I once heard a businessman describe his years in college as a time when he often felt ldquo helpless and hopeless rdquo from bouts of depression Sadly he never talked to a doctor about these feelings but instead started making more drastic plans mdash ordering a book on suicide from his local library and setting a date to take his life God cares for the helpless and hopeless We see this in His treatment of biblical characters during their own dark times When Jonah wanted to die God engaged him in tender conversation Jonah ndash When Elijah asked God to [... more]