Spiritual despondency, simply stated, is the spiritual slumber of the soul that disconnects us from the beautiful and eternal value of the experience of God in the precious moments of our lives.  When we are in a state of spiritual slumber, we can never recognize for ourselves just how asleep we really are or why we are in that spiritual slumber.  We need the illumination of Christ to both reveal our spiritual slumber as well as to wake us up again so that we can truly live.  It is time to regain the gift of moments with God in the little time we have.