I think we all can identify on some level with Elijah; we all have good days and bad days. Some days there is hardly anyone in church, no one can serve on the altar and the toilet is broken.  Other days the church is full, as is the altar, and the toilet is still broken.  Well all have good days and bad days. But some of us, the artists, the helpers, the pastors like Elijah, like me, perhaps like you, we have more drastic extremes.  God has made some with sensitive souls, whose sensitivity makes them more prone to the ups and downs of life.  In this church, we have some artists, designers and photographers; their talents come from a soul sensitive to beauty. In this church we have teachers, nurses and counselors, their talents come from a soul sensitive to the good of others. But the shadow side of a sensitive soul, is that we can be over sensitive to approval & criticism, to success and failure, to falling short of our high ideals.