Cold Plunge thoughts.

Well, Merry Christmas.

Today's the day that we celebrate the birth of Christ.

I am so grateful for him in my life. I know that he lives. I know that he's my savior.

And I know that because he lives, I'll be able to live again.

And I'm so grateful for that. I know that because of his sacrifice for me,

I can overcome my weaknesses and the things that I'm not very good at and develop

and become more like him every single day.

That's the truth. That's not something that I believe or hope.

That's something that I have felt about four or five years ago, something like that.

I was really, really depressed. rest.

And I haven't really struggled with suicide in my life, but at this time,

I just wanted to, I was out on a fishing trip and I just wanted to be back home.

So I thought about how I could get injured enough that I would have to go home

and stop the fishing trip, but not so injured that I would die because I didn't want to die.

And then one night I was struggling

with this and i was in

the tent i just poured out my heart to god

and i said i can't carry this anymore it's too hard this is too much for me

in that moment i felt the atonement of jesus christ work in my life that was

when i knew that it was real those feelings went away and I overcame my depression.

That's just a little thing. It's not as hard as what other people go through.

But for me, it was enough to know that Christ did sacrifice for me.