And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. Its inside is bigger than its outside. In our world too, a Stable once had something inside it that was bigger than our whole world. Hurry across the lowlands, that you may spend more time on the mountain-tops.
Depression is the pits, literally.
When we are crammed into our own little world because of illness or grief, we see things through the wrong end of the telescope. There on that blessed New Testament Sinai, He would tell us that our sorrow will turn into joy, and our tears will be wiped away. Come, let us rush through the lowlands of life to His elevation. Hazael, when told by Elisha of the life he was destined to live. And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.