The Black Dog

The "Black Dog", that's how Winston Churchill chose to describe his bouts of depression. Unless one experiences depression it is really difficult to have an understanding of what it truly entails. Some men that I can really relate to in the bible who struggled with this disease are Moses, Elijah, and Jonah. All of these men at one point or another in their life asked God to remove them from this world. Fortunately, God refused. More often than not the purposes of GOD often transcend our infirmities and circumstances. To be crucified with Christ has implications far beyond what we can truly imagine (Galatians 2:20). We are metaphorically dead men walking. Whether we chose to realize it or not. Some of us attempt to engage in sinful desires consistently but these actions are only attempts to hold on to a life that we can no longer possibly live.