The life of a Christian is not always an easy one. Jesus doesn't sugarcoat the matter.
The sadness that Elijah felt, that utter despair, people have examined this and seen that perhaps he was even feeling a clinical depression as a result of all of this because he was willing and ready to die.
If you've ever been in a courtroom, you might have experienced this phenomenon before the court is in session.
How do you know when God is talking to you?
We as Christians, we like to talk about heaven a lot. I get the question a lot too. What's heaven going to be like? And really the answer is we don't know.