When I Rise and When I Fall

Two trees standing tall,

So tall, in fact, the space between them is

A great chasm

Opening up or opening down,

It's hard to tell.

I see blue sky above, but why,

I ask,

Is it so dark where I stand?

 

 

A change in perspective...

 

 

Then I see light,

Light so bright it bridges the great deep.

I can touch the sky,

Scale the trees that once seemed

Too tall to climb.

And I know

A Presence, palpably real,

Has descended on my heart.

 

The lows and the highs. Perhaps you've been there, too. Wondering when the never-ending cycle will cease, when you will be able to climb without crashing to the ground.

 

If I can offer you any hope today, it is this (it is not a short answer, nor the easy one, but it is true).

 

For those of us with major or manic depression, there is help. Great advancements in treatment, from carefully monitored medications to various kinds of counseling and other therapies, are working wonders every day. I am living proof.

 

But the dark days will still come. Our emotions will rise and fall. What then?

 

We can look up. Up to the One Who never changes, Whose light never grows dim. The One Who ultimately makes the treatments and the wonders that they work. The One Who is willing to come into our hearts and lift us out of the pit... Forever.

 

He is Jehovah Rapha, the "God Who Heals."

 

Simply trust in Him.

 

Audio Adrenaline, "The Answer," Kings & Queens

"Loving God, I pray for those whose day is dark and dreary. May they find victory over their depression. Send Your presence to brighten their corner wherever they are. May Your love and light surround even the darkest place."

~ Dr. Robert H. Schuller, God's Minute IV for today

Amen, and God bless you,
 

Healed By His Wounds

~ Looking up over at Five Minute Friday and Still Saturday