Counselor, Something's Wrong with Me....

In walking back to my apartment from class today, I couldn't help but overhear the conversation between the two girls behind me.  One girl said to the other, "Something's wrong with me, I just really hope that these counseling sessions help."  Her friend responded, "What's wrong, are you sick?"  "No," the girl replied, "Something's just wrong with me and I'm not sure what.  I just don't seem to like myself, ya know?"  Luckily, I was in front of the girls, so they couldn't see me as a grin spread across my face when I thought to myself, "I wonder if she knows the Counselor.  I wonder if the reason that she doesn't seem to be acting like herself and that something seems missing because the biggest thing in her life is missing.  I wonder if she's missing a relationship with her Creator."  Paul writes in Romans, "For since our friendship with God was restored by the death of his Son while we were his enemies, we will certainly be saved through the life of his Son.  So now we can rejoice in our wonderful new relationship with God because our Lord Jesus Christ has made us friends of God" (Romans 5:10-11).  He has made us His friends!  Can you imagine having a friend who knows all the answers?  I know that whenever I have a weather concern, I go to one of my close friends who is a weather man.  I know that he'll be able to read all the charts better than any of my other friends.  Why look to an engineer for weather advice when you've got a friend who is a weather man?  Maybe, just maybe the hole that she's stumbled across in her life is Christ-shaped.  Granted, this is all speculation, but I'm sure you've heard similar conversations.

Take hope today because Jesus sent us the Holy Spirit.  He tells his disciples in John 16:7, "But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don't, the Advocate won't come.  If I do go away, then I will send him to you."  My Bible has a note next to "Advocate" that says it can be translated to Comforter, Encourager, or, wait for it, Counselor.  What problems do you have today?  What about you feels off?  What gives you concern about the fact that you "don't feel like yourself"?  Bring them to the couch, or better yet, the altar.  Unload them all and when it's time for you to leave the counselor's office and go back to the real world, don't pick them back up on your way out the door.  Jesus promises that His burden is easy and His yoke is light, all we have to do is come to Him and He will give us rest (Matthew 11:28-30).  He's got all the answers to your problems and He promises to be with you every step of the way.  Can you honestly say you know another counselor that is the same way?