Chocolate or Jesus?

What if-
when you are sad, you could just go eat chocolate and that would make you feel happier. It really would.
What if-
When you are upset, you put on sad music that only enhances your mood.
What if-
Well you know, I love doing both of those things. Well, I do love chocolate and I do love listening to sad music when I am already upset. You may be thinking right now, "Lindsay, where are you going with this?" Well, the thought pattern is such-
When I am upset, I am to go to Jesus and find relief in Him, rather than in chemicals that make me happy.
When I am sad, listening to melancholy music or secular music might make me think only more and more on the current struggle. Whereas music glorifying and praising Jesus, really does lift my spirit and I feel better.
Now, am I saying that it's wrong to do these things? Well, relying on chocolate to make you feel better, I don't know. Because then again, if I am sad, will I watch a funny movie to make me feel better? I guess it's different in the sense that with chocolate, it physically does something to you. But whether it's wrong to eat JUST to make you feel better, that is a subject for another day and time.
I don't think it's wrong to listen to sad music when you are sad. I love doing it. It's as Paul says, that all things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. "All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything." 1 Corinthians 6:12
So, anyways. I can listen to sad music when I am upset, and that's ok. And should I eat chocolate to make me feel better? Maybe it's ok. In the end, I go with what Paul says, "All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable." If you don't have any problems, then it's ok for you. Paul continues with saying that your freedom shouldn't cause another to stumble. Just read 1 Corinthians 10. So whether you do these things or not, is not my deal, but wouldn't it be better to go to Jesus? And I'm saying this for myself as well. Number 1, it will strengthen your faith and draw you closer to your Jesus. It will make you more relient on Him. Number 2, your eyes will then be focused on Jesus instead of yourself, and we are called to fix our eyes upon Jesus.

¹Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. ²Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Hebrews 12:1-2

And that is where I leave you today.
Seeking