Are You Thinking About Depression?

I know Christians who never seem to get down, feel depressed or battle the blues.

I’m not one of them.

Neither is one of my best friends.  Like me, Kevin is almost always ready to wander into the shadowy world of melancholy. Whenever his wife sees him slipping into the abyss of despair, she asks him, ”Kevin, are you getting depressed?”

His answer is classic: “No, but I’m thinking about it.”

That’s just how it is, isn’t it? Life seems overwhelming, we’re worn out, everything seems meaningless, and we start “thinking about” getting depressed.

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Most mornings I fill at least one page of my trusty Mead Notebook, add a few specific prayer requests to my prayer log at the end of the notebook, and grudgingly close my journal when it’s time to start my day.

But, melancholy depresso that I am, some mornings it’s jut not in me.

After I wore myself out guilting and shaming over what a sorry Christian I am and wondering why I can’t just be Spirit-filled and happy jounaler guy, I decided to just be honest with Jesus.

But I always record it:

Not Today, Lord

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Battling the Blues?

I know Christians who never seem to get down, feel depressed or battle the blues.

I’m not one of them.

Neither is one of my best friends. Like me, Kevin is almost always ready to wander into the shadowy world of melancholy. Whenever his wife sees him slipping into the abyss of despair, she asks him, ”Kevin, are you getting depressed?”

His answer is classic: “No, but I’m thinking about it.”

That’s just how it is, isn’t it? Life seems overwhelming, we’re worn out, everything seems meaningless, and we start “thinking about” getting depressed.

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