May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as
you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy
Spirit. Romans 15:13
I was on the phone an hour with Ray. His wife had
contacted me, distraught that he was depressed and had been lying in bed since
he broke his neck. Ray was a former pastor and probably knew more scripture
than I did. When he didn't respond after an hour, I took a different tact.
"Did you see the movie The Shawshank Redemption?"
