How to Fight the Winter Blues by Attending Church Services
If you find yourself dreading the rapid approach of winter this year, or you are reading this article during the winter, then you must be someone who suffers from the winter blues, since that is what the title of this article is about. The winter blues can be everything from just a general lack of energy or desire, to full blown depression. One of the major culprits that cause the winter blues is folks often find themselves stuck inside on the them cold winter days with nothing to do.
First of all, a person with nothing to do, is what I would consider a very lucky person, but that's just me thinking that way. I often wish there was a lot more hours in the day, to get things done, and so don't most other people, in fact a lot of us don't have time to get the winter blues.
If you do find the winter blues creeping in your life this season, why not take up an activity to help beat it, like attending Church services. From the time I was a baby who got baptized in a Methodist Church, until I was a teenager, I attended Church on Sunday morning, then again on Sunday evening and one evening during the week, usually on a Wednesday for Bible study. A few years back I attended Church again for awhile, but now I am ashamed to say I have slacked off a little in my Church attendance, but, I do plan on going back again, soon.
Church is not just great for children to attend, it's great for adults and everyone. Now I know that some of you are not of the same faith or hold to the same beliefs that I do, and everyone has their own religious practices and beliefs. This article is basically for those of the Christian faith, whether you are Southern Baptist, Methodist, Protestant, or whatever, that believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the only way to Heaven, as I do. In fact, do you know that Jesus even tells us that He is the ONLY way to Heaven, yes in the Holy Bible in the book of John 14:6 ' I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me ', that pretty well shows there is ONLY one way to heaven, doesn't it.
Now, I am not meaning to get in a debate about faiths and beliefs, I want to get back to what this article is mainly about, helping to fight against the winter blues by attending Church. Here are just a few of the rewards we can get from attending Church services:
1. It's great for social skills, as folks often greet each other, and like to chat
2. It's good for the voice as folks love to sings hymns of praise and worship
3. It's always great to hear the word of God, in a Bible believing Church (like food for the mind and soul)
4. The Lord Jesus tells us to attend Church services (Hebrews 10:25)
These are just a few of the things attending Church services can offer to each of us, and there are countless other benefits. One major benefit that attending Church during the winter months is, it gives us something great to do that helps keep us centered in our Christian faith and beliefs. It is not only rewarding for us mentally and otherwise, it gives us a great way to help fight the winter blues.
There is a website that describes numerous activities and other methods to help eliminate the Winter Blues, this website is called: Winter Activities - and it may be found at this url: http://www.winter-activities.com
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"How to Fight the Winter Blues by Attending Church Services", was submitted 01/18/2012 under category Religion.
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