If you’ll pardon me…

I’m deeply, profoundly depressed tonight, and not up to thinking up a post.

Instead, a picture of a dragonfly. Because I like them. I thought of doing a butterfly, but I’m in more of a dragonfly mood.



Photo credit: André Karwath

0 thoughts on “If you’ll pardon me…”

  1. Beautiful photo. Please take heart for you are loved with an everlasting love by the King of kings. An eternity of bliss will be ours one day.

  2. Lars, I’ve found myself getting sucked into depression quite a bit lately, meditating on the futility of all things. Yesterday was even worse since my normally quiet Monday night ambulance shift was rather active so I went into the day yesterday operating on less than three hours of sleep. An old evangelist friend once told me, “Fatigue makes cowards of us all.” How true.

    But God is good. I dragged myself to my late afternoon confirmation class where we were finishing our yearlong survey of the New Testament with a quick overview of the book of Philippians. Some of the discussion questions in the curriculum I had written years ago spoke directly to my situation.

    11. Why shouldn’t we complain or grumble? (Phil. 2:15)

    16. What does Paul do in response to his inadequacies? (Phil. 3:12-14)

    19. What should we do when we are tempted to be anxious? (Phil. 4:6)

    20. What eight characteristics should we look for in the things that occupy our minds? (Phil. 4:8)

    It gets really hard to enjoy wallowing in a blue funk when I have to explain to a couple of Junior High kids the tools God gives us for crawling out of one.

    After class I came home and laid down for a few minutes before supper. I ended up sleeping 13 hours through the night and feel much better this morning. On top of that, maybe missing supper will help with my weight loss program.

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