Everyone has a story and is a story in the making. As I see people in restaurants or retail establishments or other places where people come and go, I often ask myself, “what’s their story?” I often wonder, if they could tell me in a sentence the title or “punch line” of their life, what would it be? To understand that everyone has a story is to know intuitively that everyone has stuff in the life…things they are struggling with. In this devotional I not only ask the question, “What’s your story?” but tell you a little bit of my story.

If you’re like me you talk to yourself (internally).

And if you’re like me, you beat yourself up for NOT being or doing something or something you did or did not do in your past

And sometimes events of my past haunt me, and internally taunt me telling myself how screwed up I am, and then I begin the downward path toward depression.

In Psalms 42 there seems to be a two-step process the Psalmist uses to bring himself out of the pit of depression. Maybe this will help you as it has helped me.

It seems dependability is a rare commodity these days. There are few people, few companies that you can really depend upon. Rather, what is more common are late deliveries, unmet construction deadlines, and people not coming through on their promises. But, no matter when, no matter where, and in no matter what circumstance, there is One Person you can depend upon, and that of course is God.