In His Image

Have you ever wondered why, after the great and exciting times in our lives, an unsettling melancholy almost always follows soon after? Why are manic highs so closely linked to manic lows? The root is threefold. Firstly, the human body does not synthesise enough feel-good substances to keep you feeling happy, motivated, positive, energised all on its own, all the time. It was not created to do so. Secondly, circumstances outside of us, as we all know, are given to change and drag our feelings along with them as they do. Lastly and most pertinently; the human heart apart from Christ's power working in it, is fickle and defective. Even as a believer, your heart is determined to rebel and live a life of its own, making its own rules. ‬ ‪Part of what that means is that it's all too easy to be misguided and consumed in the quest for (or the enjoyment of) the gifts, pleasures and comfort that the good Giver gives while being completely oblivious of the goodness of the