Staying Out of That Valley

Life for all at times is challenging.
But if we go down into
Discouragement, defeatism,
We eventually have to climb back up,
"But I've done all the good I can do"
Someone may be saying.
No, you haven't.
No one has.
We can all do more.
Truth to tell,
You may have done more good
Than you know.
And the smart thing to do
When that croaking devil tries
To make us quit
Is the very time to resolve
To do even more good.
If discouragement and self-pity
Were from our heavenly Father,
We would do the best
We could with it,
And grow stronger thereby.
But it isn't from God.
And while we're wallowing in it,
And wallowing is not too strong a word,
(Picture yourself doing this --
Dignified isn't it?)
We're lost in self,
And can't be about our business
Of loving and serving others.
Remember this:
It isn't primarily us the devil is after;
It's to interfere with Christ
Working in us to lift up others.