You are sinking in a slough of anxiety and depression! The sensation is of spiraling downward after the plug has been pulled from a tub, or being sucked under by quicksand! It doesn’t matter that you ‘thought’ yourself into the state of mind you are in-all that matters is that you feel hopeless and helpless!
You feel the warmth of the murky, stifling waters closing over you! The ooze of the marsh mud seems to smother your cries for help as they swallow you up! You try to recall how you could have possibly gone so far astray from the path when you thought you followed it so closely! How could you have not realized that the sun doesn’t shine where you are now? You struggle to think coherently as you know ‘now’ would be your only hope for survival! But it is useless!
Before you were trapped in this slime you could raise your arms, wave your hands, sing, dance, and run among oh so many other things! You didn’t realize how thankful you should have been for the freedom then! But, when it seems that it is all lost you realize how wonderful it was! And you wonder as you sink lower and lower, “Is this the end of the beauty, and sunshine for me?” And you almost believe that it’s over.
In years past you recall seeing others sinking in the mire and you thought when you made them laugh, shined the light their way, or cheered them up that they would be fine! You weren’t patient with them when it seemed they wanted to stay where they were! You didn’t understand their helplessness! But, now you realize how badly they wanted to be rescued!
Where lies the hope for rescue from this dilemma? How can you make yourself heard? Whose hand can reach you in your bewilderment, and perplexity? You know others care but they can’t reach so far! You know only one who can reach so far down-God is your only hope of survival!!!
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