This is an open-comment theology blog where I will post various theological musings, mostly in sermon or essay form, for others to read and comment on. If what I say here interests you, you may want to check out some of my books. Feel free to criticize, to critique, to comment, but keep comments to the point and respectful. Many of these posts have been published elsewhere, but I wanted them collected and made available to a wider audience.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Depression, Therapy & The Book of Job
When I'm depressed, and I've been depressed a lot lately, I find few things more therapeutic than discussing the Book of Job. There is something about the sense that God gives the okay to complain, that Job's cry out to God, his insistence that it is all so unfair, is a holy thing, that really lifts the spirits. Job demands that what is happening to him is unjust, and that demand is given to God Himself. This is affirmed as something pure, and holy, rightly spoken. It really gives me a boost when I'm down.
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