Knowing...

As I was watching a reality show with my daughter this morning a lot fell on my heart.
During this show one of the young men became depressed and anxious and needed to leave.  He even stated in this episode that he needed to leave in order to heal himself. He left the show and went home to his family.
While watching this I thought how lost our world is. How broken and hurting. We can try and fix it with worldly things but that wont really fix it, it will only mask it and numb it for us to have to deal with again later when we are in a worse state. When that kind of darkness takes you it's harder to resurface.
I liked that he said he needed to heal himself. We help in our own healing when we recognize we need to make some changes and we make that first step toward the right way. Jesus is ultimately our great physician. He alone can heal all our diseases. Depression is a disease, so is anxiety.
I find myself praying for this young man, that the things of the world no longer consume him. That he finds the truth through Jesus.
After watching this and feeling all of this heaviness on my heart, I thought of some other people that I personally know. Depression and anxiety have consumed their lives for years. To talk to one of them they say they are now free from depression and anxiety. This is what they say today, but their actions speak volumes in the opposite. The other person knows they suffer from these two monsters. They also know that Jesus is the only one to heal them. Are they at a place where they want to reach out to him? Sadly, no. Is the other friend? I am afraid they don't know who Jesus is and what he can do. Both people are wonderful friends, great people to know. Both lost and hurting in a world that doesn't care about them. A world that doesn't care enough to know their names, or wants to know their hurt. Only Jesus truly knows our names, knows our hurts, and cares enough to help us heal from them.
My heart is heavy today....
If not through me Jesus, through someone else. Please breathe new life into those that are suffering with internal demons that only seek to destroy what you have so graciously created. You know our names Lord......You know.