Many people today suffer from anxiety and depression. Such situations can be paralyzing, both for the person himself and for the environment.

People in mental distress can expect help

I myself have experienced that there are stories in the Bible that can help you through this. An example is the story of the people of Israel, which has just been freed from Egypt. It flees into the desert and is haunted by Pharaoh and his army. Then the Red Sea looms up and the people seem to fall into the trap. Fear and panic master the people. “Logical!”, you might say.

But.. God offers the way out. In Exodus 14 verse 21 and 22 it is as follows:
“Then Moses stretched his hand over the sea, and the Lord drained the sea through a strong east wind all night, makes it dry, and the waters were split. And the Israelites went in the midst of the sea on the dry; while on the right and left the waters before them were like a wall.”

In the next poem, this Bible story and the violent emotions of depressed people come together.

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