Discussion: Sadness

How do you deal with sadness?

How can you help others deal with sadness?

"May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word."
-2 Thessalnians 2:16-17

Is it okay to be sad sometimes? When is it a problem?

"The LORD is my strength and my shield;
my heart trusts in him, and I am helped.
My heart leaps for joy
and I will give thanks to him in song."
-Psalm 28:7

"You hear, O LORD, the desire of the afflicted;
you encourage them, and you listen to their cry,"
-Psalm 10:17

2008-04-22