Life for all at times is rough.
But if we go down into depression,
We just have to lift ourselves up.
I say ourselves because
No one can do this for us --
No one, that is, but Christ.
As Jesus said, our joy
Can't be taken from us.
This is divine law,
And being so, it can be counted on
To save us from a descent
We do not have to make.
When mental clouds gather,
We can rely on Jesus' promise,
And not go miserably down
Into that darkness at all.

(John 16:22)