Comments on: January Blahs

By: Billie

Billie — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:45:42 +0000

Really, these blahs for me are worse on overcast days, but the shorter days and even the sun lower in the sky can sometimes be a downer. I don’t think I necessarily have SAD or anything, but I think lack of light can affect our moods. My wonderful husband replaced all our lightbulbs with those new daylight fluorescents–big difference! Then, I left up a few strands of lights (they’re my “winter” decorations–not just for Christmas!) for use on especially dark days. I read in an article recently that all the Christmas lights are a symbol of the light of Christ overcoming the darkness of the world, and since He reigns on high, why should I feel compelled to take down all the lights? They’ll stay until it’s time for the spring decorations to go up and our little part of the world is bright and sunny again. In the meantime, we also heed your admonishments to eat cookies in a steamy bubblebath, be thankful, and tune our souls through worship. Thank you!!

By: Luma

Luma — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:18:17 +0000

And Amen.

By: Martha

Martha — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:35:33 +0000

The days are getting a bit longer…the sun has a wee bit more warmth….glorious snow - imagine that my sins which were scarlet are white as snow….it’s almost time to wander in the woods and find twigs to bring inside and from a vase of twigs coax little green leaves and pussy willows…the stars are glorious in the winter sky….to everything there is a season…..why give in to blahs?
As my mother would say, (a paraphrase of Longfellow)
“Let us then be up and doing with a smile on every face!”

By: Mrs. J

Mrs. J — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:29:32 +0000

This was much needed.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:43:52 +0000

I have noticed a change in my children as well. SO much, that I made my four year old memorize Proverbs 17:22 “A Merry heart doeth good like a medicine; a broken spirit drieth the bones.”

I have found myself reciting though, too.