Depression

DO YOU GET DEPRESSED?  I do.  We are in great company. Look what I found in my quiet time this morning.  One of the best known stories in the Old Testament is about Elijah and the prophets of Baal.  This story is a great read in 1 Kings.  It makes you want to shout YEAH GOD!  Elijah had enough courage to possibly make a fool of himself AND God.  But God did His "God Thing"---Fire from heaven BIG TIME!

This story did not depress me, you may be thinking!  READ ON.  Right after this incredible story, our hero of O.T. History gets depressed and scared This is a great read...and so like God to show us the highs AND lows - not a little but A LOT! Elijah can't function.  He can't eat.  All he wants to do is sleep....What does God do? Does God call Elijah a wimp? Does God say, "I'm done with you Elijah!" The opposite. God ENCOURAGES him.  Elijah thought he was all alone.  God showed him that he wasn't.  God showed Elijah a vast number of His people --- 7,000 who were faithful to God.

                                                           WE ARE NOT ALONE