Last night I was depressed. I know it’s not cool to admit that one gets depressed; but I do and not infrequently. Finally I gave into the “spiritual” urging to quit obsessing and to go take a bath.
It is my habit to read OC’s devotional for the next day before going to bed and so after the bath I did that. The title jumped off the page at me, “The Initiative against Depression.” Since I began doing the Nick’s Walk at the beginning of the year, it has been amazing how often the OC devotional has a direct relationship to my life.
As is often the case OC had some helpful thoughts. “A human being is capable of depression, otherwise there would be no capacity for exaltation.” There is consolation in knowing that depression is normal for a human. I have always been suspicious of those who deny depression. Now I know that such persons are either liars or they are incapable of exaltation. I’m not sure which would be worse.
It is also comforting to know that my urging to take a bath was probably a word from God. As OC points out the angel told a depressed Elijah to get up and eat. Apparently the spiritual cure for depression is to do the most natural simple thing.
I guess I was no longer depressed until I noticed that tomorrow’s devotional topic is “The Initiative against Despair.” I sure hope the pattern of the devotional being directly related to my life, doesn’t hold true tomorrow. Pray for me.
I suspect someone you know had a little too much Mardi Gras and may be a bit depressed and maybe in need of a bath this morning. Love ’em like Jesus and admit you might sometimes be depressed. Go take a bath and
Be blessed.
Nick
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