There comes a point in everybody's semester when you feel stressed, alone, tired and just need something to get you through the days. There is so much we have to keep up with as college students, whether it's actual school, being at every social event, going to philanthropy events and so much more. There comes a breaking point that everyone reaches where they don't know where else to turn before "the breakdown."
Through my experience in college so far, I have learned to turn to God in times of fear, loneliness, sadness, happiness, being stressed and when I am in need of answers. I have compiled a list of Bible verses that help me get through the times where I feel like I can't go on anymore.
When you forget why you're enrolled in college.
"For I know the plan I have for you declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future." -- Jeremiah 29:11
When you are losing faith.
"Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths straight." -- Proverbs 3:5-6
When you are feeling loneliness.
"He shall cover you with his feathers and under his wings you shall take refuge." -- Psalm 91:4
When you're feeling overwhelmed and busy.
"There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under the heavens. A time to be born and a time to die. A time to plant and a time to uproot. A time to kill and a time to heal. A time to tear down and a time to build. A time to weep and a time to laugh. A time to mourn and a time to dance. A time to scatter stones and a time to gather them. A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing. A time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away. A time to tear and a time to mend. A time to be silent and a time to speak. A time to love and a time to hate. A time for war and a time for peace." -- Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
When you are fearful.
"When I am afraid, I put my trust in you." -- Psalm 56:3
When you are waiting for something.
"Be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead." -- 1 Peter 1:6
When you are heartbroken.
"He heals the broken-hearted and binds up their wounds." -- Psalm 147:3
When you experience grief.
"God comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble." -- 2 Corinthians 1:4
When you don't know why.
"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find: knock, and it will be opened to you." -- Matthew 7:7
When you need comfort.
"I will never forget you. See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands." -- Isaiah 49:15-16
When you need to feel loved.
"Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends." -- John 15:13
When you are in troubled times, whether it be loneliness, sadness, fear, weakness or many, many others, there is someone always with you when you feel that there is nobody else.
