Beyond Depression

“Into each life some rain must fall. Some days must be d ark and dreary.” (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Rainy Day”)

“The worst thing is never the last thing!” Dr. Michael Gardner, Easter 2015

“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

“Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning?”

“O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer…”

“…and by night, but find no rest.” (Psalm 22:1-2)

“As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.” (Psalm 42:1)

“My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.” (Psalm 42:2a)

“When shall I come and behold the face of God?” (Psalm 42:2b)

“My tears have been my food day and night…”

“…while people say to me continually, ‘Where is your God?’” (Psalm 42:3)

“These things I remember, as I pour out my soul.”

“How I went with the throng, and led them in …”

“…procession to the house of God with glad shouts and…”

“…songs of thanks- giving, a multitude keeping festival.” (Psalm 42:4)

“ Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you disquieted within me?”

“ Hope in God! For I shall again praise him, my help and my God.” (Psalm 42:5-6a)

Dr. Michael Gardner, Easter 2015