, so many people say, "I'm fine," when in reality they are not. They're screaming inside. They WANT help deep down, no matter how many times they deny it. They just need someone compassionate enough to make the effort of breaking through the walls.
That's why we, who are over comers, NEED to reach out to EVERYONE in this world!! We need to reach out and show love like Jesus did. Unlike Him, however, we don't know what people are going through. That's why we need to treat everyone with compassion. Yes, even our 'enemies.' Jesus died for them, too; because He loved them. The least we can do is show love to them, too.
I don't want to be complacent with the normal, "How are you?" I'm fine, you? "Oh I'm good." SHOW people you care. Ask them deeper questions. Now there's a difference between prying and being personable. Don't be nosy, but show them you care. And pay attention to the things they say. Show interest, and let them know they can trust you.
Show Love. Because Love is who can save them<3