Monday, May 6, 2013

OWEN



Good morning! I am Owen Weddle, the Associate Pastor at Central United Methodist.



In America, we are having an increasing problem with mental health issues such as depression. But an interesting study came out a while ago that said, if we see locations on our drives and objects we use and link them with positive memories, this has been helpful in combating depression. The struggle with depression is in large part due to us remembering all the negatives, but not remembering the happy and hopeful memories. It isn't that our life is all bad or that good things don't happen to us, but we don't remember them.



In the Old Testament, every time God appear and talked, the people would designate that place as a sacred place. Sacred places were places where God had appeared and was hoped that He might appear again; sacred places were places that gave us hope to combat the difficulties of life. And when we see our fellow Christians, we know who God has used to help us, we are seeing 'places' where God aided us; people who are sacred because God is present in them. Those people will give us memories of hope that can combat the hopelessness we feel all too often in life.



If you don't have those sacred people and places in your life, I would invite you to come to worship with us at Central on Sunday to have a sacred visit with God in your life.



May God Bless You!